Deputy Chief Of Staff For Policy Stephen Miller Got Figuratively Slapped.

It was awesome!

Stephen tried to attack a Congresswoman in regards to a rule of democracy and it didn’t go well. He was not named in Congresswoman’s Mikie Sherrill communication but was schooled in a knowledgeable way. Sherrill wrote a long letter about the firings at the Department of Defense and the problems with that. And having been in the Navy, she would certainly know such things!

From Alternet: “Last night at the Pentagon, President Trump and Secretary Hegseth dismantled a core principle of American democracy: the apolitical military,” she wrote, remarks substantiated by experts. “You don’t rise to our military’s highest positions without decades of leadership and commitment to serving missions across the globe. Four-star General C.Q. Brown has been serving our nation since 1984. Four-star Admiral Lisa Franchetti has been serving since 1985. Both of these individuals earned their barrier-breaking positions because they devoted their lives to taking on our nation’s toughest challenges — and they have the resumes to prove it,” Sherrill explained.

Now that sounds pretty straightforward to me. The military is controlled by the Mango Mandarin but is not to be used for personal retribution. They are to be used across the globe wherever we have a footprint. For example, they are not to be used in the Israel-Hamas war. That’s not ours and we need to stay out of it. We shouldn’t have been kept in Afghanistan at all. At least for Desert Storm, we got in, did what was needed, and got out. But the role of the military is not to be abused.

The firings are not about strengthening our armed forces and it is not about merit. It’s about Hegseth’s and tRump’s political agenda. It’s about redoing the board with potential political allies, but we don’t quite know what it’s going to be, because this has just gotten started. And a reminder to notice that it was a black man and a female that got fired so now it’s all about white men, on and on and on.

Now for the part you’ve been waiting for:

“Quick civics lesson: a core principle of American democracy is civilian control of the military,” declared Miller, a former Trump speechwriter.

Sherrill shot back.

“Gee, thanks Stephen. Here’s a civics lesson for you,” she offered.

“10 U.S.C. § 152 lays out the qualifications for Chairman of the Joint Chiefs. These guidelines ensure the most experienced, capable officers (like General Brown) are protecting our national security and our country. Ignoring the guidelines and firing JAGs suggests the administration is attempting to build a military of loyalists focused less on our safety and more on loyalty to MAGA and Trump.”

Isn’t that glorious? I wish I could have seen it. It’s even more glorious to see someone fighting back. With any luck, it will be just the start of the rebellion we need. We can hope!

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