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Gaetz absolutely torches Secretary of Defense Austin at House Hearing
Posted on 4/5/22 at 2:26 pm
Posted on 4/5/22 at 2:26 pm
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Sparks were flying between Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Florida) and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin at Tuesday’s House Armed Services hearing where the Florida Republican accused Austin of overseeing a military force that is being overrun by “wokeism.”
Gaetz kicked off his time at the hearing by asking Austin about a speaker invited to the National Defense University named Thomas Piketty. The event was called “Responding to China: The Case for Global Justice and Democratic Socialism” and was held last month. Gaetz claimed the talk promoted “socialism as a strategy to combat China.”
Austin said he was unaware of the event after a long pause and then conceded that he doesn’t “agree with embracing socialism.”
Gaetz accelerated his criticism and honed in on Austin, naming what he described as numerous blown calls by U.S. military leadership, even questioning the current Defense Department budget request of $773 billion.
“You guys have been blowing a lot of calls lately on matters of strategy, Mr. Secretary,” Gaetz said. “You guys told us that Russia couldn’t lose, you told us the Taliban couldn’t immediately win, and so I guess I’m wondering, what in the $773 billion that you’re requesting today is going to help you make assessments that are accurate in the face of so many blown calls?”
“You’ve seen what’s in our budget. You’ve seen how the budget matches the strategy and so I’ll let that speak for itself,” Austin eventually replied. The two men then began a verbal war seeing who could talk the loudest, stepping over each other as Gaetz pressed on with his criticism.
“We’re behind in hypersonics, we failed to deter Russia. Last year, China -” Gaetz said before Austin jumped in, eventually asking how a proper “assessment” of “hypersonics” could be done.
“You’re own people brief us that we are behind and China is winning. Are you aware of the briefings we get on hypersonics?” Gaetz said.
“I’m certainly aware of briefings we give to Congress,” a clearly-frustrated Austin said.
Gaetz continued his “woke” critique, mentioning pronoun training and critical race theory as distractions for the military, to which Austin shot back that the U.S. military is the “most capable” in the world.
“The fact that you’re embarrassed by your country. I’m sorry for that,” Austin told the congressman, which made the exchange even more heated as Gaetz referred to the comment as “disgraceful.”
“I’m embarrassed by your leadership! I’m not embarrassed for my country,” he said, later adding, “that is so disgraceful that you would sit here and conflate your failures with the failures of the uniformed service members.”
The congressman finished up his time by taking another shot at the military’s alleged focus on “wokeism” in the face of failures such as the Taliban retaking control of Afghanistan and the current military conflict between Ukraine and Russia.
“You guys said that Russia would overrun Ukraine in 36 days, you said the Taliban would be kept at bay for months, you totally blew those calls and maybe we would be better at them if the National Defense University actually worked a little more on strategy and a little less on wokeism,” he said.
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Posted on 4/5/22 at 2:37 pm to jatilen
Austin told Gaetz that it was a false narrative that the military is woke. I just wonder if Austin thought to tell all those Tranny soldiers that is getting a sex change operation on the taxpayers dime that the military is not woke.
Posted on 4/5/22 at 2:37 pm to jatilen
Here is the full video.
Lloyd Austin asking for 773 billion dollars. Gaetz call Austin out. Austin fights back like a hack.
Lloyd Austin asking for 773 billion dollars. Gaetz call Austin out. Austin fights back like a hack.
Posted on 4/5/22 at 2:38 pm to jatilen
This pic when he was in the Philippines always cracks me up.
Looks like a walking lampshade.
Looks like a walking lampshade.
This post was edited on 4/6/22 at 5:10 am
Posted on 4/5/22 at 2:45 pm to jatilen
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questioning the current Defense Department budget request of $773 billion
we have absolutely got to be dead last in terms of ROI.
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Austin shot back that the U.S. military is the “most capable” in the world
true, but trending awfully hard in the wrong direction.
quote:
you said the Taliban would be kept at bay for months,
months.. minutes... same thing.
Posted on 4/5/22 at 2:47 pm to tgerb8
You remind me of kids I went to high school with who hate shite just to hate shite
Posted on 4/5/22 at 2:49 pm to tgerb8
quote:The biggest and best empire of all time? Maybe not.
we have absolutely got to be dead last in terms of ROI.
Posted on 4/5/22 at 2:49 pm to cajunangelle
i bet Austin get's 773 billion
This post was edited on 4/5/22 at 2:50 pm
Posted on 4/5/22 at 2:53 pm to cajunangelle
Watching the General behind Austin was funny.
Posted on 4/5/22 at 2:54 pm to NJ El Tigre
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You remind me of kids I went to high school with who hate shite just to hate shite
Bahaha....they probably also used to beat you up and take ur lunch money for being a little biznatch
Posted on 4/5/22 at 2:54 pm to Pepperoni
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This pic when he was in the Philippines always cracks me up.
Looks like a walking lampshade.
He's got to wear all that shite. He's clearly a candidate for COVID.
Seriously, was he that...hefty when he was a general?
If so, it seems to me that he and Milley exemplify where the Army is glaringly deficient: Command Sergeant Majors with honest tapes.
Posted on 4/5/22 at 2:55 pm to loogaroo
Why are taxpayers funding this socialism shite?
FFS.
It has to end.
FFS.
It has to end.
Posted on 4/5/22 at 3:00 pm to jatilen
The media is headlining this in favor of Austin leaving out some important things.
This is why Gaetz was so pissed-off and good for him. Lloyd Austin was there asking for money. Gaetz spoke for us and pointed out all of the Pentagon's failures and this...
This is why Gaetz was so pissed-off and good for him. Lloyd Austin was there asking for money. Gaetz spoke for us and pointed out all of the Pentagon's failures and this...
quote:This is absolutely insane. What is more insane is Lloyd scapegoats it as if he was proud, and tries to attack Gaetz.
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This post was edited on 4/5/22 at 3:01 pm
Posted on 4/5/22 at 3:04 pm to Wolfhound45
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Wolfhound45
I feel like a coward when I am supremely happy that this *ahem*"SECDEF" is somebody else's problem.
You and I (and many others) had to deal with a terrible run of them - Aspin (BIH), Perry and Cohen were just awful, as was Ash Carter. I think the current officeholder is as bad or worse than any of them except Aspin (again, may he burn in Hell.)
Aspin and McNamara are 2 of the worst U.S. Cabinet officials of all time - up there with Kerry and HRC.
Posted on 4/5/22 at 3:07 pm to Ace Midnight
quote:I know that feeling baw. But when we were called upon to stand watch, we did our duty. And we know that our brothers and sisters are doing the same (despite his incompetence).
I feel like a coward when I am supremely happy that this *ahem*"SECDEF" is somebody else's problem.
Posted on 4/5/22 at 3:08 pm to jatilen
Gaetz should have told Austin he was a fine example of affirmative action.
Posted on 4/5/22 at 3:10 pm to jatilen
Unfortunately not one damn thing will change because of this “torching”. Just the way it is now.
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