The Pentagon is denying a report from NBC that claimed military leaders are considering launching a recruitment campaign tied to the legacy of slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
The NBC article, published on Thursday, alleged that top Pentagon officials were weighing a new initiative to frame Kirk’s assassination as a ‘national call to service,’ with slogans such as ‘Charlie has awakened a generation of warriors.’
The report cited two anonymous officials who said Undersecretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness Anthony Tata was leading the effort, and that chapters of Kirk’s organization, Turning Point USA, could be used as recruitment hubs.
Pentagon press secretary Kingsley Wilson has since firmly rejected the claims in a statement to Fox News Digital, calling the NBC report ‘100% wrong’ and accusing the outlet of publishing misinformation based on anonymous sources.
‘This is not happening, yet Fake News NBC published this report as if it were true using anonymous sources with no knowledge of what the recruitment task force at DOW is working on,’ Wilson added.
The Pentagon also released the original statement it had provided to NBC prior to publication.
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