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James Mattis Denounces President Trump, Describes Him as a Threat to the Constitution
The Atlantic ^ | 6/3/2020 | Jeffrey Goldberg

Posted on 06/03/2020 3:36:10 PM PDT by McGruff

James Mattis, the esteemed Marine general who resigned as secretary of defense in December 2018 to protest Donald Trump’s Syria policy, has, ever since, kept studiously silent about Trump’s performance as president. But he has now broken his silence, writing an extraordinary broadside in which he denounces the president for dividing the nation, and accuses him of ordering the U.S. military to violate the constitutional rights of American citizens.

“I have watched this week’s unfolding events, angry and appalled,” Mattis writes. “The words ‘Equal Justice Under Law’ are carved in the pediment of the United States Supreme Court. This is precisely what protesters are rightly demanding. It is a wholesome and unifying demand—one that all of us should be able to get behind. We must not be distracted by a small number of lawbreakers. The protests are defined by tens of thousands of people of conscience who are insisting that we live up to our values—our values as people and our values as a nation.” He goes on, “We must reject and hold accountable those in office who would make a mockery of our Constitution.”

(Excerpt) Read more at theatlantic.com ...


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bestpeople; disgrace; fakenews; fool; lsos; maddog; maddogmattis; marinesactivated; mattistrump; riots; sedition; sleepingdogmattis; tds; traitor; trumpmattis
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To: DoodleDawg
I’m mildly surprised Mattis has kept his mouth shut this long.

If I am not mistaken, he, as a retired military man, is still subject to the UCMJ. If someone wants to push it, he is not allowed to show open, public contempt for the president. No one will push it, but they could.

61 posted on 06/03/2020 3:52:27 PM PDT by Mark17 (Father of US Air Force Officer, who graduated from Air Force pilot training, on 1 May 2020)
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To: McGruff
Has this Mr. Mattis ever received a paycheck that wasn't directly from the Government (U.S. Taxpayer) or indirectly through a company that bills the Government (U.S. Taxpayer)?

Like a true Swamp Creature, he feels he is due from the citizenry and long forgotten his oath.

62 posted on 06/03/2020 3:52:27 PM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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To: truthkeeper

mattis continues to embarrass him self. He is a disgrace. I am a Former Marine. This LIB tool is an EX-Marine.


63 posted on 06/03/2020 3:52:32 PM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp???)
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To: McGruff
Back when, during Mattis' deification, I distrusted anyone who Obama had permitted promotion in the New, Improved Socially Responsible Military. Mind now, I'm a Marine.

However, I kept my own counsel, not wanted to get shouted down, yet again. It's sad to know I was correct, again.

64 posted on 06/03/2020 3:53:13 PM PDT by jonascord (First rule of the Dunning-Kruger Club is that you do not know you are in the Dunning-Kruger club.)
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To: McGruff

So says the overrated Jim Mattis who infamously refused to dispatch helicopters to recover wounded Special Operations soldiers who had been accidentally bombed in a B52 strike. As a consequence a number of the wounded, who could have been saved, died unnecessarily.


65 posted on 06/03/2020 3:53:16 PM PDT by House Atreides (It is not a HOAX but it IS CERTAINLY A PRETEXT.)
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To: McGruff

When a Marine is “esteemed” by The Atlantic you know there’s a problem.


66 posted on 06/03/2020 3:54:17 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (The Rats Just Can't Get Over The Fact That They Lost A Rigged Election!)
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To: grey_whiskers

Yeah it would be better to to have an Alzheimer’s patient for a few months and then slide in Kamala Harris to finish off the country. FU Mattis you’re just another traitor like Colin Powell.


67 posted on 06/03/2020 3:54:20 PM PDT by gibsonguy
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To: McGruff

Mattis MAY have been a good general, that is open to question, but he is a lousy democrat politician. I would not follow him to a good time.


68 posted on 06/03/2020 3:54:40 PM PDT by Rodentking (There is no God but Yahweh and Moses is his prophet - http://www.airpower.blogspot.com/)
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To: McGruff

“We must not be distracted by a small number of lawbreakers.”

Rioting. Looting. Arson.

How many businesses and neighborhoods destroyed and at what financial, emotional, and future cost?

How many civilians and policemen killed by the rioters?

Oh. Never mind. It’s just the mayhem of a small number of lawbreakers.

I haven’t heard a single person say that what happened to George Floyd was acceptable on any level. But anyone who cannot draw a distinction between peaceful protest and criminal behavior doesn’t deserve a platform to spew forth rhetoric that only serves to further divide our nation.


69 posted on 06/03/2020 3:54:46 PM PDT by LateBoomer
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To: rightwingcrazy

Yeah. I felt so UNITED during the hussein regime. Such a warm and fuzzy time.


70 posted on 06/03/2020 3:54:54 PM PDT by shelterguy
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To: Nifster

Matt is has turned out to be part of the Coup Cabal


I think something big is brewing: a coupist op at DOD. You have Mattis and Esper both publicly undermining POTUS today. Highly likely JCS threatening to refuse to follow orders from CIC regarding domestic use of the military.


71 posted on 06/03/2020 3:56:20 PM PDT by lodi90
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To: McGruff

Once a Mad-Dog-Poop, always a Mad-Dog-Poop.

72 posted on 06/03/2020 3:56:42 PM PDT by Songcraft
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To: McGruff

Mattis forgets that Trump was his superior, and Trump’s orders are not mere suggestions.


73 posted on 06/03/2020 3:56:46 PM PDT by WASCWatch (asse)
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To: workerbee

Does seem to be a concerted effort as of late to pile on against President Trump.
Everyone is coming out of the woodwork.


74 posted on 06/03/2020 3:56:58 PM PDT by funfan
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To: McGruff

Another defeatist smoked out by President Danald J. Trump.


75 posted on 06/03/2020 3:57:20 PM PDT by Menehune56 ("Let them hate so long as they fear" (Oderint Dum Metuant), Lucius Accius (170 BC - 86 BC))
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To: McGruff
He’s part of this damn putsch.

He’s not stupid, he’s complicit.

None of this crap is spontaneous. This “Cronkite Moment” was probably planned down to the damn minute to cause maximum damage.

This feeds into the ever-evolving media narrative. First, Trump was said to be “hiding in the bunker”. Now, this horse’s ass comes out and denounces Trump as “a threat to the Constitution”.

76 posted on 06/03/2020 3:57:30 PM PDT by SIDENET (ISAIAH 5:20)
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To: McGruff

If this is true, I mean its from The Atlantic, but if its true Mattis just destroyed his once stellar career.


77 posted on 06/03/2020 3:57:41 PM PDT by fatman6502002 ((The Team The Team The Team - Bo Schembechler circa 1969))
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To: jonascord
I'm not a Marine but I know that the large majority of Marines deserve our respect and gratitude.But there's a bad apple in every bunch,including the Marines.

I put forth the name Lee Harvey Oswald as one example.

78 posted on 06/03/2020 3:57:49 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (The Rats Just Can't Get Over The Fact That They Lost A Rigged Election!)
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To: LateBoomer

You have city councilmen on Obama’s townhall blatantly lying about who’s burning down black businesses and NO ONE corrects him..


79 posted on 06/03/2020 3:57:51 PM PDT by pnz1 ("These people have gone stone-cold crazy")
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To: lodi90

Lord I hope you’re wrong

It may be true. I’m not arguing that. It’s that if they start refusing orders....


80 posted on 06/03/2020 3:58:20 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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