Posted on 06/11/2020 5:07:00 PM PDT by BlackFemaleArmyColonel
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) on Thursday lauded Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley for apologizing for accompanying President Donald Trump on his walk to St. John’s Episcopal Church earlier this month.
“I have nothing but deep admiration for and total confidence in General Milley as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff,” Graham wrote on Twitter. “I support his statement in both substance and spirit regarding the recent presidential visit to St. Johns.”
“General Milley is a tremendous military leader who understands the long tradition of maintaining an apolitical, nonpartisan military,” the South Carolina Republican added.
Earlier Thursday, Milley expressed regret for walking with President Donald Trump to the church, where the president posed for a photo holding up a bible as he vowed to restore order in the wake of protests and riots sparked by the death of George Floyd, a black man who died in police custody in Minneapolis.
“My presence in that moment and in that environment created a perception of the military involved in domestic politics,” Milley said in a pre-recorded speech to National Defense University graduates. “As a commissioned uniformed officer, it was a mistake that I have learned from, and I sincerely hope we all can learn from it.”
Milley, Secretary of Defense Mark Esper, and Attorney General William Barr accompanied President Trump to Lafayette Square after protesters were cleared from the park. Democrats and the corporate media accused law enforcement of using tear gas against the protesters, a claim dismissed by the U.S. Park Police.
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Fool just does NOT know when to zip his pie hole closed
they are BOTH pathetic
Correct on both counts
I guess the church should have burned down. Obviously, the church had no meaning.
A bureaucrat general and a bureaucrat senator. That’s what they do.
Milley should beware of letting his inner bureaucrat out. He should also know that every future decision he makes can and will and should be questioned.
The above is why I disagree with your contention that parts of SC are okay. They keep electing Linda.
Can they just stop.
Just...enough.
I worry the wimpass R Senators are going soft again with the challenges of 2020. Very troubling. Fort names , too, just this week.
DjT has surely been on Lindsey’s tail for pertinent Russian/Ukrane hearings.
Please, South Carolina, do not re-elect this worthless (!@#*.
Elect another Republican.
Elect a Democrat.
Elect a giant pile of dog turds.
But do NOT re-elect Lindsay Graham.
Graham stabs Trump in the back again and further weakens any control the President has over the military. It feels like we are surrounded on all sides.
Sad that Linda is so compromised! Just another example here.
The Money Honey has raked this weasel over the coals so many times, it must hurt!
He is the epitome of slippery politician!
Lindsey can f&ck himself.
I can see your point.
Maybe I’ve gotten used to Linda being Linda.
He has his loyal following and entrenched.
Lindsey tends to give off “Eddie Haskell” vibes.
Don’t read this wrong. Everyone was dressed in suits and he had his field uniform on. I’m betting he jumped into the photo (more or less).
Trump said he has no problem with what they said. He won’t apologize.
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