Joe Scarborough Goes OFF On Congressional Republicans’ Disrespect for the U.S. Military: ‘IT IS GROTESQUE!’
Joe Scarborough blasted Republicans for derisory comments they’ve made targeting the U.S. military of late.
Scarborough’s comments came on Thursday as Morning Joe celebrated the Senate GOP’s floor revolt against Tommy Tuberville’s (R-AL) blockade on hundreds of military nominees awaiting Senate confirmation. This led to Scarborough railing against a broader phenomenon among Republicans, saying that “in the House, you’ve had House members who constantly eviscerate and attack and beat down the United States military.”
Hate the United States military, hate the generals that run the United States military, hate Mark Milley when he was chairman of the joint chiefs. Was so disrespectful to him, it was sickening! It made me sick. Nobody, not even the most left-wing radical — when I was on [the Armed Services Committee] — ever treated a general or an admiral with such little respect.
One of the examples Scarborough slammed was that “You actually had Republicans in the past saying they wished the United States military was more like the Russian military.” This seemed to reference Senator Ted Cruz’s (R-TX) 2021 complaints that the U.S. military was “woke” and “emasculated” compared to Russia’s forces.
“Do we really want our troops to be like Russia? Let me answer that. Hell no!” Scarborough said. “Ask any general, not only in America but anywhere across the world. Do you want your troops to be like the Russian troops or like American troops?”
After declaring, “The world is scared of our military,” Scarborough concluded his point “The only people that don’t seem to respect our military right now are Republicans on Capitol Hill and the guy who is going to be the next president of the United States if the Republicans have their way!”
“It is grotesque!” Scarborough ignited. “They stand alone in the world in their disrespect for the strength and the power and the might of America’s armed services.”
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