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Army suspends general after tweet
Axios ^ | July 9, 2022 | TuAnh Dam

Posted on 07/09/2022 9:36:32 AM PDT by Republicans 2016 2020

The Army has suspended a three-star general's contract and placed him under investigation after he posted a tweet that appeared to mock first lady Jill Biden, USA Today reports.

Retired Lt. Gen. Gary Volesky, the Army's former top spokesman, responded to a tweet from Biden that said the rights of women had been stolen in the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.

"For nearly 50 years, women have had the right to make our own decisions about our bodies. Today, that right was stolen from us," Biden tweeted.

"Glad to see you finally know what a woman is," Volesky said.

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


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government
KEYWORDS: army; censorship; doctorjill; freespeech; garyvolesky; general; jillbiden; military; shesnotawoman; volesky
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1 posted on 07/09/2022 9:36:32 AM PDT by Republicans 2016 2020
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To: Republicans 2016 2020

If he’s retired how can he be suspended?


2 posted on 07/09/2022 9:38:40 AM PDT by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. )
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To: Republicans 2016 2020

So now she’s the co-President? Not just someone’s wife?

Funny how they didn’t extend such courtesy to Melania.


3 posted on 07/09/2022 9:38:52 AM PDT by Regulator (It's fraud, Jim)
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To: Republicans 2016 2020

“Glad to see you finally know what a woman is,” Volesky said.


Well, Mrs Biden is a doctor after all.
/s


4 posted on 07/09/2022 9:39:18 AM PDT by hanamizu
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To: Republicans 2016 2020

General Volesky
You Sir are to be Saluted!


5 posted on 07/09/2022 9:39:32 AM PDT by Big Red Badger (We Are JONAH)
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To: Republicans 2016 2020

šŸ˜†šŸ˜‚šŸ¤£ Should give the General another Star.


6 posted on 07/09/2022 9:39:51 AM PDT by David Chase
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To: Republicans 2016 2020

Volesky, oh oh
Canlesky, oh oh oh oh
Let’s fly way up to the clouds
Away from the maddening crowds


7 posted on 07/09/2022 9:41:24 AM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14/12 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15/12 - 1030am - Obama team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: Republicans 2016 2020

How can his political “free speech” be “under investigation” if he is retired? Sure, his contract can be voided, “for cause” if so written or for a breech if so written or not renewed if so written but after that he should tell them that he is retired and speaking politically in response to a political comment.


8 posted on 07/09/2022 9:41:56 AM PDT by KC Burke (If all the world is a stage, I would like to request my lighting be adjusted.)
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To: Republicans 2016 2020

That’s it?!


9 posted on 07/09/2022 9:43:23 AM PDT by Southside_Chicago_Republican (The more I learn about people, the more I like my dog. )
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To: Republicans 2016 2020

Mocking China Joe’s wife ?

String him up !


10 posted on 07/09/2022 9:43:35 AM PDT by BrexitBen
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To: Republicans 2016 2020

I think public officials have to be more careful than normal people about what they tweet, post, or put on Facebook.

This is especially true of officers holding a commission who command armed forces.


11 posted on 07/09/2022 9:43:45 AM PDT by Jim Noble (Iā€™ve stumbled on the side of twelve misty mountains)
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To: Republicans 2016 2020

LOL. Isn’t Axios a Snowflake satire site?


12 posted on 07/09/2022 9:45:40 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (First, they stole our elections. Then, they stole our country.)
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To: Rummyfan

Generals are never ā€œretiredā€. At least thatā€™s what my ā€œGeneralā€ friends have told me. (I went to a military college; I actually know a couple.)


13 posted on 07/09/2022 9:45:50 AM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: Rummyfan

> If heā€™s retired how can he be suspended? <

I believe that Volesky was acting as a civilian with a government contract. So I donā€™t think it matters that he was once a general or not. Heā€™ll keep his pension, but he will probably lose his civilian job.


14 posted on 07/09/2022 9:46:43 AM PDT by Leaning Right (The steal is real )
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Commies sure are thin skinned....


15 posted on 07/09/2022 9:46:50 AM PDT by RandallFlagg ("Okay. As long as the paperwork is clean, you boys can do what you like out there." -Fifi)
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To: Republicans 2016 2020

Well at least he didn’t call her names ala Hunter Biden ....

Hunter Biden reportedly called Jill an ā€˜entitled cā€“tā€™ in texts
https://nypost.com/2022/07/08/hunter-biden-calls-jill-an-entitled-c-t-in-texts/


16 posted on 07/09/2022 9:46:55 AM PDT by Qiviut (#standup "Don't let your children die on the hill you refuse to fight on.")
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To: Republicans 2016 2020

Since when is the housefrau the Commander in Chief. By what authority does the Army have to investigate him for expressing a non military opinion on his own time about a cultural issue that 99% of sane folks in the US agree with. If Republicans were the Congressional majority, seems to me a hearing on who instigated this investigation and why might be in order.


17 posted on 07/09/2022 9:47:45 AM PDT by chuckee
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To: Regulator
said, "So now sheā€™s the co-President? Not just someoneā€™s wife?"
Has anyone seen the nuclear football? Would Biden have an Empty brief case?
18 posted on 07/09/2022 9:48:13 AM PDT by Steve Van Doorn (*in my best Eric Cartman voice* 'I love you, guys')
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To: Republicans 2016 2020

ā€œIn a time of Universal deceit, speaking the truth is a Revolutionary actā€ - George Orwell


19 posted on 07/09/2022 9:48:31 AM PDT by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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Retired general on double secret probation.


20 posted on 07/09/2022 9:48:46 AM PDT by proust (All posts made under this handle are, for the intents and purposes of the author, considered satire.)
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