Mod: Wouldn't it be patriotic for our armed forces to restrict the viewing of anti-American Fox News on our military bases? Matt Gaetz’s attack on Joint Chiefs is part of the GOP’s long-running attack against the military (Raw Storylink): Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) was schooled by Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Mark Milley on Wednesday, leading to a right-wing meltdown on Fox News. Overnight, the Republican-promoting network lashed out at Gen. Milley saying that his comments about race and being well-read was enough for the military to be defunded.
"Before this, there are no known examples of one of the two major political parties in the
United States calling for defunding the
U.S. military over a simple desire to understand what was behind an attack against the
United States Capitol and
Constitution, as
Milley made clear," said
MSNBC's Nicolle Wallace. "Nor is there any precedent for defunding the military over intellectual curiosity but here we are."
Paul Rieckhoff of
Righteous Media, explained that this is probably not the best argument for the
Republican Party to make.
"The culture war led by members of the GOP has now fully bled into the military," said Rieckhoff. "Our troops, military leaders under political attack not by ISIS but by radical extremist anti-American elected officials, pundits and other blowhards putting themselves and the personal agenda ahead of our country. Our enemies are celebrated."
"Attacking a respected combat leader with integrity and honor by
Matt Gaetz, who is a coward and probably should be in jail. This is how far it's gotten and political suicide for the
Republicans and will send independents and moderates running from the
Republican Party. This is their equivalent of defunding the police and it will have the same reaction from the middle of the country."
Kevin Baron of
Defense One explained that this isn't the first time the
GOP has decided to attack the military.
Most recently, the GOP may be after Gen. Milley, but a few weeks ago it was Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) attacking the military, implying that they are weak and "emasculated" because they aired an ad showing a woman trained on missile defense in the military having gay parents. Cruz has never served in the military.
Before that,
Fox News' Tucker Carlson did a commentary also attacking the military because a pregnant fighter pilot was able to get a maternity fighter suit. The
Air Force spends millions training fighter pilots each year, so cutting one out because she's "showing" isn't something the military does.
Mod: Much more at the link.
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