BREAKING: DOD distances itself from attack on WH protesters

[brooklynite]

Link to tweet

[leftieNanner]

1. Oh Great!

The Con-in-Chief has conned the DOD.

They're gonna LOVE that.

Ass Face doesn't have the courage to walk through the park.

[mindfulNJ]

2. Rats jumping ship?

Looks like this stupid stunt may be backfiring.

[Wellstone ruled]

3. Sucker!!!!

They know damn well what is going to be the Consequences of that walk in the Park Video last night. You just do not mess with the Folks on Capital Hill who have the power of the Purse as well as the power of Approval..

[agingdem]

4. uh huh..

because nothing says quelling a peaceful protest like advancing soldiers on horseback, tear gas, and rubber bullets...

[Blue_true]

9. It look like Park Police gassed the protesters. nt

[agingdem]

12. yes they did...

I'm a child of the 60s...I marched against the Vietnam war...three of my friends fought and died in that senseless war...I can still smell, taste and feel the tear gas...

[Iliyah]

5. The liars club incorporated . .

[W_HAMILTON]

6. Oh bullshit.

CNN was announcing his intention to walk to that church for his photo op minutes ahead of time and had some stationary camera pointed at it, but we are supposed to believe that these officials with Trump had no clue what he was up to?

Bullshit.

[SharonClark]

15. Agree.

[uponit7771]

20. +1

[marybourg]

7. They know they are sullying their reputations.

They will lose the support of the American people if they don’t stand up to this president s illicit behavior.

[matt819]

8. So many Pulitzer prize possibilities

The photo of trump walking past a wall with lot of graffiti, including Fuck. Sums up pretty much everything.

[BusyBeingBest]

10. Why would these traitorous dumbfucks want to "review efforts to quell

protests"? That's not their fucking job. Their job is to defend and uphold the constitution.

[crickets]

11. I call fibber.

Link to tweet

Nick Schifrin
@nickschifrin
Senior defense official defended @Esper reference to American protests being a “battlespace”: “The use of the term battlespace is a term that we use to discuss… the area we are operating… Nothing should be read into the use of that term.

Bull puckey. I'm hearing a whole lot of regret and CYA. Somebody just didn't expect the backlash.

[DrToast]

13. Translation

"We didn't realize how fucking horrible this was gonna look, so we're trying to pretend we didn't know what was happening."

[StarfishSaver]

17. "And we think it better to claim to be clueless suckered than admit complicity with this guy"

[uponit7771]

21. "... and when we do it again we'll just claim Trump tricked us that time too"

[Cognitive_Resonance]

14. You mean the leadership team of the most powerful military forces the planet has ever known

were easily tricked by a demented reality show host? What kind of fools are they?

[kairos12]

16. Resign then. Otherwise you are complicit.

[bottomofthehill]

18. Nice try

I cry bullshit

[bluestarone]

19. They cry foul this time BUT

They will DO IT AGAIN!