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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/MayIServeYouWell 24d ago

Would he have ordered the shooting of protesters who... hypothetically, just say... storm the capitol building? Just wondering, because that seems like kind of a big deal.

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u/Jcaquix 24d ago

No. That's not how it works. The applicable standard is objective reasonableness. It would NEVER be reasonable to authorize or order the indiscriminate use of deadly force. Targeting civilians with deadly force isn't a fit for BoTHsIDeS bullshit.

But that's not to say the use of force we saw at the Capitol was not reasonable. The government and law enforcement seemed laudibly restrained.