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Military Joint Chiefs Denounce Charlottesville Racism
NBC News ^ | 8/16/17 | PHIL MCCAUSLAND

Posted on 08/16/2017 8:52:56 PM PDT by Timpanagos1

A group of military leaders broke with President Donald Trump and rebuked the "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville over the weekend — a near-historic development for U.S. civil-military relations.

Since Sunday, five U.S. service chiefs — representing the Army, Air Force, Navy, Marines and National Guard — have tweeted their denunciation of the white nationalists whose rally led to the killing of a counter-protester on Saturday. Two police officers covering the rally also died when their helicopter crashed.

The joint chiefs condemnation of racism and white supremacist groups is notable because it stands in stark contrast with Trump's statements that blamed both white-nationalist marchers and counter-protesters — even though it was a Nazi sympathizer who caused all of the casualties.

It is also remarkable because American military leaders tend to stay outside of the political arena.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: astroturfer; charlottesville; jointchiefs; liberaltroll; pos; scumbag; trumpdod
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To: Paladin2

Trump is gonna need a bigger purge.
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Agreed!


21 posted on 08/16/2017 9:01:05 PM PDT by Freedom56v2 (Inside Every Liberal is a Totalitarian Screaming to Get Out - D. Horowitz)
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To: Timpanagos1

Of course they denounce racism. It’s NBC tying it to Trump. Has nothing to do with him. Clever fake news.


22 posted on 08/16/2017 9:01:27 PM PDT by arkfreepdom
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I remember all the violence - and some murders - and the story was always
- that was just one person.

The Media shielded the protesters and claimed some “outsider” or mentally ill person alone was responsible.

Did the Joint Chiefs saying anything about the 5 dead Cops in Dallas?
How about Baton Rogue?
The burned Church in Ferguson?

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23 posted on 08/16/2017 9:02:00 PM PDT by AnthonySoprano
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To: Paladin2

In the “olden days” (not too long ago), military officers stayed out of anything reeking of or suggestive of politics.

I guess 8 years of Obama has seen the elevation of NUMEROUS perfumed princes consumed by bureaucratic political correctness.


24 posted on 08/16/2017 9:02:10 PM PDT by House Atreides (Send BOTH Hillary & Bill to prison.)
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To: Bodleian_Girl

It is odd that you can show a picture of this rioter being with a stick, but claim that Mr. Harris was violent, but can show no such evidence.


25 posted on 08/16/2017 9:02:18 PM PDT by Timpanagos1
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To: gubamyster

I agree their statement is identical to Trump’s which denounced the right wing groups by name.


26 posted on 08/16/2017 9:02:32 PM PDT by Williams (Stop tolerating the intolerant.)
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To: Kickass Conservative

We need to start archiving their treason.

http://archive.is/TJS54


27 posted on 08/16/2017 9:02:42 PM PDT by Bodleian_Girl (Don't check the news, check Cernovich on Twitter)
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To: edh

Why are they even speaking in public?

They don’t have enough to do among China, the ME, Russia, Darkest Africa, South America, NORKs, NATO, Turkey, McCain, etc. ?


28 posted on 08/16/2017 9:03:17 PM PDT by Paladin2 (No spelchk nor wrong word auto substition on mobile dev. Please be intelligent and deal with it....)
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To: gubamyster

You’re correct. Their statement is not in stark contrast to Trump’s.

It’s those Bolshevik loons at NBC.


29 posted on 08/16/2017 9:03:45 PM PDT by Red Steel
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To: AnthonySoprano

Did the Joint Chiefs say anything about the terrorist attack at the church in Charleston that left nine people dead?


30 posted on 08/16/2017 9:03:50 PM PDT by Timpanagos1
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To: CatOwner

Fatigue? We’re just now getting fired up.


31 posted on 08/16/2017 9:04:09 PM PDT by Bodleian_Girl (Don't check the news, check Cernovich on Twitter)
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To: Timpanagos1

Why didn’t the Joint Chiefs denounce Islamic Jihad after Fort Hood?


32 posted on 08/16/2017 9:04:50 PM PDT by montag813 (ue)
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To: Timpanagos1

They are all out of their lanes. Military Officers are supposed to be apolitcal.

Violates one of the foundations of the Officer Corps. A damned poor example of leadership.


33 posted on 08/16/2017 9:05:51 PM PDT by castlebrew (Gun Control means hitting where you're aiming!))
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To: Red Steel

Yes but why are they even commenting on this?
What concern do they have in this to speak not as an individual but make a statement representing their office and position?
Wtf.


34 posted on 08/16/2017 9:06:23 PM PDT by snarkytart
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To: Timpanagos1

LOL!

In the empty minds of fools (NBC and their audience) “racism, intolerance & hatred” can not be meant for the alt-left.


35 posted on 08/16/2017 9:06:47 PM PDT by mrsmith (Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
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To: Timpanagos1

What next....every cabinet secretary has to make a statement? Utter bullshid.


36 posted on 08/16/2017 9:07:05 PM PDT by clintonh8r (AMERICA! THANK YOU FOR MAKING MY SCREEN NAME OBSOLETE!)
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To: Bodleian_Girl

37 posted on 08/16/2017 9:07:16 PM PDT by Timpanagos1
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To: Williams

GOV. Terror McAuliffe is responsible for the VSP Chopper Crash as he chose to go to the site of his popo stand down by car with an aerial cover and is is IN CHARGE.


38 posted on 08/16/2017 9:07:28 PM PDT by Paladin2 (No spelchk nor wrong word auto substition on mobile dev. Please be intelligent and deal with it....)
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To: Timpanagos1

[[A group of military leaders broke with President Donald Trump and rebuked the “Unite the Right” rally]]

How thew hell did they ‘break with the president’ when they said the same damn thing Donald Said on monday? Donald denounced white supremacy AND he denounced ALL racism and hatred on BOTH sides-

The left and fair weather friends on the right are destroying this president with nothing but lies and innuendo

The left can’t stand that president Trump Denounced ALL hatred and racism- They demanded that he denounce ONLY the right- and when he didn’t cowtow to their pathetic demands- they painted him as a racist and white supremacist

Satan is really working overtime in the democratic party- it’s amazing to me how the left can ignore the FACTS and paint president trump as a white supremacist after he clearly denounced them- Th left simply ignore that or worse yet twist it around to appear as though he didn’t mean it and was ‘forced to read the denouncement off a teleprompter’ under protest-

The friggin liberals in this country have gone insane! They are now incapable of telling the truth apparently-
They lost the election and can’t stand that they are no longer in power and it’s now their mission to destroy trump using any lies they can invent-


39 posted on 08/16/2017 9:08:08 PM PDT by Bob434
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To: Kickass Conservative

I have more faith in the junior officers and the enlisted men.


40 posted on 08/16/2017 9:08:48 PM PDT by july4thfreedomfoundation ("You can't fix America without pissing off the people who broke it".....Bill Mitchell)
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