That Modly scumbucket just issued an apology

[Leghorn21]

Acting @SECNAV just issued an apology to the Navy for his comments today.

Link to tweet

I kinda figured he would because LOSER45 seemed a bit sheepish about the affair at his rally this afternoon and most likely forced him into it

Nevertheless, fuck you all

[dhol82]

1. Still said it out loud. Don't accept his apology.

[SharonAnn]

91. If Modly is so "naive or stupid" as to blieve this was appropriate in the first place, remove him

[dhol82]

113. Yes!

[GP6971]

2. I say BS to the apology.

He needs to go and go now.

[ZZenith]

3. Fuck him.

So done with these people.

[Bev54]

7. My words out loud to myself

Fuck him, the only thing he can do to really apologize is to quit.

[ZZenith]

23. They're gonna make us remove them, I'm afraid.

Buckle up.

[StarryNite]

38. Exactly! Fuck him!

[hlthe2b]

4. F..K that. He flew all the way to Guam to chastise the crew for supporting the Captain

and to engender favor with Trump--during a damned pandemic during which hundreds have become ill on that carrier. He didn't go to try to help the situation but to cover his own ass.

His apology comes only because he "naively and stupidly" did not think his own blustering unprofessional spew would become public.

He should be dismissed IMO.

[drmeow]

6. Using my taxpayer dollars to do so

no less. I'll accept his apology when he reinstates Crozier and not a moment sooner.

[MontanaMama]

84. This.

I want to know how he got there. Military plane? Private jet? That matters to me. His apology is hollow.

[ancianita]

66. AND he had all those hours of travel to think about using good judgment. NOW he apologizes.

Proof of his being disqualified to be any leader, nevermind "acting."

Yep. The doofus should be DISSED and dismissed.

[Freedomofspeech]

5. F@#k him.

[sheshe2]

8. Fug him.

Apology not accepted.

You own what you said.

[chia]

9. NOT GOOD ENOUGH

He needs to be gone.

[uponit7771]

10. Naw, fuck that ... Modly most likely found out the Captain went up through CoC properly & his CoC...

... didn't respond quick enough then the Captain had to go outside of CoC with SoS memo.

Nah, screw Modly ... it sounds like they know something larger is up.

[Wellstone ruled]

44. Thought the same.

Can not imagine the uproar at the Navel Academy today after this FUBAR.

It is all about your Graduation ranking in all the services,especially in the Navy.

My guess is,Modly got reamed Royally by his Classmates which means his Career in the Navy will end shortly

[Haggis for Breakfast]

62. I hadn't thought about that, but you're right.

Academy grads are different. You carry that with you forever.

[Wellstone ruled]

70. Class ranking is everything for

Academy Grads.

[niyad]

11. Too late, mouldy. You said out out loud to 5.000 witnesses. May the virus get you.

[elleng]

12. Thank him for the apology.

He said what he said due to pressure from we know whom, and it's good that he found the guts to apologize.

We must recognize the difficulty so many have in dealing with idiot in chief, and recognize them when they apologize.

[Laelth]

34. +1 n/t

-Laelth

[sarge43]

78. Sorry, he's not in the service

He can quit any time he wants to. If he got pressured by Moron, he could have said, "Nope" and quit. More importantly, he Did Not have to make an insane insulting rant at those sailors. In short, if he folds to pressure that easily, he should not have the job.

[C_U_L8R]

13. Reinstate and resign. It's the right thing to do.

[Generic Brad]

95. He's lost the Navy

Zero confidence. He must resign.

[dalton99a]

14. He is sorry his speech was recorded.

He is unfit for the job.

[uponit7771]

19. THIS !!!!

[sfstaxprep]

40. DING DING DING!!!

We have a Winner!!

By tomorrow, he'll switch and begin justifying his statements.

He's only concerned about protecting himself, and his Cult Leader.

[flibbitygiblets]

99. Ironically, the recording proved Modly was guilty of what he was accusing Crozier of

Namely, being naïve enough to think his message wouldn't get to the media. To that I say

[Brother Buzz]

15. You can't put the toothpaste back in the tube, you nimrod

[spike jones]

93. How to put toothpaste back in tube.

Toothpaste tubes are made with plastic.

Unscrew the tube top cap and squeeze the paste out on a small plate and replace the top cap.

