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| New Yorker Warns Kelly's Press Briefing Was ‘Preview' of What ‘Military Coup Looks Like' |
| 2017-10-22 |
| [Free Beacon] A New Yorker article warned Friday that White House chief of staff John Kelly's press briefing on Thursday could have been a "preview" of what an eventual military coup in the U.S. might look like. "Consider this nightmare scenario: a military coup," began Masha Gessen, a Russian journalist and an outspoke critic of Vladimir Putin. "You don't have to strain your imagination‐all you have to do is watch Thursday's White House press briefing, in which the chief of staff, John Kelly, defended President Trump's phone call to a military widow, Myeshia Johnson." "The press briefing could serve as a preview of what a military coup in this country would look like, for it was in the logic of such a coup that Kelly advanced his four arguments," she continued. Gessen wrote that Kelly's four arguments were: |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #6 And they're also our only hope. Got it. Mike So it would appear. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2017-10-22 22:03 |
| #5 ...Let me see if I have this straight: according to the Left, the US military is racist, sexist, cruel to people all over the world, and a waste of precious resources needed to take care of our own. And they're also our only hope. Got it. Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2017-10-22 21:35 |
| #4 "Microaggressed" by someone who actually/sacrificed for his nation, cupcake? FOAD |
| Posted by: Frank G 2017-10-22 17:36 |
| #3 Sure are a lot of empty barrels being thumped. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul at FL340 2017-10-22 17:27 |
| #2 Wasn't it month or so ago, the Left was looking for a military coup? |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2017-10-22 16:12 |
| #1 "The Stupid is strong with this one." |
| Posted by: PBMcL 2017-10-22 13:01 |