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https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/06/james-mattis-denounces-trump-protests-militarization/612640/?fbclid=IwAR1YeGoODkMDtX5_NPfwDfDMN834vhN9sQUGLnEV1TOhb47dgXZFsNdb2Jw
“I have watched this week’s unfolding events, angry and appalled,” Mattis writes. “The words ‘Equal Justice Under Law’ are carved in the pediment of the United States Supreme Court. This is precisely what protesters are rightly demanding. It is a wholesome and unifying demand—one that all of us should be able to get behind.....
"Donald Trump is the first president in my lifetime who does not try to unite the American people—does not even pretend to try. Instead, he tries to divide us,” Mattis writes. “We are witnessing the consequences of three years of this deliberate effort. We are witnessing the consequences of three years without mature leadership. We can unite without him, drawing on the strengths inherent in our civil society. This will not be easy, as the past few days have shown, but we owe it to our fellow citizens; to past generations that bled to defend our promise; and to our children.”
I didnt know Mad Dog had that streak in him. I haven't heard much from the POTUS that is about healing, unifying let alone righting wrongs that have been around for far too long...I wish his base would demand that from him too.
Quote: @purplefaithful said:
I didnt know Mad Dog had that streak in him. Surprising and I agree with him.
I haven't heard much from the POTUS that is about healing, unifying let alone righting wrongs that have been around for far too long...I wish his base would demand that from him too. Not going to hold my breath.
Maybe if Trump said something like this?
"‘I can’t breathe.’ ‘I can’t breathe.’ George Floyd’s last words. But they didn’t die with him. They’re still being heard. They’re echoing across this nation. They speak to a nation where too often just the color of your skin puts your life at risk. They speak to a nation where more than 100,000 people have lost their lives to a virus and 40 million Americans have filed for unemployment – with a disproportionate number of these deaths and job losses concentrated in the black and minority communities.“
It's time to listen to those words, to try to understand them. To respond to them, respond with action. The country is crying out for leadership. Leadership that can unite us, leadership that brings us together. Leadership that can recognize pain and deep grief of communities that have had a knee on their neck for a long time."
Trump is no unifier, that's for damn sure. He's a demagogue. A cult leader. What I will never understand is the people that support him so vigorously are the exact people he has disdain and contempt for in his everyday life. He has no leadership skills. He's petty and insecure.
only the best people . . .
most overrated general in history . . .
Quote: @purplefaithful said:
I didnt know Mad Dog had that streak in him. I haven't heard much from the POTUS that is about healing, unifying let alone righting wrongs that have been around for far too long...I wish his base would demand that from him too.
I remember him talking about American Carnage. Here it is. When clergy speak out about being teargassed and their church being used as a prop, you have fucked up. When peaceful protesters were cleared out so he could walk to a church, that is messed up. When a man invites 60 protesters in because they can't get home and the police tried to say the protesters broke in to get them out, you are crossing a line. There is no compassion or empathy towards anyone else. I am concerned about the officials in gear covering their insignia and not identifying themselves. Trump doesn't want to hear about problems in the communities, he wants to make it go away. MB I can't see him ever saying anything like that. Not only saying anything but actually doing anything.
Trump's former chief of staff John Kelly agrees with Mattis: 'We need to look harder at who we elect'President Donald Trump's former chief of staff and Homeland Security secretary John Kelly said Friday he agreed with former Defense Secretary James Mattis' criticism of Trump and said "we need to look harder at who we elect."
Asked about Mattis' statement by former White House communication director Anthony Scaramucci, Kelly said, "I agree."
"There is a concern, I think an awful big concern, that the partisanship has gotten out of hand, the tribal thing has gotten out of hand," Kelly continued.
"I think we need to look harder at who we elect," Kelly said. "I think we should look at people that are running for office and put them through the filter: What is their character like? What are their ethics?"
https://www.indystar.com/story/news/politics/2020/06/05/ex-trump-staffer-john-kelly-we-need-look-harder-who-we-elect/3155830001/
Colin Powell: "I'm very close to Joe Biden in a social matter and in a political matter," Powell told CNN's Jake Tapper on “State of the Union” Sunday morning. "I've worked with him for 35, 40 years. And he is now the candidate and I will be voting for him."
Moron's response: "Colin Powell, a real stiff who was very responsible for getting us into the disastrous Middle East Wars, just announced he will be voting for another stiff, Sleepy Joe Biden...Didn't Powell say that Iraq had 'weapons of mass destruction?' They didn't, but off we went to WAR!"
My reaction: Keep trying to appeal to anti-war voters. You won't get a single one of them to vote for you, but you might lose a handful of others in the process.
Psychological evaluations should be administered to people who want to have say over constituents, particularly millions of them.
Send the first over to Tom Cotton, who is all for the US military engaging with US citizens because of their right to free speech
Quote: @Skodin said:
Psychological evaluations should be administered to people who want to have say over constituents, particularly millions of them.
Send the first over to Tom Cotton, who is all for the US military engaging with US citizens because of their right to free speech
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