Posted on 01/18/2017 11:19:08 AM PST by jazusamo
Vice President-elect Mike Pence on Wednesday blasted President Obama's decision to commute former U.S. Army soldier Chelsea Manning’s 35-year prison sentence.
“To commute Private Manning's sentence was a mistake," Pence said in a pre-recorded interview with Fox News that will be broadcast Wednesday evening.
The vice president-elect echoed the words of Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), who on Tuesday said Obama treated "a traitor like a martyr.”
"Private Manning is a traitor and should not have been turned into a martyr, as Senator Cotton said. Private Manning's actions compromised our national security, endangered American personnel downrange, compromised individuals in Afghanistan who were cooperating with our forces by leaking 750,000 documents to WikiLeaks," Pence noted.
Manning was sentenced in 2013 to 35 years in prison for leaking classified information about U.S. national security that was later published by WikiLeaks.
Manning's sentence was the longest penalty imposed for leaking classified documents.
Other GOP officials, including incoming White House press secretary Sean Spicer, also criticized Obama's commutation of Manning’s prison sentence.
"After the outrage we’ve seen about the other leaks that have come up, to see someone who has given away the country’s secrets and then convicted of it ... it’s disappointing and it sends a very troubling message when it comes to the handling of classified information,” Spicer said on Wednesday.
The BIG Question....
Will Comrade Hellry get a pardon?
If she pays Imam Obamatollah enough, it will happen....just to save his ass. The price has gotta be “Bigly”....
Looks like a dishonest headline. It contains the name Chelsea, and I am pretty sure Pence made reference to Private Manning, as he should have.
Obama has been, is now and always will be supportive of anyone or any group whose objective is to damage our country.
If someone gives comfort and aid to a traitor, what do you call them?
You’re correct and I noticed that too when I first read the article.
I don’t like posting pieces from The Hill any longer because they’re so anti-Trump and this little error reflects that.
This won’t happen till May so you and Donald Trump can block this and the other releases of the traitors and terrorists.
They are probably worried about offending the transpervs and others.
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