It appears that General Mark Milley usurped the president’s control of our nation’s military and seized it for himself.
Holy cow, that’s sobering. Unprecedented, even.
Highlights of tonight’s episode include:
“Deep State … the term, then and now, suggests that our democracy is fake. Elections in domestic politics are just a sideshow. No matter who you vote for, in the end the same people still run everything. That’s a pretty dark understanding of the American system.”
“If you’re a normal person who grew up here, it is the last thing you want to believe about your own country. It seems crazy. And then you read stories like this one.”
“According to this account, our country’s top defense official secretly colluded with our chief military rival to undercut the elected president of the United States. How would you describe that? Deep State is not strong enough. That’s treason. It is a crime.”
“A constellation of unelected government employees, loyal above all to the Democratic party and to the permanent class in Washington, ignored the United States Constitution. And then they invalidated the votes of tens of millions of American citizens. How’d they do that? Because they invalidated democracy.”
“Mark Milley was seizing personal control of America’s nuclear arsenal. He went around the room and demanded that his officers submit to his authority, not the President’s. Milley told them to follow no orders without first consulting him.
“Soon, civilian control of the military was over. Mark Milley was in charge.”
“If this is true, it is one of the scariest things that has ever happened in this country. We often hear people say they’re worried about authoritarianism coming to America. Well, it’s here. That’s what this is. It’s authoritarian government. It’s government by unelected, unaccountable leaders willing to use violence to preserve their power.”
Watch the video below and tell us what you think in the comments.
