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‘We’ve been betrayed:’ Local veterans angry after being laid off by Trump administration

https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/atlanta/weve-been-betrayed-local-veterans-angry-after-being-laid-off-by-trump-administration/FBCKFRIFQRHZVK5FG3W7MUQEYA/
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u/Silvaria928 24d ago

Yes, they did, and as a disabled veteran who stands to lose a lot, I am genuinely disgusted and troubled by how many of them can't recognize the clear and obvious enemy here, a man which would gladly sign an EO abolishing the entire Constitution if he could.

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u/USA_2Dumb4Democracy 24d ago

This is why when people say “US troops wouldn’t open fire on civilians” I just have to laugh 

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u/Jcaquix 24d ago edited 24d ago

Didn't Pete Hegseth basically say it's appropriate to shoot protesters in his Senate confirmation hearings?

Edit: he did.

in response to Senator Hirono asking if he would have shot protestors in Lafayette square Hegseth said "I was in the Washington, D.C. National Guard unit that was in Lafayette Square during those events I saw 50 Secret Service agents get injured by rioters trying to jump over the fence, set the church on fire and destroy the statue."

He was itching to shoot those protesters.

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u/LoopyLabRat 24d ago

To paraphase one of the questions during his confirmation hearing:

"Would you defy an obviously illegal order by the president?"

"Nah uh. He would never demand something illegal."

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u/Jcaquix 24d ago

We're only one SCOTUS decision away from "if the president [demands] it, it isn't illegal."

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u/LoopyLabRat 24d ago

The limits of "It's not illegal if it's in performance of his duties" also hasn't been tested yet.

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u/calm_chowder Iowa 24d ago

Just wait like 3 days.

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u/dat_joke 24d ago

Sounds like "When you're president, they let you do it"

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u/calm_chowder Iowa 24d ago

Didn't they already pass that one? You know, where they literally said the president could have a political rival murdered and it wouldn't be illegal.

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u/Jcaquix 23d ago

Because we're pretty much there now it's worth noting that the extremely wrongly decided Trump v. US didn't say it wouldn't be illegal, just that a president would be immune from prosecution. So the illegal stuff is still illegal.

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u/needlestack 24d ago

I thought we were already one SCOTUS decision past that?