Rep. Paul Gosar of Arizona and former President Donald Trump both said outgoing Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley was a traitor who should be put to death.
Mark Hertling responds to Republican’s call for Gen. Mark Milley to be ‘hanged’
In a social media post Friday, Trump criticized Milley, an Army general, and accused him of talking to Chinese colleagues behind his back in the final months of his administration.
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Trump said Friday on his Truth Social platform that “in the past, the punishment would have been DEATH!” »
In 2021, Milley was called an “idiot” by then-President Trump, who also called James Mattis the “most overrated general in the world” while in office.
Gosar accused Milley in a newsletter published Sunday of conspiring with former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Democrat of California, “to harm President Trump and of working treacherously behind Trump’s back.” » by allegedly delaying National Guard support to the US Capitol during the 2017 riot. January 6, 2021.
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Gosar wrote: “In a better society, collaborators like the strange General Milley, promoter of sodomy, would be hanged. »
Gosar also called four-star Gen. Milley, who served in the military for more than four decades, a “traitor.”
Agreeing with Murrett, former Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling said on CNN that violence proposed by any political figure “is disgusting.” This continues, and it really needs to be stopped, Jim. This is simply a serious matter, and I will condemn it if no one else does. »
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Former commander of U.S. Forces Europe and retired Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling called Gosar’s outburst “sexist, racist and vile,” adding that it “just shows how bad this stuff has become.” common currency and is not condemned in the country. our divided country.
Donald Trump’s Truth Social message was also condemned by Hertling, who claimed that Trump and Gosar were ignoring the responsibilities of the chairman of the Joint Chiefs, which are advisory rather than commanding troops.
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Hertling remarked to Acosta: “He is the senior military advisor. He is not a force commander. He is the one who advises the Secretary of Defense and the President, and he also coordinates and supervises all combatant commanders. So, you know, blaming him for all sorts of things that happened in government just seems malicious and certainly… vile, and it shows how deeply disturbed these two individuals are and how out of touch they are of their role. government officials,”
Hertling added: “And even if they knew what General Milley’s jobs were and what his performance requirements were, to do this in a public forum to threaten to hang or shoot them for treason is just bizarre…and something little ridiculous. and a little sick.
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At the end of this week, the president is expected to resign and Gen. Charles Q. Brown, the current secretary of the Air Force, will take over as the new president.
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