Posted on 07/23/2020 5:08:46 AM PDT by knighthawk
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) on Wednesday touted securing the support of half of the Senate Democrats for his amendment to defund the Pentagon by 10 percent and invest in “distressed communities” instead.
Sanders’ amendment to cut 10 percent of the Pentagon’s budget to invest in “human needs” gained support from 23 members of the Senate Democrat Caucus — half of the 45 Democrats in the Senate.
The support was not enough to get the amendment passed and part of the 2021 National Defense Authorization Act, but was a show of support from Democrats for defunding the military.
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Sounds good to me. Let the ungrateful and insubordinate military brass get a taste of their future under a Democrat POTUS.
And water is wet?
This is the same party that redirected NASA to NOT explore science and space exploration but to investigate climate change and help Muslims become scientists.
Again - the Democrat party must be destroyed.
Half? So 23 Senators for defunding the Pentagon and 77 against.
This isn’t a surprise nor is it a big deal.
Yawn!
Wake me when he gets ALL the democrats and half of the Republicans
Wait. Are they talking about the military, or just the powdered princes in the Pentagon?
That 10% should also come from almost every other department as well. That would be a good start. We could start by pulling troops out of Germany (oh wait you dems said that is a horrible thing).
SPJNK.
“Defund”, is the 2020 term for downsizing. As it pertains to the federal government as a whole, I favor it. The military budget needs to be trimmed, we need to “defund the Generals”. A 50 percent cut in general/flag officers would be a good start.
Lol, whatever Trump is for, the Democrats are against it.
This will upset Biden supporters Bill Kristol and George Will.
Which means over three-quarters of the Senate is opposed to it. I don't like Bernie's odds.
As my hero, Col. Nathan Jessup once said...
“You friggin’ people. You have no idea how to defend the nation. All you did was weaken a country today, Kaffee. That’s all you did. You put people’s lives in danger. Sweet dreams, son...”
The best thing any democrat has done in their career for the country is to retire.
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