Florida Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz spoke at a Defense hearing on Wednesday during which he exposed the fact that Trump supporters in the military are being targeted.
Gaetz said, “It became very apparent to every person paying attention to this committee that there was no real definition of extremism, yet we were having an extremism stand down anyway and there are people in the military who are being driven out as a consequence of their viewpoint and the fact that we have strong laws on the books is fascinating but it doesn’t have its own fiat because the problem is those laws aren’t self-affecting.”
He added, “If there’s a culture that has infected the upper level brass right now at the department of Defense where we’ve all got to view service members as potential extremists and white supremacists and disruptives to the force as a consequence of something as simple as sharing an America first hashtag or indicating support for former President Donald Trump then we really have a problem.”
Gaetz is right. The oddly vague definition of extremism in the military is leading to members being targeted in some cases for simply expressing American values and that’s something that’s just as bad as real extremism.
We The People need to come together in 2/3rds of the States and have a Constitutional Convention to change America’s course. This Gatez as all Democrats, are traitors to the oath they swore to uphold, and we need to have new laws that can remove them in a heartbeat out of Washington D.C. without having to go through all the red tape they’ve put before the American people, and Congress, which is definitely broken, so we can remove them without voting, period.
He is a GOP member
Maybe you should actually read the article. He is a Republican and he is speaking out against military members being targeted.
Rise up Americans and resist this political, socialist agenda. Power to the people. We must fight to keep our country free.
I AGREE GET ALL THE LOW LIFE THROW OUT AND GET OUR COUNTRY BACK.
We just need to wake up and vote the Democrats out along with all rinos. Then we need term limits and that in itself will put professional politicians out of business and true Patriots would do what is right for all Americans.
Arrest the entire democratic socialist communist party immediately. Innact term limits as well. Enough of this swamp in D C.
While I agree they need to go, arresting them based on political affiliation takes A play out their current actions and that presents problems.
Absolutely agree 100%. We voter Democrats out and yet ballots appeared out of thin air. So over laws must be passed with voter ID to ensure elections are secure. 2020 proven that our elections are not secure. Ballots harvesting, dead people voter, non citizens voter is rampant.
Yes the Communist Democrats are not working for Americans. They are trying to steal the elections by putting the federal government in charge, thus tAking away states rights. They have rigging the California recall vote already. They have already found a car with 300 voter mail in ballots. Newsom first destroyed San Francisco and now he has done it for the rest of California. He doesn’t give a damn about citizens. All he wants is power and money. George Soros contributed 500,000 million to his campaign (political payoff) that should tell voters a lot about Newsom! Also Harris and Pelosi. Republicans/conservatives need to vote this month to recall Newsom and vote in a Republican.
You are right on. RHINO’s out and term limits. It is a shame our elected politicians are suppose to serve the people, but stay in office so long they become self-serving.
after the last election you still believe in fair and honest at the polls ? They got away with it last time and think they can cheat every election and get away with it. Watch what happens with californication’s recall election. Already caught someone passed out with 300+ mail in ballots in his car, just the tip of the iceberg.
They will just rig the election like 2020.
Question. Why are you against Matt Gaetz? He’s a strong Conservative and is sounding the alarm against the “woke” military attacking our patriotic soldiers that support President Trump.
We the people need to do something the only thing that will ever clean up the swamp it’s simple the only law that needs to be implemented is TERM LIMITS until congress and Senate have term limits nothing will never change and we the people will never have anyone representing us they will continue to look out for them selfs
I agree 100% to term limits! They make millions while in office and still get retirement and medical benefits for life!
Gaetz is a REPUBLICAN and is taking about people in the military being discharged because they are Republican and share a different view like they have for a very ling time. His is NOT a Democrat!!
Since you didn’t read the article and ran off at the mouth about a convention, I sure hope brain dead pukes like you aren’t at it.
Hey man Matt is a republican from Florida, just get your ducks in a row before comenting
We just need to wake up and vote the democrats out along with all RINO’s. Then we need term limits and that in itself will put professional politicians out of business and true Patriots would do what is right for all Americans.
Thats hard to do when they keep rigging elections.Look at what they just caught in the CA recall election.
Eliminate voting machines and all ballots will have a number. When the ballots are received by registered voters that number will be issued by one’s name. Match the ballot numbers with the name and it should eliminate fraud. Absentee ballots must be notarized before acceptance.
YOU GET TERM LIMITS WHEN YOU VOTE TO GET PEOPLE OUT OF GOVERNMENT BY VOTING THEM OUT >DO NOT KEEP VOTING THE CROOKED BUTT HEAD IN TO THE PLACES THAT THEY ARE IN AND KEEP DOING NOTHING FOR THE PEOPLE THAT VOTED THEM IN>? VOTE THEM OUT
THAT IS TERM LIMITS>:
AMEN TO THAT
All that needs to be done is cut there pay to $100,000.00 a year or less and that it . They won’t want the job.
