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Dennis Donovan

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Tue Apr 7, 2020, 03:51 PM

Apr 2020

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2020/04/07/top-navy-official-resigns-after-insulting-warship-captain-who-expressed-alarm-about-services-handling-of-covid-19-outbreak-on-ship/

Top Navy official resigns after insulting warship captain who expressed alarm about service’s handling of covid-19 outbreak on ship

By Washington Post Staff

April 7, 2020 at 3:47 p.m. EDT

Acting Navy secretary Thomas Modly resigned one day after he prompted a firestorm by traveling to the USS Theodore Roosevelt, an aircraft carrier docked in Guam on which crew members are afflicted with the novel coronavirus, and assailed the character of the ship’s former captain.

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Good riddance to that clown...

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Acting secretary of the Navy has submitted his resignation [View all] NYC Liberal Apr 2020 OP

Womp womp.... Drum Apr 2020 #1

Good! One less Trumpite. COLGATE4 Apr 2020 #2

Don't worry; he'll be replaced with another one who's just as bad The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2020 #14

He's too naive and stupid to be Secretary of the Navy IronLionZion Apr 2020 #3

bye felicia TeamPooka Apr 2020 #4

Good. Of course he'll be replaced with someone even worse, The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2020 #5

I'm hearing another unconfirmed nimrod is already penciled in Brother Buzz Apr 2020 #11

Trump will whitewash all of it. Eyeball_Kid Apr 2020 #6

Good. nt Laffy Kat Apr 2020 #7

He probably thought he'd be knighted by JenniferJuniper Apr 2020 #8

Woo hoo! That guy is the biggest asshole I've ever heard speak.* He sounded like a friggin' Nazi. C Moon Apr 2020 #9

So who's the "stupid" one? Cha Apr 2020 #10

It's over... FailureToCommunicate Apr 2020 #12

Looks like it was accepted: Dennis Donovan Apr 2020 #13

I'm sure it was DEMANDED. /nt artemisia1 Apr 2020 #48

trump will be bragging and taking credit for this while smearing the captain again nt msongs Apr 2020 #15

He was only following the wanna be kings example of behavior. KewlKat Apr 2020 #16

That was his mistake: Grokenstein Apr 2020 #23

Enlisted support keithbvadu2 Apr 2020 #17

LMAO OldManTarHeel Apr 2020 #21

I hope he did that over a trump rally! brer cat Apr 2020 #27

Leadership comments from another posting. Worth repeating keithbvadu2 Apr 2020 #18

Make the fucker walk the plank. nt. BlueIdaho Apr 2020 #19

It couldn't come soon enough. WinstonSmith4740 Apr 2020 #20

Good riddance! StarryNite Apr 2020 #22

+1 ck4829 Apr 2020 #25

K&R ck4829 Apr 2020 #24

Trump likes 'acting' appointees as underlings. keithbvadu2 Apr 2020 #26

Don't let the door hit you where the good lord split you Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 2020 #28

"Let me be clear, I do not think Captain Brett Crozier is naive nor stupid." efhmc Apr 2020 #29

Hey, mouldy, nowhere you are insulting OUR intelligence. We heard exactly what you said, knew niyad Apr 2020 #30

Mission accomplished: they got the message out to their base.... keithbvadu2 Apr 2020 #42

Cokie should know about "getting the message out there"... not_the_one Apr 2020 #50

The Wind is Blowing Our Way! McKim Apr 2020 #31

Good. Sapient Donkey Apr 2020 #32

And good riddance. nt crickets Apr 2020 #33

Well . . . bye DarthDem Apr 2020 #34

The actions of this secretary merely reflect the depravity of the Commander-In-Chief ... Maribelle Apr 2020 #35

SSDD Ad Infinitum Apr 2020 #36

bye bye riversedge Apr 2020 #37

This was yet another pathetic exhibit of the utter PatrickforO Apr 2020 #38

Is anyone surprised? (nt) scarletwoman Apr 2020 #39

You almost hate to see these clowns go because their replacements are always so much worse. catbyte Apr 2020 #40

Trump will appoint another unqualified person to replace him FloridaBlues Apr 2020 #41

ByeBye CRK7376 Apr 2020 #43

Did he hand off his letter just before stepping the plank? CaptainTruth Apr 2020 #44

I would be concerned for the safety of all the marine life in the vicinity. niyad Apr 2020 #45

So one of them finally noticed the public is scarier Warpy Apr 2020 #46

This is what needs to happen to Devoss, Carson, Mnuchin, Kudlow. They all share 1 thing: they suck Evolve Dammit Apr 2020 #47

K & R SunSeeker Apr 2020 #49

All For The Low Low Price Of A Quarter Million Dollars! smb Apr 2020 #51