Posted on 08/25/2023 5:28:55 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
Former Navy pilot and Americans for Safe Aerospace founder Ryan Graves called out Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie for laughing off questions about UFOs on Wednesday.
"I get the UFO question?" Christie said at the first Republican primary debate, laughing when asked about what he would do in the White House if he had authority over what the Pentagon now calls unidentified aerial phenomena, or UAPs.
"I think it's horrible that just because I’m from New Jersey, you asked me about unidentified flying objects and Martians," Christie said to laughter. "We're different, but we're not that different."
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Christie then pivoted to speaking about the importance of truth-telling in the White House. "The job of the President of the United States is to level with the American people about everything," he said. "The job of the President of the United States is to stand for truth," adding that threats to children's education were more significant than UFOs.
Graves fired back at Christie over his comments in a statement to Fox News Digital Thursday.
"When is laughter ever an acceptable response to a national security question?" Graves wrote, referencing Christie's flippant response to the question.
"Advanced UAP present a clear and present national security problem, so I invite Gov. Christie and any presidential candidate to meet with Navy pilots who have witnessed advanced UAP that exceed our tactical jets," Graves added. "Americans deserve answers and transparency, not jokes about aliens that perpetuate stigma and suppresses reporting."
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Why Are They Talking about UFOs Instead of Covid Fascism?
DANIEL HOROWITZ AUGUST 29, 2023
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The lesson of the muted response to COVID from the so-called right is that clearly things have not gotten bad enough.
The sad and terrifying thing is that whatever they must throw at us to elicit a righteous and unified policy response will now have to be so devastating that we will likely never have the political ability to fight it even if we wanted to.
Meanwhile, the vanity and political circus will continue unabated.
https://brownstone.org/articles/why-are-they-talking-about-ufos-instead-of-covid-fascism/
Why Are They Talking about UFOs Instead of Covid Fascism?
DANIEL HOROWITZ AUGUST 29, 2023
https://brownstone.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Shutterstock_2109578969-1536x900.jpg
The lesson of the muted response to COVID from the so-called right is that clearly things have not gotten bad enough.
The sad and terrifying thing is that whatever they must throw at us to elicit a righteous and unified policy response will now have to be so devastating that we will likely never have the political ability to fight it even if we wanted to.
Meanwhile, the vanity and political circus will continue unabated.
https://brownstone.org/articles/why-are-they-talking-about-ufos-instead-of-covid-fascism/
IMO, Ward "Mooch" Carrol, retired F14 RIO, has extremely high credibility.
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