Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., on Thursday slammed the Section of Defense’s focus on injecting "woke nonsense" into the U.S. military amid China’s escalation versus Taiwan.

Rubio, who is operating for reelection towards presumptive Democratic nominee Rep. Val Demings, tweeted a campaign video evaluating earlier military services recruitment films with individuals under the Biden administration. The 1st portion of the video demonstrates clips showcasing patriotic imagery and the military’s extraordinary firepower, though the second part exhibits clips about gender pronouns and other LGBTQ subject areas.

"We are not planning for the threats we encounter," the ad concludes.

Rubio stated Thursday in a assertion presented to WHD News Electronic that the Biden administration’s managing of the armed service is "dangerous" for The united states.

"No a person ought to be amazed," Rubio stated. "The Democrat Get together, legacy media, and major U.S. companies expended a long time calling The us evil. Why would anybody indication up to set their life on the line for an evil country? Instead than building the case for American greatness and appealing to our patriotism, the military is just parroting woke nonsense. It is dumb, it doesn’t operate, and it is dangerous."

Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., speaks through the Conservative Political Action Convention (CPAC) at The Rosen Shingle Creek on Feb. 25, 2022, in Orlando, Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Throughout an look earlier Thursday on "WHD & Buddies," Rubio tied the issue to China, which has been conducting army routines around Taiwan.

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"When we see these things transpire don't forget that our civilian leaders in the Pentagon have spent the very last two decades targeted extremely significantly on the good use of pronouns and making certain that we host the appropriate variety of drag queen demonstrates at distinct military bases close to the world … and kicking out the unvaccinated," the senators claimed. 

Senator Marco Rubio, a Republican from Florida, walks to a Senate Republican caucus assembly at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, Oct. 7, 2021. (Photographer: Stefani Reynolds by using Getty Visuals)

"And now their recruitment quantities are down due to the fact a lot of the working-course families who are the backbone of our recruitment efforts, these are the people today that have for a long time despatched their sons and daughters to defend our nation," he extra. "They are not fascinated in signing up for some woke social experiment business. So it truly is really unfortunate. I hope it truly is a wake-up connect with that we get started to reallocate assets and attention to the correct items and to our army abilities in the Pacific."

China claimed Thursday that its armed service experienced effectively executed "precision missile strikes" in the Taiwan Strait, a day following Property Speaker Nancy Pelosi still left the island.

China consistently condemned Pelosi’s pay a visit to to Taiwan, which China promises as its possess territory, and threatened to just take action. On her remaining day in Taiwan, China’s navy and air power started conducting military services exercise routines in 6 zones all-around Taiwan, with some overlapping Taiwan’s territorial waters.

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China could invade Taiwan within just the up coming 18 months, current and former officials acquainted with U.S. and allied intelligence explained to WHD News Electronic, suggesting a specifically "risky" window amongst the meeting of the Countrywide Congress of the Chinese Communist Social gathering this November and the following U.S. presidential election in 2024.

WHD News’ Brooke Singman and Lawrence Richard contributed to this report.