Don Bacon
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Just rapid firing of some of our top generals without explanation.
There you go. She's crazy. And I'll leave it at that. Now, the president denies that she had a part of this firing, but the fact that she was there that day or the day prior and recommended that Gerald Hawke and four or five others get fired, and they did get fired. And there's no other explanation for it. I know Gerald Hawke. Gerald Hawke, he was a colonel when I was a one-star officer.
There you go. She's crazy. And I'll leave it at that. Now, the president denies that she had a part of this firing, but the fact that she was there that day or the day prior and recommended that Gerald Hawke and four or five others get fired, and they did get fired. And there's no other explanation for it. I know Gerald Hawke. Gerald Hawke, he was a colonel when I was a one-star officer.
There you go. She's crazy. And I'll leave it at that. Now, the president denies that she had a part of this firing, but the fact that she was there that day or the day prior and recommended that Gerald Hawke and four or five others get fired, and they did get fired. And there's no other explanation for it. I know Gerald Hawke. Gerald Hawke, he was a colonel when I was a one-star officer.
He spent 34 years in the Air Force, and every assignment other than schools, he served either in signals intelligence or cyber operations. There was nobody more prepared to run Cyber Command and National Security Agency than him. He was the best that we had in our military, and he was good. And he got fired for no apparent reason.
He spent 34 years in the Air Force, and every assignment other than schools, he served either in signals intelligence or cyber operations. There was nobody more prepared to run Cyber Command and National Security Agency than him. He was the best that we had in our military, and he was good. And he got fired for no apparent reason.
He spent 34 years in the Air Force, and every assignment other than schools, he served either in signals intelligence or cyber operations. There was nobody more prepared to run Cyber Command and National Security Agency than him. He was the best that we had in our military, and he was good. And he got fired for no apparent reason.
Other than they said he was treasonous, which is baloney, total baloney. This guy was an American patriot. And it set us back. It set us back in cyber operations and our signals intelligence. We're not as good today as we were last week. The top three people are fired.
Other than they said he was treasonous, which is baloney, total baloney. This guy was an American patriot. And it set us back. It set us back in cyber operations and our signals intelligence. We're not as good today as we were last week. The top three people are fired.
Other than they said he was treasonous, which is baloney, total baloney. This guy was an American patriot. And it set us back. It set us back in cyber operations and our signals intelligence. We're not as good today as we were last week. The top three people are fired.
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
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
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.