Mike Mullen, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, decried President Trump for his surprise photo-op at St. John’s Episcopal Church amid mounting protests in the wake of George Floyd’s death.
Yes, where the fuck is Mad Dog? McMullen was Bush’s Chief of Naval Operations, then head of the Joint Chiefs starting in 2007. He has had a few careful criticisms of people around Trump, but not like this. And his wording appears to be carefully chosen to provide cover for others to speak out.
P.s. first Monday/Tuesday poll just came out: Ipsos/Reuters 55% disapprove of Trump’s response (40% strongly) only 33% approve. Given that his Registered Voter Approval is 40%, he is turning off people with his actions.
Can someone please explain why, after the rethugs f everything up and Ds clean-up the mess the rethugs get elected again to f everything up again?
It will be Biden’s responsibly this time, hopefully.
Active military need to speak out against their moronic psycho-in-chief. All police and national guard and military who participate in assaulting peaceful protestors have no honor. They are a disgrace. They should be fired ad arrested. Generals who remain silent are complicit.
Mullen wrote that he was “sickened” to see federal police “forcibly and violently clear a path” through Lafayette Square to “accommodate” Trump’s church visit.
It’s the most absurd, fucking antichristian statement in the history of the Presidency.
Because voters are fickle and hate sacrifice and inconvenience and then when things do get a little better, they act like the guy in the rain with the umbrella, who because he’s dry, figures he can now furl the umbrella.
New York Attorney General Letitia James says the state is prepared to go to court to prevent Trump from deploying U.S. military forces to states. “The President of the United States is not a dictator, and President Trump does not and will not dominate New York state.”
For all his chest thumping they are losing across the board. His polls keep cratering. Peaceful protests across the nation keep growing. Republicans are scared and it shows.
Protest crowd is larger today than it was yesterday because of tRump abuse of power by telling the police to gas and shoot rubber bullets into the crowd to deter people from protesting. Unfortunately it didn’t work but compelled more people to come.
One article says today’s crowd is larger than tRumps inauguration:
View of the George Floyd protesters on 14th Street NW in Washington, DC.
They’re bound for the U Street corridor and holding a moment of silence every nine blocks, about the number of minutes Derek Chauvin dug his knee into Floyd’s neck a week ago.
Video https://twitter.com/i/status/1267924255045554179