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Pete Hegseth: “In 1970, 10 million boys participated in Boy Scouts…”

Featuring: Pete Hegseth, Secretary of Defense | National

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DEI is Indeed Dead - The Boy Scouts of America are Back!

Published | Video Starts at 02:10

Along the way, standards were lowered and merit destroyed in favor of an insidious radical woke ideology that is anti America and anti American. The result? Membership cratered. Americans didn't want this. In 1970, 10 million boys participated in Boy Scouts. Currently less than 1 million boys and girls participate. Further, many of these community organizations that once supported Scout troops, they withdrew their support and Scouting America, the parent organization, filed for bankruptcy protection. (02:10–02:19)

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Asserts a decline in Boy Scouts membership from 10 million in 1970 to less than 1 million currently.

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