Posted on 06/02/2020 9:17:53 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
A Department of Defense adviser resigned, effective immediately, from the military's science board citing what he believed to be a violation of conduct from Defense Secretary Mark Esper.
In his resignation letter, James Miller Jr., the former under secretary of defense for policy from 2012 to 2014, recalled that he swore an oath of office to "support and defend the Constitution of the United States ... and to bear true faith and allegiance to the same," similar to what the defense secretary had done before he took office.
"On Monday, June 1, 2020, I believe that you violated that oath," Miller wrote in his letter to Esper, which was obtained by The Washington Post.
Miller's reasoning centered around President Donald Trump's controversial visit to St. John's Episcopal Church in Washington, DC, on Monday, where he posed with a Bible for photographs as protesters in the surrounding area were hit with smoke canisters and pepper balls at the event, according to the United States Park Police.
Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde, the Episcopal bishop, described the scene to CNN and The Washington Post as an "abuse of sacred symbols" amid a "a backdrop for a message antithetical to the teachings of Jesus and everything that our churches stand for."
Esper, along with US Army Gen. Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, was also present during the visit.
"Law-abiding protesters just outside the White House were dispersed using tear gas and rubber bullets — not for the sake of safety, but to clear a path for a presidential photo op," Miller wrote. "You then accompanied President Trump in walking from the White House to St. John's Episcopal Church for that photo."
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So POTUS should have walked through the park without having cleared it? Take that idea up with the Secret Service dumb ass!
Talk about the sacred and the profane!
Let’s make this 2-year bitch & moan relevant...
BI is a Leftwing rag
Goid. Just another leftist
Agreed. Yet another of the deep state shows their horrible leftist ideology in that letter.
Folks, just remember, it is not just elected politicians who want to control and murder you. It is political appointees who call rioters ‘peaceful protesters’ who would gladly murder you if they knew they could get away with it.
JoMa
I attempt to be more accurate:
“Large, roving gangs of Democrat-paid voters committing arson...”
One way to get rid of these bush, obama, clinton appointees
Another Deep Stater sinks into the muck of the swamp.
Consultants are a time a dozen. He can be replaced.
They are totally unhinged, and then want to rule over us. Really scary what could happen.
the whole probelem with that statement is the protesters were not law-abiding. Curfew had already taken effect.
They're scared of a man doing the right thing as they are corrupt and evil.
“James Miller Jr., the former under secretary of defense for policy from 2012 to 2014”
First thing that I saw too. Why was he even allowed in Trump’s government in the first place (unless underlings somehow placed him there).
Thanks for finding and posting this; note that nobody complained about clintoon doing this.
nutmeg wrote:
“Darn. He should have waited for today when it came out that was all fake news.
Exactly! The U.S. Park Police reported that “many” in the crowd in Lafayette Park on June 1, 2020, started to get violent at 6:33 pm ET. The crowd wasn’t entirely “peaceful” by any means (I saw this myself on Fox News’ live coverage).
The U.S. Park Police also reported that they did NOT use tear gas (I don’t know about the rubber bullets). They said they used “smoke cannisters and pepper balls” to disperse the crowd.”
Thanks for the info!
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