Posted on 09/12/2025 7:07:25 PM PDT by Morgana
Pete Hegseth is putting military members on notice after a Marine was fired for making shock comments about the assassination of conservative influencer Charlie Kirk.
Captain Jacoby Williamson, who has worked in multiple positions with the Marines since 2013, sent out an Instagram snap showing an interview segment Kirk was doing called 'DEI in the cockpit.'
'Another racist man popped,' Williamson captioned the post, adding the emoji of someone raising two beers for a toast.
The post was brought to the attention of the LibsOfTikTok account, who asked: 'Hi @PeteHegseth, can you please fire this lunatic?'
Later, Chief Pentagon Spokesperson Sean Parnell confirmed the firing in a statement to X.
'It is unacceptable for military personnel and Department of War civilians to celebrate or mock the assassination of a fellow American. The Department of War has zero tolerance for it.'
Hegseth quote-tweeted Parnell's statement and said that he'd be keeping an eye on any further incendiary comments.
'We are tracking all these very closely — and will address, immediately. Completely unacceptable,' he wrote.
'We are aware of a social media post that does not align with our core values,' Lt. Col. Joshua Benson, lead spokesman for the Marines, told USA Today.
'The Marine in question has been relieved of his recruiting duties, and the matter is currently under investigation.'
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Agreed, but not even the President has the authority to just take away his commission. That requires a general court-martial.
A method to end their career slowly...and without retirement.
I recall, being taught in officer training, how easy it was to lose a career by doing something stupid.
Office Depot just felt the sting. Fired one. Need to fire at least one more
Pattern Recognition
Conduct unbecoming…have him stand tall before the man and order him to justify his actions. Throw the book at him and lock his butt up!
This guy holds the President’s commission?
For how long?
And how many of these sleepers are on active duty? If things get spicy, this could be a real problem.
Loss prevention manager at TJ Maxx is going under cover to Kirk memorials and mocking people.
Sarah troxel
I don't want to live in that kind of country.
I like SecWar Hegseth a lot but he shouldn’t give out a warning.
Let the scum out themselves and then give them the boot.
My son says they’re cleaning house in the Air Force.
He’s dishonored The Corps.
Court Martial and DH his ass.
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Yes, we understand that you would rather gag people but hard cheese.
Our forefathers wrote the constitution for a moral and conservative population.
Love a duck you never read any history did you. At least I hope you didn't. Suggest you read some of the things the founders said about each other.
The devil himself has shoved freedom of speech down our own throats.
No, the devil is the one who wants to silence people. That would be the side you agree with.
Now what? Idk, im not a professor of government policies that work.
Freedom of speech actually works. Suggest that as you do not like it that you go somewhere else. Like Canada. Or the UK. Or Iran.
They don't like freedom of speech either.
BREAKING: Office Depot has fired the employees who refused to print Charlie Kirk tribute flyers, the company confirmed.
https://x.com/jackunheard/status/1966693631491723499?t=uYQdbS8zUP1_evLk2b19EA&s=19
Good advice to them:
Try not to go the POS route.
Yep, lethality applies internally as well.
“Perhaps he could be assigned as commander of the USMC guard unit at the South Pole, with him being the only Marine in the unit.”
Johnston Atoll is closed to the public. Someone needs to guard it.
If you believe people deserve to be shot for their opinions, don’t cry when you get fired for yours.
When I joined the military, they told me I no longer had First Amendment rights.
Conduct unbecoming.....
It’s a universal charge.
He needs court martial, and review of all disciplinary matters...
Likely he’s the racist, and has history of excessive discipline on Caucasian Marines.
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