NEW -- Republicans want to talk about Gen. Milley and what he did at the end of the Trump presidency -- and the Biden White House is absolutely thrilled to have that conversation.
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Biden and his staff have been facing tough questions about his chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan, a Kabul drone strike that appears to have killed seven children and zero terrorists, a slowdown in the economic recovery and falling approval numbers.
Republican attacks on Milley ― led by Trump himself ― have allowed Biden, at least temporarily, to change the subject to the former president’s attempt to overthrow American democracy following his failure to win reelection.
GOP senators like Rand Paul and Marco Rubio were quick to criticize Milley based on reporting from a soon-to-be-released book:
That he twice spoke with his Chinese counterpart to reassure him that the United States was not seeking to start a war with China in the closing weeks of Trump’s term;
That he coordinated with other military officials to make sure Trump, who at the time was trying to overturn his election loss, could not undertake illegal military actions, particularly the use of nuclear weapons.
WH press sec Jen Psaki on those and other calls for Milley's firing:
“I don’t think the president is looking for the guidance of members of Congress who stood by as the leader of their party fomented an insurrection."
“I don’t think the president is looking for the guidance of members of Congress who stood by as the leader of their party fomented an insurrection."
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