They make too much in GRAFT .100K is nothing compared to the money they take under the table .
How about cut it to average national salary with no retirement other than SSA. That way they truly represent the people instead of feeling they are political elites.
Goetz is not a Democrat Free and Fair elections will solve the problem. One live legitimate American citizen with an ID one vote and these socialist/communists will crawl back in their holes
Exactly!
After Biden’s Afghanistan clusterf**k I’d bet the farm that whatever Democrats that there were left in the military have now left the plantation. They fully understand that Biden and the Democrats don’t not give a rat’s ass about them.
We The People have RIGHTS (even Military members). We need to PROTECT them. The military ARE American Citizens. One Enlightened Patriot. Team Trump And His Allies 2020 – MAGA (WE’RE NOT going away!).
I agree
These politicians need to go! One way or another! Their political view is against our RIGHTS, AND OUR FREEDOM! Don’t care what they think! One reason the Founding father put in the SECOND ADMENDMENT RIGHTS! TO KEEP THESE POLITICIANS FROM TAKING AWAY OUR FREEDOM AND LIBERTY! They work for us! We don’t work for them! If it Mean we have to start a civil war again. I hope their family gone first!
Gaetz is a Rino, and should be voted out of office. Once out of office there should be an investigation into political dealings. He is truly a traitor and a hypocrite, and person with no dignity or honor. They call these people slime buckets. I’m being nice!
Gaetz is a RINO? Proof please. I haven’t seen any indication of those proclivities.
Where in the Hell do you get a RINO from Gaetz?? He is trying to protect the rights of military menbeers from the Democrats—Do your homework!!!
What are you drinking ? Your the slim stating the wrong BS.
Gaetz is correct. For instance, what is white supremacy? By my own definition, I am a white supremacist. My definition entails believing in the ascendancy of Western civilization as being superior to any other civilization in so many benchmark areas such as art, music, literature, science, medicine, technology and advancement of human liberty.
As one who believes in the science of anthropology, I do not believe in race ( a human contrivance ) and that human beings are so closely related that the most distantly related human beings are more closely related than chimpanzees in the same troupe. Each person is capable of some sort of ascendancy depending on a number of factors, but the contrivance of race does not enter into it. But heredity and environment quite often do.
Unfortunately politics have infected the military leadership. Now you have people like General Miley pushing CRT, a Marxist propaganda doctrine on the troops along with other high ranking officers in the other services. They all should be removed for, if nothing else Loss of confidence in their ability to lead troops. Also Miley, Biden, Harris, Pelosi and Schumer should be removed for if nothing else Reckless Endangerment for the incompetent way we pulled out of Afghanistan…service members killed, Americans left behind and millions of dollars in high tech military equipment!
5 of the 8 Joint Chiefs are products of the IVY LEAGUE LIBERAL EDUCATION (INDOCTRINATION ???) SYSTEM ….and I believe therein lies the problem …..
America WAKE UP TIME TO LOCk AND LOAD AS OUR FOREFATHERS DID. ONLY WAY TO GET RID OF COMMIES BEEN THERE DONE THAT.
If we don’t have Americans in our military, who are they? Biden’s Taliban troops or ISIS?
Who is the guy in back of him rocking??? What a distraction! I agree with Matt. He is right on!! He is a breath of fresh air….we need more like him in government. Common sense is a very rare thing now days. He speaks for his constituents and for the good of the nation!!
TIME FOR THE DEM. PARTY TO PACK THEIR BAGS AND LEAVE.
Although the most important government agency, the military is NOT the only government agency being targeted. FEMA has been on the democrat list for a long time and many have been replaced by “no nothing’ people. And you have several law enforcement agencies like the Border Patrol who are on the democrat “watch list”. A friend of mine in the Office of Personnel Management told me they had been told to watch for any people who supported President Trump or had any of President Trump’s coins, hats, or t-shirts. This bunch of gangsters will do anything to stay in power.
Our military lack of leadership is destroying the best military force in the world. The socialist culture has reached the top Commander in Chief on down.
Someone should tell Jim Acosta, he thinks the GOP is like the American Taliban. Nothing says totalitarian and Dictatorship like the Democrat’s, come on be reasonable and do it my way, that should be their Motto!!!!
Congress will NEVER vote to amend the Constitution to limit their own power by proposing a term limits amendment. The States will have to bypass Congress by utilizing an Article V Convention of States which has to power to propose Amendments and which will still require 3/4 of the States to ratify those amendments – just as though Congress had proposed the amendments in the first place. An Article V Convention, unlike a Constitutional Convention which can change anything in the current Constitution or even start all over from scratch, can ONLY propose amendments. The Founders gave the States the power, in Article V, to rein in a Federal government which refuses to rein in itself and they should use it…….and quickly!!