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Leave military out of it, former defence secretaries tell Trump
The Guardian ^
| 3 Jan 21
Posted on 01/03/2021 5:44:14 PM PST by BlackFemaleArmyColonel
All 10 former US defence secretaries still living, including two who worked for Donald Trump, have called for the president and his supporters to accept he lost the election and warned against attempts to involve the military in his increasingly desperate efforts to overturn the result.
In an unprecedented joint letter published in the Washington Post, the defence secretaries addressed the worst fears of what could happen in 17 days of Trump’s administration remaining before Joe Biden’s inauguration: an attempt by Trump to foment a crises with the aim of triggering a military intervention in his last-ditch struggle to hold on power.
“Efforts to involve the US armed forces in resolving election disputes would take us into dangerous, unlawful and unconstitutional territory,” the letter said.
“Civilian and military officials who direct or carry out such measures would be accountable, including potentially facing criminal penalties, for the grave consequences of their actions on our republic.”
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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: conceding; deepstate; defensesecretary; fakenews; globalreset; iran; joebiden; julianborger; liars; militaryechelon; sedition; traitors; trump; ussnimitz
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Unelected traitors.
To: BlackFemaleArmyColonel
So much for protecting and defending...
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posted on
01/03/2021 5:46:22 PM PST
by
gov_bean_ counter
(Potemkin Joe - Everything about him is fake)
To: BlackFemaleArmyColonel
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posted on
01/03/2021 5:46:32 PM PST
by
D Rider
( )
To: BlackFemaleArmyColonel
They’re all entrenched in the Deep State.
To: BlackFemaleArmyColonel
The whole lot of them aren't even worth a bucket of warm spit.
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posted on
01/03/2021 5:47:07 PM PST
by
Governor Dinwiddie
(Guide me, O thou great redeemer, pilgrim through this barren land.)
To: BlackFemaleArmyColonel
Says more about the deep state then anything else. This cannot be allowed to stand at all cost. This is the hill that I am willing to die on.
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posted on
01/03/2021 5:47:38 PM PST
by
JoSixChip
(2020: The year of unreported truths. )
To: BlackFemaleArmyColonel
There is precedent - 1872 - electors rejected over conern of fraud:
Arkansas
Arkansas voted for the Republican candidate, Ulysses S. Grant, over Liberal Republican candidate Horace Greeley. Grant won Arkansas by a margin of 4.34%. However, due to the turbulent conditions of Reconstruction, along with various irregularities and allegations of electoral fraud, Congress rejected Arkansas's six electoral votes. Neighboring Louisiana's electoral votes were also rejected.
Louisiana
Louisiana voted for the Republican candidate, Ulysses S. Grant, over Liberal Republican candidate Horace Greeley. Grant won Louisiana by a margin of 11.38%. However, due to the turbulent conditions of Reconstruction, along with various irregularities and allegations of electoral fraud, Congress rejected Louisiana's eight electoral votes. Neighboring Arkansas's electoral votes were also rejected.
This is from Wikipedia, so it's less than perfect, I am a presidential election nerd, so I knew about this - but this is an accurate picture as I understand it, of those two states in 1872. Electoral; votes rejected on the basis of a concern of fraud.
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posted on
01/03/2021 5:47:41 PM PST
by
BigEdLB
(All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others-George Orwell)
To: BlackFemaleArmyColonel
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posted on
01/03/2021 5:47:46 PM PST
by
kiryandil
(Chris Wallace: Because someone has to drive the Clown Car)
To: All
IIRC, all former defense secretaries are political appointees, not necessarily real military folks. And real military folks hold defense secretaries in contempt.
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posted on
01/03/2021 5:48:05 PM PST
by
SteveH
To: BlackFemaleArmyColonel
If military intelligence structures have knowledge of the steal in general, and foreign involvement in particular, they damn well better get involved.
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posted on
01/03/2021 5:48:12 PM PST
by
FreedomPoster
(Islam delenda est)
To: BlackFemaleArmyColonel
How about posting some good news. There’s plenty out there.
To: BlackFemaleArmyColonel
"All 10 former US defence secretaries still living, including two who worked for Donald Trump, have called for the president and his supporters to accept he lost the election"
Traitors must swing. We do not accept the results of the Stalinazi coup d'état.
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posted on
01/03/2021 5:48:24 PM PST
by
fieldmarshaldj
(DEFEAT THE COUP D'ETAT BY THE STALINAZI DERP STATE !)
To: BlackFemaleArmyColonel
Smells like bovine excrement.
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posted on
01/03/2021 5:49:08 PM PST
by
McGruff
To: BlackFemaleArmyColonel
This includes Esper and Mattis. And Cheney. And Rumsfeld.
I’m not surprised.
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posted on
01/03/2021 5:49:32 PM PST
by
sauropod
(Cui bono? I will not comply.)
To: BlackFemaleArmyColonel
All enemies, foreign and domestic.
Is that too hard?
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posted on
01/03/2021 5:51:11 PM PST
by
ClearCase_guy
(If White Privilege is real, why did Elizabeth Warren lie about being an Indian?)
To: BlackFemaleArmyColonel
"Unelected traitors."
For some odd reason, all these has-beens think people actually care what they have to say.
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posted on
01/03/2021 5:52:12 PM PST
by
mass55th
("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne )
To: Governor Dinwiddie
Boy if militias are making lists, this election sure provided who should be on it.
To: gov_bean_ counter
“Dick Cheney, defence secretary under George HW Bush, and vice-president to his son, George W Bush, and Donald Rumsfeld, defence secretary in the younger Bush’s administration, also signed.”
How many freepers used to worship George W Bush and praise his Iraq war?
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posted on
01/03/2021 5:54:24 PM PST
by
rintintin
(Every time a conservative watches Tucker, a Fox News liberal reporter gets a pay raise. )
To: BlackFemaleArmyColonel
The military standing by doing nothing when America is being handed over to the communists. Shameful. But It’s ok, most above O-5 are not trustworthy anyway. hey have been all in on the trannies, women, homo , SJW, BLM, gun control, globalism, JFK School of Government, Vindman loving, change base names thing.
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posted on
01/03/2021 5:55:47 PM PST
by
DesertRhino
(Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. .... )
To: sauropod
Cheney. The guy who turned DC and the surrounding counties over to a massive increase in worthless defense consultancies. That Cheney? I am shocked beyond belief. That man is single-handedly more responsible for the growth of the deep state and the fetid corruption of the swamp than any other man dead or alive.
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