#BREAKING James MATTIS Denounces President Trump, Describes Him as a Threat to the Constitution. In an extraordinary (overdue!) condemnation, the former defense secretary backs protesters, says the president is trying to turn Americans against one another.theatlantic.com/politics/archi…
🔥General MATTIS: “We are witnessing the consequences of three years of [Trump’s] deliberate effort [to divide us]… the consequences of three years without mature leadership. We can unite without him, drawing on the strengths inherent in our civil society. This will not be easy” 
"Never did I dream that troops taking that same oath would be ordered under any circumstance to violate the Constitutional rights of their fellow citizens—much less to provide a bizarre photo op for the elected commander-in-chief, with military leadership standing alongside.”
MATTIS: "We must reject any thinking of our cities as a “battlespace”…to “dominate”…Militarizing… sets up… a false conflict—between the military & civilian society. It erodes the moral ground that ensures a trusted bond between [the military] and the society they… protect"
🔥MATTIS urges unity, quoting the Federalist Papers and pointedly invokes a NAZI slogan "for destroying us"—Divide & Conquer. I read this as Mattis saying Trump tries to divide us JUST like our enemies did & still do—like Putin. He's the enemy of the US Constitution & the people.
🔥🔥"We know that we are better than the abuse of executive authority that we witnessed in Lafayette Square. We must reject and hold accountable those in office who would make a mockery of our Constitution."
In addition to the scathing rebuke of Trump, MATTIS lauds the protests.
In addition to the scathing rebuke of Trump, MATTIS lauds the protests.
MATTIS not only rebukes Trump's deliberate division, making mockery of the Constitution & abuse of power. He praises the protests "defined by tens of thousands of people of conscience who are insisting that we live up to our values—our values as people and our values as a nation"
"Mattis is likening Trump to the Nazis," @ErinBurnett says @CNN, noting he chose his words carefully.
That's it. The truth. The sitting president is like the worst enemy America has ever had. #Mattis is telling the military to follow their oath to the Constitution, NOT to Trump.
That's it. The truth. The sitting president is like the worst enemy America has ever had. #Mattis is telling the military to follow their oath to the Constitution, NOT to Trump.
