Fallout from Trump's Lafayette Square scandal continues to unfold

[warrenpees]

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/paTeFQtpI10" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/v/paTeFQtpI10</a>

[Jw2]

Mattis Denounces Trump

President Trump’s effort to use the military to respond to nationwide protests has led to an extraordinary rupture with his current and former secretaries of Defense.

Mark Esper, who now holds the position, stated that he opposed using active-duty troops against protesters seeking justice after the death of George Floyd at the hands of police, saying it should be done “only in the most urgent and dire of situations.” Esper added: “We are not in one of those situations now,” rejecting an option Trump said he’s considering.

Hours later, former Defense Secretary James N. Mattis delivered aneven stronger rebuke to Trump, accusing the president of ordering the military to “violate the constitutional rights of their fellow citizens.”

As a young Marine, Mattis said he swore an oath to defend the Constitution.“Never did I dream that troops taking that same oath would be ordered under any circumstance to violate the constitutional rights of their fellow citizens —much less to provide a bizarre photo op for the elected commander in chief,with military leadership standing alongside,” he wrote in the statement, published by the Atlantic magazine.

“Donald Trump is the first president in my lifetime who does not try to unite the American people — does not even pretend to try. Instead, he tries to divide us,” Mattis wrote. “We are witnessing the consequences of three years without mature leadership.”

Trump responded to Mattis in his customary fashion, with disparaging tweets.But the effects on Trump could be far-reaching, given Mattis’ reputation as a widely admired military leader.

[omiaqt]

Mr. Mattis was a hard core drunk, and President Trump rightly got rid of him.

[dont-blameme]

Sometimes gassing is not enough to bring ignorance under control,  it's a know fact once authority loses control then the uncivilized side of the protester comes to the surface, and it's evident the destruction they will cause and have caused.

[Dan]

What scandal?  You mean the lies the fake news media are reporting?

[warrenpees]

You are a hard-core liar, opie.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Mattis

[D2D]

https://twitter.com/rjfoley/status/1267550851444416513

https://twitter.com/robbystarbuck/status/1267670598127357952

https://www.dailywire.com/news/raw-video-of-teen-girl-crying-over-sisters-death-a-protester-shot-my-sister-not-the-police


Further proof Democrats just don't care who is sacrificed to satiate their greed for power!

Democrats want the riots to continue!

[omiaqt]

Where does it say he is not a hard core alcoholic, ms/mr warrenpees-internetto?

[wvit1001]

are you a hardcore alcoholic omaiqt?   I believe you are.

[Dan]

Late Monday afternoon, a group of (rock throwing) peaceful protestors were removed by force from Lafayette Square, across from the north side of the White House. Once a path was cleared, Donald Trump walked across the park

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Why do you suppose the D.C. mayor did that, vit?

[wvit1001]

We watched it happen! We all saw it.

[Dan]

Yep.  We did.  But why did you blame Trump instead of the true culprit?