Posted on 06/03/2020 3:36:10 PM PDT by McGruff
James Mattis, the esteemed Marine general who resigned as secretary of defense in December 2018 to protest Donald Trump’s Syria policy, has, ever since, kept studiously silent about Trump’s performance as president. But he has now broken his silence, writing an extraordinary broadside in which he denounces the president for dividing the nation, and accuses him of ordering the U.S. military to violate the constitutional rights of American citizens.
“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. We must not be distracted by a small number of lawbreakers. The protests are defined by tens of thousands of people of conscience who are insisting that we live up to our values—our values as people and our values as a nation.” He goes on, “We must reject and hold accountable those in office who would make a mockery of our Constitution.”
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He goes on to contrast the American ethos of unity with Nazi ideology...
Trump is dividing the nation?!
Look around pal - the only one standing up for the constitution and rule of law IS Trump.
Certainly not YOU.
What an idiot.
And gee, he must have taken a nap during the “clinging to guns” comments from Obama.
CNN Breaking News @cnnbrk
“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.”
Ex-Defense Secretary James Mattis castigated his former boss President Trump in a statement.
Point in fact. It not just a small number of lawbreakers. Mattis, you just exposed yourself as either ignorant, socialist deep stater or both.
Mattis Is FUBAR. Mattis needs to study American history. There are many precedents for what Trump is suggesting.
But the ineligible Kenyan from Indonesia was just peachy...../s
Yea Maddog, life would be so much better if the she-devil had successfully stolen the election.
Small number of lawbreakers? Are you smoking crack? Have you not seen the looting, the fires, the assaults and even murders? You think Trump is the first president in your lifetime who does not try to unite the people.....where the hell were you when Obama was in office?
Also, he was right to withdraw as much as possible from Syria and he’s been right to stay away from meddling in foreign countries for the most part - contrary to your advice.
Who’s paying him, I wonder.
Sick and distressing.
Panic in Democrat Party.
I LOVE that Trump makes these people show their red MONKEY ASSES for all of us to see!!! Thank you, President Trump!
I wonder how much damage Mattis did while employed by Trump?
another former position holder with an ax to grind. There are going to be more coming out of the closet.
Wonder how much money Soros paid him...
Dead girl or live boy in his past?
Definition of “uniting the country” = capitulate to the democrat narrative.
Just another democrat who’s gonna cry again on election night.
BooHoo, baby.
“”””””We must not be distracted by a small number of lawbreakers.”””””””””””
So thousands and thousands of people rioting and looting is ok.
What a doosh.
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