Posted on 06/02/2020 9:17:53 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
A Department of Defense adviser resigned, effective immediately, from the military's science board citing what he believed to be a violation of conduct from Defense Secretary Mark Esper.
In his resignation letter, James Miller Jr., the former under secretary of defense for policy from 2012 to 2014, recalled that he swore an oath of office to "support and defend the Constitution of the United States ... and to bear true faith and allegiance to the same," similar to what the defense secretary had done before he took office.
"On Monday, June 1, 2020, I believe that you violated that oath," Miller wrote in his letter to Esper, which was obtained by The Washington Post.
Miller's reasoning centered around President Donald Trump's controversial visit to St. John's Episcopal Church in Washington, DC, on Monday, where he posed with a Bible for photographs as protesters in the surrounding area were hit with smoke canisters and pepper balls at the event, according to the United States Park Police.
Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde, the Episcopal bishop, described the scene to CNN and The Washington Post as an "abuse of sacred symbols" amid a "a backdrop for a message antithetical to the teachings of Jesus and everything that our churches stand for."
Esper, along with US Army Gen. Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, was also present during the visit.
"Law-abiding protesters just outside the White House were dispersed using tear gas and rubber bullets — not for the sake of safety, but to clear a path for a presidential photo op," Miller wrote. "You then accompanied President Trump in walking from the White House to St. John's Episcopal Church for that photo."
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what Joe uncontroversial about the visit he paid?
Cool! Another Obama-bot done away with. Why weren’t all of them unceremoniously flushed out of government agencies back in 2017?
Actually, most dweebs like this do nothing by their crying and moaning but show the low-info voters exactly what kind of dorks Trump is up against.
And they simply can’t avoid showing themselves, attention whores that they are.
Have we got up to six-dimensional chess yet?
Yep.
The Reign of Pain from the Stain.
Nothing controversial, at all...they just make shat up.
James Miller Jr..............former Obama Administration wuss.
Good, flush out the rats.
Law-abiding protesters just outside the White House were dispersed using tear gas and rubber bullets
1. They were not law abiding. They the threw rocks and bottles at the Park Police.
2. No tear gas or rubber bullets were ever used.
— not for the sake of safety, but to clear a path for a presidential photo op,”
The Park Police didnt even know President Trump was coming out of the White House.
Miller wrote. “You then accompanied President Trump in walking from the White House to St. John's Episcopal Church for that photo.”
Perfectly legal and constitutional.
He is going better actually need to read the constitution some time.
Another deep state operative has blown his cover.
Deep State seditionist swamp creature. Put him on the list.
The media is pure f-ing SCUM! They always repeat the same talking point LIE identically. All of a sudden,a church is sacred to the left who hours before they wanted it burned to the ground for which President Trump would be crucified for. Too bad the church is run by a Episcopal leftist fake Christian a-hole.Lastly, these POS scum were part of the groups defacing all of our sacred memorials. There is very little difference between “protestor”,rioter and terrorist.
The bible that the ‘toon is holding is the skinniest one I have ever seen.
It can’t possibly be the whole thing.
Another Trump hater gone. That’s a good thing.
May I propose an alternate headline?
“Snowflake Resigns After Latest Manufactured Controversy”
This stuff can’t get any sicker.
Holding a Bible by a church is “profaning sacred symbols”.
Of course there was no tear gas or rubber bullets. But I hope not many are falling for this crazy propaganda.
Is that a bulge showing at Clinton’s crotch level? ;-)
Get rid of the Obama holdovers.
Like garlic to vampires.
Tells you all you need to know.
Scored one for the DS narrative.
“Perfected in Weakness” right behind Clinton... LOL!! Yeee-up.
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