{"id":24282,"date":"2023-11-27T16:37:27","date_gmt":"2023-11-27T16:37:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2023\/11\/27\/critics-bash-minot-afb-after-airmen-told-to-avoid-conservative-rally\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T21:17:01","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T21:17:01","slug":"critics-bash-minot-afb-after-airmen-told-to-avoid-conservative-rally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/federal-oversight\/2023\/11\/27\/critics-bash-minot-afb-after-airmen-told-to-avoid-conservative-rally\/","title":{"rendered":"Critics bash Minot AFB after airmen told to avoid conservative rally"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota is defending<\/a> itself against claims of political bias after an unofficial message cautioning airmen to not attend a conservative political rally began circulating on social media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At issue is the Dakota Patriot Rally, an event held Nov. 24 in Minot featuring a pro-Trump group known as Turning Point Action. The group\u2019s founder is Charlie Kirk<\/a>, a white conservative agitator who has built a following inflaming racial divides. For instance, he has described George Floyd, the Black man whose murder at the hands of a Minneapolis police officer set off a global reckoning over racial injustice, as a \u201cscumbag.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A message that purportedly came from base leadership, and was later shared on the unofficial \u201cAir Force amn\/nco\/snco\u201d Facebook page<\/a>, described the group as an \u201calt-right organization.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n