Moments before his arrest by Capitol Police in Washington, D.C., active duty Air Force Major Jason Watson delivered an historic address to a group of reporters and activists convened in front of Congress, becoming the nation’s first active duty service member to call for the immediate impeachment and removal of the Commander in Chief, President Donald Trump, and Vice President JD Vance.
I mean, not that I disagree with him, but you can’t do things like that in uniform.
https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-32/subtitle-A/chapter-I/subchapter-D/part-53
I disagree. They took an oath to obey the constitution and protect America from enemies BOTH FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC.
If anything they are bound by oath to stop him
You wont make any change if you limit yourself to whats allowed. But this guy still wont make any change because he is just a fucking idiot.
Technically you can’t violate the constitution either, but it seems that’s currently out the window, eh?
This one will be enforced. We know it, and he knows it.
He knew his career was fucked whether or not he showed in uniform, might as well layer on the defiance.
So then, when companies show pictures of ‘service members’ in their support the troops ads, they aren’t allowed to use actual soldiers in uniforms? Those are purely made for commercial interests…
Yeah, he’s 100% correct, but we very much so do not want the military to mix into the political scene. I would pick an example from Rome, but uhhh… I think all 2100 years of Roman history will do. So where I strongly believe he should be court martialed for this, I also strongly believe he’s justified in his actions. His protest is the right move, and I think generating outrage that his protest is necessary is also the right move.
This makes it a more effective protest! Remember legality is not morality.