Cut the tube bottom off with scissors just above the end.

With a blunt knife, spread the two sides apart to open the tube at the bottom
.
Scrap the paste off the plate with the knife and scoop it into the tube from the bottom.

With needle nosed pliers squeeze the bottom ends back together and push the paste to the tube top.

With the pliers, hold the bottom together about 1/4” up from the tube end.

Use a lighter to melt the end plastic until it gets very soft (caution, do not touch the hot plastic).

Move the pliers down to squeeze the hot ends together and hold until cool. You may fold the ends a little to insure a tight seal.

The toothpaste is back in the tube and ready for use.

Caution, do not breath the hot plastic fumes, except maybe a little at the end.

[msongs]

16. an apology without a resignation is insincere IMO. well he is a trumpite after all nt

[defacto7]

17. That doesn't work. If he's too dumb to know better

than to make a jackass of himself in front of the whole f'ing navy then he's in the wrong job. But then we knew that.

[ck4829]

18. Damage control

[hatrack]

20. Fuck this guy. He can "apologize" by resigning

Fuck you, Mr. Moldy.

[Ilsa]

21. An apology? Trump will fire him, I bet.

Apologies look "weak" to the bully.

[bullwinkle428]

22. Here's how this "apology" played out. King Tangeranus realized very quickly how

absolutely horrifically this was playing across the board, with people from all walks of life. He knew he couldn't get away with blaming it on the "fake news", "do-nothing Democrats", or any of his usual punching bags. He quickly formulated another cowardly exit strategy, just like he did in all of his failed marriages and businesses. The original Modly statement was completely his own handiwork, and now Modly is walking the plank like a good little soldier...I mean, sailor.

[smb]

112. Yep

Moldy was naive and stupid enough to think Napoleon Boneyspurs would reward his ass-kissing by having his back when things got tough. Nope!

[sarisataka]

24. I believe Moldy should get a second chance,

to the same extent he gave to Capt. Crozier.


If the SECNAV was not naive and stupid in delivering his inflammatory, morale busting speech then he must have done it intentionally

[IggleDuer]

41. Perhaps on "Apprentice- Navy Edition"

N/T

[crickets]

25. "Can I keep my job, pretty please?"

[Alex4Martinez]

26. Publicly releasing this letter is more inappropriate than the Captain's letter, IMHO.

This is fully a CYA letter, written under duress.

Fuck him and Trump.

[demtenjeep]

27. words just words

don't mean a damn thing

[BigMin28]

28. Too little, too late

Moldy. Resign now.

[Laelth]

29. Good. He owed an apology ...

... to Crozier, to the crew of the TR, and to the American people for undermining the integrity of our armed forces. Here, issuing an apology was the right thing to do.

-Laelth

[Laffy Kat]

30. Too little, too late. Why even bother? nt

[LiberalFighter]

31. Make him walk the plank.

[Ferrets are Cool]

32. Fuck you and your forced apology. nt

[Raven123]

33. Apologize for confusion? No one was confused. His character assassination was Trumpian

[relayerbob]

35. I want to see the actual email cc list

I would bet good money that it was sent to the correct people and whoever leaked, it was in the proper chain of command,

[sarge43]

83. I think that's a sure bet.

Kill the messenger

[crickets]

90. I've been wondering about that.

Especially because of all the noise about not using a classified server. Regardless of whether it was classified, someone had to share it inappropriately for it to go anywhere. Capt Crozier didn't leak this to the press. Who did? Somebody decided to sacrifice him to shut him up and it backfired bigly.

[relayerbob]

94. Yep

Nancy needs to follow that trail

[Freethinker65]

36. Is this satire????Just obeying orders? Who the fuck wrote the speech???????

This is what Trump and his administration think of the military. It is theirs to play with and use against their personal (and not our Nation's) enemies. This once again is blatant ABUSE OF POWER.

Just like Trump abusing the DOJ to go after his personal enemies and FEMA, DHS to deny supplies and backup to States Trump has a personal beef with.

Impeach and jail the SOB and his kids and loyalist to him over country staff and legislators.

[brewens]

37. Add "Support the Troops" to the long list of things Trump worshippers get to STFU about! n/t

[ashredux]

39. He is toast....Trump will throw him inder the bus quickly

Trump told him to fire the Captain and now that the backlash is so harsh Trump will “step in” and the SECNAV WILL RESIGN

[sfstaxprep]

43. Yep

He's working on that "Resignation" letter as we speak.

