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Pentagon says US military will not enforce election results in November if outcome is in dispute
washingtonexaminer.com ^ | August 14, 2020 06:59 AM | Jamie McIntyre

Posted on 09/02/2020 1:12:30 PM PDT by ransomnote

NO ROLE FOR MILITARY: The Pentagon has brushed aside as frivolous and unconstitutional a suggestion from a pair of retired Army officers that the military be prepared to escort President Trump from office forcibly should he refuse to accept election results showing him to be the loser.

 

In an op-ed cast as an open letter to Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs, the retired officers wrote, “In a few months’ time, you may have to choose between defying a lawless president or betraying your Constitutional oath. We write to assist you in thinking clearly about that choice. If Donald Trump refuses to leave office at the expiration of his constitutional term, the United States military must remove him by force, and you must give that order.”

“I would just say we have a Constitution, and our Constitution, which all members of the military have sworn an oath to, provides no role for the U.S. military as arbiter of political or election disputes,” said spokesman Jonathan Hoffman, at a Pentagon briefing Thursday. “This issue appears to be born of unserious thought reflecting a fundamental lack of appreciation for the history of our democracy and the civilian-military relationship established under our Constitution.”

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1 posted on 09/02/2020 1:12:30 PM PDT by ransomnote
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To: ransomnote

Hysteria. trump will accept the results. the question is, will Biden? I mean, Hillary didn’t accept them nor did Al Gore. it seems to be an issue with Democrats


2 posted on 09/02/2020 1:15:48 PM PDT by realcleanguy
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To: realcleanguy

Hillary didn’t accept them
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In late August, Hillary went on record advising Biden not to concede under any circumstances.


3 posted on 09/02/2020 1:17:33 PM PDT by ransomnote (IN GOD WE TRUST)
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To: ransomnote
WTF x 1000 is this? I read what the General says and do the search of all that repeat the words and interpret accordingly for the continuing BS/FAKE news/Anti-Trump narrative. My god America is so screwed.

The General should have said NOTHING!!!!!

4 posted on 09/02/2020 1:19:56 PM PDT by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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To: ransomnote

This all strikes me for cover should the left get busted trying to massively fraud the election.


5 posted on 09/02/2020 1:22:08 PM PDT by Professional
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The Pentagon has brushed aside as frivolous and unconstitutional a suggestion that the military be prepared
to escort Pres Trump from office forcibly should he refuse to accept election results showing him to be the loser.

Escorting Pres Trump from office forcibly is the Democrap lefts' wet dream........shot down by the Pentagon.

6 posted on 09/02/2020 1:22:33 PM PDT by Liz
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To: ransomnote

Smart general.
Not his job.


7 posted on 09/02/2020 1:24:59 PM PDT by Little Ray (Freedom Before Security! (Ironic, huh?))
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To: ransomnote

So the real threat of not conceding will come from the left. they have already unleashed their terrorists upon the USA.


8 posted on 09/02/2020 1:25:01 PM PDT by realcleanguy
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To: ransomnote
Officers not available for comment:


9 posted on 09/02/2020 1:32:18 PM PDT by Seruzawa (TANSTAAFL!)
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To: ransomnote

I remember a friend once telling me that Obama would not leave office and congress would pass a law permitting him to stay for a third term.
Obviously I told him that was nuts, even though I’m sure they would love to try it if they ever thought they could get away with it.

But this talk of the military removing Trump reminds me of that.
Can you imagine the conniption fit that the media would have if any republican suggesting the military remove Obama from the WhiteHouse?


10 posted on 09/02/2020 1:35:35 PM PDT by z3n
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To: Liz

The military answers to the duly elected President of the United States, not to anyone else.


11 posted on 09/02/2020 1:36:49 PM PDT by Texas resident (Remember in November)
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To: ransomnote
Hillary didn’t accept them
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In late August, Hillary went on record advising Biden not to concede under any circumstances.

I don't see the problem. Concession is customary, not a legal requirement.

12 posted on 09/02/2020 1:40:36 PM PDT by Spirochete
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To: Spirochete

She meant that if election is called for Trump, Biden should refuse to accept the results (contest the election).


13 posted on 09/02/2020 1:42:13 PM PDT by ransomnote (IN GOD WE TRUST)
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To: ransomnote; All
This is this Nagl/Yingling screed again. Nagl was once a significant figure in counter insurgency doctrine and wrote what is still one of the short list books on the topic ‘How To Eat Soup With a Knife’. He is now the headmaster of a pricey private school in Penn. He must pine for his days when he got invited to appear on TV shows. I don't know Yingling’s story. Anybody out there do?
14 posted on 09/02/2020 1:44:35 PM PDT by robowombat (Orthodox)
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To: ransomnote

These officers should be busted to private and fired.


15 posted on 09/02/2020 1:52:54 PM PDT by Savage Beast (President Trump, loving God, America, and the American People, is on the Side of GOD and the Angels!)
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To: shanover

WTF x 1000 is this? I read what the General says and do the search of all that repeat the words and interpret accordingly for the continuing BS/FAKE news/Anti-Trump narrative. My god America is so screwed.
The General should have said NOTHING!!!!!

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There was an open letter TO Gen. Milley by a couple of retired mil aholes.

