'A completely false narrative': Defense secretary Epser snaps at CNN's Tapper over firing of Navy ca
Source: Raw Story
'A completely false narrative': Defense secretary Epser snaps at CNN's Tapper over firing of Navy captain and safety of sailors
Published 4 mins ago on April 5, 2020
By Tom Boggioni
Defense Secretary Mark Esper was put on the hot seat on Sunday morning by CNN Jake Tapper over the firing of Captain Capt. Brett E. Crozier, who was relieved of duty helming the aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt for writing a letter for expressing concern for his crew as the coronavirus began to spread.
Esper went out of his way to say that he backed acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly decision to relieve Crozier who was attempting to protect the 5,000 sailors under his command, saying, "First and foremost, we needed to take care of the sailors on the ship. Ensure their well-being and get that ship out to sea as soon as possible. I'm pleased to report, over half of the ship has been tested. 155 came up positive, those are mild to moderate, no hospitalization whatsoever. The crew is being taken care of. With regard to the relief of the captain, I think the acting secretary made a tough decision, a decision that I support. It was based on his view that he lost faith and confidence in the captain based on his actions. It's just another example of how we hold leaders accountable for actions."
Later in the interview, host Tapper brought up the fact that most of the sailors are still trapped on the ship days after the coronavirus started spreading, which compelled the defense secretary to snap back at him.
"I want to ask you about the sailors," Tapper began. "You mentioned what was going on. A Pentagon spokesperson said the goal was to have 2,700 sailors off the ship by Friday evening. As of yesterday afternoon, only 1,548 had been moved to shore. more than 1,000 await tests and why has the Navy failed to reach the goal? When will everyone be off the ship?"
Read more: https://www.rawstory.com/2020/04/a-completely-false-narrative-defense-secretary-epser-snaps-at-cnns-tapper-over-firing-of-navy-captain-and-safety-of-sailors/
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YOU CHICKEN SHIT fucking punk Epser, your a fucking chickenshit fucking enabler of fucking treason and you and that fucking psychopath are nothing more than chickenshit's trying to pull something out of your yellow cowardly enabling ass to justify the disabling of unit integrity, lets remind you that your boss has FUCKING BLOOD on HIS HANDS and this BS is under mining national security..................FUCK YOU ...................
Your a fucking ass and should be brought into a hearing room and make you to be forced to resign..........FUCK YOU.......
I stand with Captain Crozier..........................
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FUCK YOU "and" your HYPOCRISY. 