[Judi Lynn]

46. That would be humorous to witness. He didn't hesitate to launch an all-out attack on him.

The more people who end up under the Trump bus, the better. Sooner or later Trump is going to run out of volunteers, hopefully.

[musette_sf]

81. those plugs tho!

[eleny]

42. Turd chestnut

[sheshe2]

45. Not an apology.

It was CYA issued far to late.

[C Moon]

47. That was the most unprofessional, condescending, rhetoric-filled speech I've heard.

I hope he gets kicked out on his ass and can never find work again.

[SWBTATTReg]

75. Ditto!

[malaise]

48. Two words

Fuck him!

[grantcart]

49. I think he should go see Crozier in person and give him the apology "in

In close proximity


And then visit all of the other symptomatic sailors up close and personal.

[Leghorn21]

56. Now you're talkin, grantcart

Hell to the fkn yeah

On camera as well, because we all deserve at least that much

[JHB]

50. Oh, look, a certain someone held a Trump to his head so he's folding.

He might as well have gone with the "Looks like I picked the wrong week to stop..." excuse.

[Marcuse]

51. I have lost confidence in the Commander in Chief.

[SoCal Roomba]

52. I'm sorry I flew all the way to Guam...

And called your captain and all of you stupid on your 1MC.

Also I never did that.

[crickets]

67. Nailed it! Welcome to DU, SoCal Roomba.

[happybird]

53. Fuck him.

[Marie Marie]

54. Who here thinks Trump put him up to that? Not the apology but

that original rant.

[Leghorn21]

68. Good question, Marie Marie - but I think it was Modly the psycho trying to impress his psycho

boss, and yeah, OOPS, it didn’t fly ...and at the rally today, LOSER45 was sheepish and cowed, and promised to look into the situation and praised Capt Crozier mightily - even THAT nitwit could tell the optics here were hyper-toxic, and he pretty much ran Modly up the flagpole and let his ass flap around in the breeze

Lord have mercy, who are these fkn people

[SlogginThroughIt]

55. Sometimes apologies

Sometimes apologies aren’t worth a god damned thing.

This is one of those times. Fuck him. You want to apologize? Apologize individually to everyone of those sailors and take whatever they give back to you after you disrespected their Cap.

Fuck him.

Also I am ex-Navy.

[Jamastiene]

57. How passive-aggressive of him.

Saying something horrible then offering a half-assed, disingenuous apology for it doesn't cut it. He should resign.

[marble falls]

58. Now fucking resign and take your 3/4's of a real appology with you ...

You caused this mishmas, jackass.

[JDC]

59. Apology not accepted.

[Rebl2]

69. +1

[paleotn]

60. The acting jackass is toast.

[keithbvadu2]

61. Mission accomplished: they got the message out to their base....

Mission accomplished: they got the message out to their base....

Cokie's Law - about politics and media coverage...

Cokie's Law states that it does not matter if it is true or not. It's out there.

Cokie Roberts journalist, author, reporter

Then they can apologize in a much smaller forum. (If they do)

[3catwoman3]

63. "...any pain my remarks...

...may have caused. MAY?

Proverbial day late and dollar short, asshole.

[SeattleVet]

64. THat's not much of an apology...

more like a CYA bucket of excuses after going all the way to Guam to berate the crew for supporting their Captain. A good portion of his ass-chewing revolved around how much attention the letter got in DC.

Fuck him. This 'apology' is completely hollow without an accompanying resignation. Being in charge of the Navy is a disgrace to that fine institution. (Even as a Zoomie, I think that the Squids are OK.)

Who would have thought that the Secretary of the Navy would be both naive AND stupid? Instead of the US Navy, the closest this turd should have come to anything resembling a ship is in his own bathtub.

Too bad one must be separated from the military for a minimum of 5 years before being appointed as Secretary of the Navy; President Biden can't appoint Brett Crozier (at least, in his first term), but should definitely consider placing the good Captain in a high-level government position befitting his stature. He had already risen to a level seen by very few - there are 11 nuclear-powered in the US arsenal, and their command staff is very carefully chosen from among the elite best-of-the-best that the Navy has.

