Don Bacon
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Well, we're going to in this because I'm the chairman of the Cyber Subcommittee. So I have a say. And we're going to ask, you know, we're going to bring in the leaders and the Democrats can ask whatever they want. And I get to ask whatever I want. You're going to have some of our party may not go down this path, but you're going to bring in the Secretary of Defense. We're going to bring in
You know, the chair, the future chairman of the Joint Chiefs. And we're going and they're going to get these questions, even if it's not the purpose of that committee hearing. People don't get to ask whatever they want. So we're going to get some oversight of this. But here's my point. And I made it today publicly. Yeah, the president has the constitutional authority to do this.
You know, the chair, the future chairman of the Joint Chiefs. And we're going and they're going to get these questions, even if it's not the purpose of that committee hearing. People don't get to ask whatever they want. So we're going to get some oversight of this. But here's my point. And I made it today publicly. Yeah, the president has the constitutional authority to do this.
You know, the chair, the future chairman of the Joint Chiefs. And we're going and they're going to get these questions, even if it's not the purpose of that committee hearing. People don't get to ask whatever they want. So we're going to get some oversight of this. But here's my point. And I made it today publicly. Yeah, the president has the constitutional authority to do this.
It doesn't make it right. And, OK, I was going to cuss, but I won't cuss. It hurt us. This move hurt America. We're not as good today. And I guarantee you, Russia and China are like laughing at us because we did something so stupid.
It doesn't make it right. And, OK, I was going to cuss, but I won't cuss. It hurt us. This move hurt America. We're not as good today. And I guarantee you, Russia and China are like laughing at us because we did something so stupid.
It doesn't make it right. And, OK, I was going to cuss, but I won't cuss. It hurt us. This move hurt America. We're not as good today. And I guarantee you, Russia and China are like laughing at us because we did something so stupid.
Yeah, I just think there's a conspiracy or I don't know what you want to call it. The populism. There's probably a very we said the know nothing party, you know, back in the 1840s. Yeah, the know nothings.
Yeah, I just think there's a conspiracy or I don't know what you want to call it. The populism. There's probably a very we said the know nothing party, you know, back in the 1840s. Yeah, the know nothings.
Yeah, I just think there's a conspiracy or I don't know what you want to call it. The populism. There's probably a very we said the know nothing party, you know, back in the 1840s. Yeah, the know nothings.
So there is this element that believes the stuff that anybody that's an incumbent is bad. All these generals were bad. Russia, not so bad. Ukraine, they're taking our money. There's a whole ecosystem out here that are living on certain social media and cable, and that's what they hear. And I see them. I got, like, folks with 2 million followers that don't like me because I believe in them.
So there is this element that believes the stuff that anybody that's an incumbent is bad. All these generals were bad. Russia, not so bad. Ukraine, they're taking our money. There's a whole ecosystem out here that are living on certain social media and cable, and that's what they hear. And I see them. I got, like, folks with 2 million followers that don't like me because I believe in them.
So there is this element that believes the stuff that anybody that's an incumbent is bad. All these generals were bad. Russia, not so bad. Ukraine, they're taking our money. There's a whole ecosystem out here that are living on certain social media and cable, and that's what they hear. And I see them. I got, like, folks with 2 million followers that don't like me because I believe in them.
But they all feed off each other, and they believe that Gerald Hawk was bad. For no reason. They had a reason. Because General Milley was the chairman when he became the commander of Cyber Command. So guilt by association in their mind because General Milley was not elected.
But they all feed off each other, and they believe that Gerald Hawk was bad. For no reason. They had a reason. Because General Milley was the chairman when he became the commander of Cyber Command. So guilt by association in their mind because General Milley was not elected.
But they all feed off each other, and they believe that Gerald Hawk was bad. For no reason. They had a reason. Because General Milley was the chairman when he became the commander of Cyber Command. So guilt by association in their mind because General Milley was not elected.
And I would say the same thing to General Brown, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs. He got fired for no reason. They did offer a reason. I don't know of a reason to fire him. And all that does is hurt us. It puts us on our heels. And it creates a lack of trust at the very top. I know some of these generals, and they're like, Don, I could be next. And you know what?
And I would say the same thing to General Brown, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs. He got fired for no reason. They did offer a reason. I don't know of a reason to fire him. And all that does is hurt us. It puts us on our heels. And it creates a lack of trust at the very top. I know some of these generals, and they're like, Don, I could be next. And you know what?
And I would say the same thing to General Brown, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs. He got fired for no reason. They did offer a reason. I don't know of a reason to fire him. And all that does is hurt us. It puts us on our heels. And it creates a lack of trust at the very top. I know some of these generals, and they're like, Don, I could be next. And you know what?
I don't mind getting fired if I did something wrong. But in this case, these are just guys that are getting fired for the whims of whoever