The reply to the crap was from “ spokesman Jonathan Hoffman, at a Pentagon briefing Thursday.”

What General do you speak of?


16 posted on 09/02/2020 1:54:59 PM PDT by little jeremiah (Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.)
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To: Savage Beast

The officers who made the fuss are retired. But they should get called back and busted to buck private and have their pensions taken away.


17 posted on 09/02/2020 1:56:09 PM PDT by DarthVader (Not by speeches & majority decisions will the great issues of the day be decided but by Blood & Iron)
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To: ransomnote

Oh, it’s much deeper than that. They are already setting up for not only BidenIdiot not conceding, if he is actually defeated by Trump, BUT the lamestream media, on election night, not conceding that Trump won any state...watch.


18 posted on 09/02/2020 2:19:47 PM PDT by cranked
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To: cranked
So far, this guy on Twitter seems to be the whistleblower he claims to be. His following posts are dated July 31.


 John
@Johnheretohelp
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I'm hearing some disturbing things now. The Dems/DS intend to "Take" the election. They know they can't win, they know the vast public opinion is against them. So they intend to just take it, claim they won.

John
@Johnheretohelp
20m


They do not have access like they did when Obama was in power. Their control over the fraudulent voting mechanisms, satellites, rigged voting machines, mail in voting, etc. Is Much less than in 2016/18. Pres.Trump is doing a great job at cutting off their schemes
 
John
@Johnheretohelp

20m

So they intend to just "take the election". On election Day and night if their comrades in the mainstream media are going to report that they won. They are just going to flat-out report incorrect numbers to solidify in everyone's mind that the Dems won.

John
@Johnheretohelp

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They will use every means of illegal voting scams to back this up. They intend to intimidate and destroy Republican votes anywhere they possibly can. They want to rush their "newly elected" people into office with very fast local swearing in ceremonies. Just like Obama's BS
 
John
@Johnheretohelp

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"office of the president elect" stunt. They will officially Not acknowledge any results that doesn't benefit them and challenge anything else they can
 
John
@Johnheretohelp
 
And they will support and encourage riding [rnote: rioting] as a means to enforce there newly elected officials. They also intend to declare the presidential election for themselves, with the MSM backing it up on every channel 24/7. And they will lead a massive march,protest,riot
 
John
@Johnheretohelp
 
To the White House to remove President Trump. If he would not be removed they intend to have their president address the nation from Congress. And their president will run the country from Congress.
 
John
@Johnheretohelp
 
The MSM will not allow President Trump any air time and will block everything possible from being communicated from the rightful president.
 
John
@Johnheretohelp
 
This is bad. The riots, the taking over of police stations, shutting down and ceiling off federal buildings, this is their practice run for what happens the day after the election.
 
John
@Johnheretohelp
 
The riots have quieted down right now but that is by design. Untold millions are flowing into these groups and they are stockpiling right now. Round two is coming, bigger, more violent, more focused, and able to hold out for months.
 
John
@Johnheretohelp
 
They are being directed and supported by hostile foreign governments and leftover Deep State players within our own government.
 
John
@Johnheretohelp
 
They do not care if the economy is crashed, if people are out of work, they welcome the violence. They want the violence, that is part of their plan. If there is a great deal of violence their new president or ask foreign Govs to help establish order.
 
John
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I have also heard but they will not declare a vice presidential running mate for Biden, at least not officially, because if things go their way and they have him as their phony president Nancy Pelosi will be announced after the election as the vice president
 
John 
@Johnheretohelp·
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They cannot win, they do not care about any of us or the country, they have shown how they welcomed, promote and celebrate violence against us. they know that prosecution's are about to start and after another four years of President Trump's successes
 
John 
@Johnheretohelp·
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They will be in prison and their party destroyed forever. They are fighting for their survival and the law does not apply to them.
 
 
John 
@Johnheretohelp·
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I've gotten this from several sources now. Supplies online MRE, survival food, are being bought out, so they can last for months. It is extremely well-financed well-planned and directed by hostile foreign and internal actors.
 
John 
@Johnheretohelp·
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What we had hoped and prayed Mightily would never happen, could be just a few weeks away.
 
John 
@Johnheretohelp·
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Defend yourselves and your loved ones, support the president and those that support him and our country, protect a document your vote, be as prepared as possible for a couple weeks surrounding the election.
 
John 
@Johnheretohelp·
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Hold your Oath in Mind, Keep the LORD within your heart, and Pray with all of us that their plans fail.
 
John
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Hold your Oath in Mind, Keep the LORD within your heart, and Pray with all of us that their plans fail.
 
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19 posted on 09/02/2020 2:24:30 PM PDT by ransomnote (IN GOD WE TRUST)
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To: realcleanguy

I think the Dems have at least some officers willing to go along with this, or else Pelosi and Gore would not have floated it.

I think the gameplan is to see how far ahead Trump is on the morning of the 4th., spend the next week fabricating enough mail ballots to put Biden over the top, turn the whole election into a sh*tscrum farce, and when Trump refuses to accept that have the coup spring into action.

I’m sorry, but this denial rings rather hollow with me.


20 posted on 09/02/2020 2:27:02 PM PDT by Buckeye McFrog (Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer.)
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