[DallasNE]

65. I Believe His First Statement

Was a trial balloon for a Courts Martial that Trump was wanting. When it backfired badly out comes this new statement about how his words "may have" caused pain. They were intended to cause pain and sully the reputation. Trump was responsible for both statements. Now everyone pretends it never happened. Besides, if the apology was sincere it would have been handled in a personal manner - not some Tweet.

[calimary]

71. How do we know he really wrote this?

Did he? Does he fully agree with it?

Will he come out and make a public statement toward that end?

He needs to get Crozier reinstated. AS WELL AS issue a public apology. And then resign. And disappear. Before somebody figures out how to take him to court and sue his ass off for this.

[dawg day]

72. Didn't he also accuse the captain of "betrayal?"

Modly did this, no doubt, to get on Trump's good side so he could be appointed actual secretary. Then Trump of course drops the bomb on him. Hee hee. Nothing like seeing Trump bootlickers get kicked in the face.

[DinahMoeHum]

73. Psss psss psss psss psss! Meow! Meow!

And remember, Modly was the schmuck who replaced Richard Spencer, who resigned his office over the issue of Navy SEAL Ed Gallagher, who had been charged with war crimes.

An absolute abortion. Total scum.




#newrostrong

[sarge43]

74. Then, reenstate Captain Crozier to his command.

Otherwise, you're just CYAing and bs'ing.

[unblock]

76. *he* gets away with an apology, but crozier is still screwed?

Between firing a beloved captain for looking after his sailors *and* then making a speech that oh by the way the media picked up on and it caused controversy in washington, *exactly* what he accused crozier of, what he did was way worse.

[Grasswire2]

77. unforgiveable. nt

[Baked Potato]

79. This situation is a disaster and threatens good order and morale.

National Security issue.

[The Wizard]

80. Who wishes this

band of reprobate scum would drink the hemlock (Kool Aid)?

[Turbineguy]

82. Sorry,

not good enough.

[Nitram]

85. That is a damn good apology. None of that "I'm, sorry iff anyone was offended bullshit." Just a

straight up apology with concrete points about which he is apologizing.

[ZZenith]

103. You forgot the sarcasm smiley.

Nobody is dumb enough or naive enough to believe this apology is sincere.

Nobody.

[The Wizard]

86. He should hold a major press conference

and say "he was only following orders."

[Prof. P.E. Name]

87. Keel haul the friggin' Acting Secretary...

....the beam of the TR......and if he should make it out the other side, then and only then, would I consider an apology.

[scarletwoman]

88. It's not an "unfortunate situation" - it's a fucking disgrace.

Captain Crozier should have never been fired in the first place.

And Modley is a fucking coward for having done it.

[2naSalit]

89. Doesn't matter. He said it with intent.

And the entirety of the Navy knows it. His best bet is to resign and go crawl back under his slime mat.

[cate94]

92. Instead of 'wanting' to apologize

How about actually apologizing and resign? F#ck you Moldy.

[Iggo]

109. Yep.

[Ohioboy]

96. This is actually good

I think he is still a scumbag, but at least it means he knows he caught and exposed as a scumbag.

[SunSeeker]

97. Oh the irony.

Link to tweet

[lpbk2713]

98. Go fuck yourself asshole.

You meant every word of what you said. It's too late for a feeble attempt at damage control.

[catbyte]

100. ...

[TeamPooka]

101. Trying to save his job. Hope it doesn't work.

[S.E. TN Liberal]

102. So, how is morale on the TR or any other military establishment now?

How many service members are regretting being in the Military with the orange turd in charge?

How will this affect recruiting in our all-volunteer services?

Thanks once again to the orange turd for helping Putin.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

104. Right

He needs to resign

[Zambero]

105. Nice try

However, some things cannot be unheard.

[7wo7rees]

106. Good apology except

He forgot:
I am sorry.
I am a dickhead.
I will relieve myself.
Carry on.
Good luck to the new and old captains.

[Gothmog]

107. This is not a real apology

This idiot is still defending his disgusting comments

[CentralMass]

108. This entire cabinet lacks honor, integrity and a moral compass

[cwydro]

110. What an asshat.

Yuck.

[Gothmog]

111. This asshole was offered to apologize

Link to tweet

?s=20