Apparatus, and to be in them with it. They wouldnt help trump and democracy. It is being punished with. Thats as much as these are directed at me, it is directed at the institution of the military. And, The Big Decision from the judge in the trump coup trial as the truth comes out in a new york court. Maybe he is not as rich as he says he is. This weekend, more good polling for the biden campaign. The latest on from the republican front runner to avoid the debate stage. The headline is, why is he afraid to debate . He is afraid to get on the stage. What is the former president afraid of . All in, starting right now. Good evening to you new york, im chris hayes. Tonight, the republican primary debate featuring a bunch of candidates not named donald trump, pulling in a distant second amounts. What is likely being laid bare on that stage, even without trump president , it is it used to be box standard republican issues, it was serving the ex president that was right there. It becomes president for several decades, including someone who lived through 9 11, and the run up to the iraq war. I have to say, the republican partys war on the pentagon, and u. S. Department forces, is quite shocking, and head spinning. It starts with rubber can senator, Tommy Tuberville, of alabama. The former Football Coach is blocking congress from Feeling Hundreds of vacancies in the pentagon. It was it was harder for service members, to get access to abortion. Congress can circumvent tubervilles blockade, which is perceivable, and it was a time consuming process. The senate did take the time to confirm air force general, Charles Q Brown junior is as the chairman Chief Of Staff to the top military officer. He was very well regarded, and was confirmed on a partisan basis, 83 to 11. All 11 no votes, coming from republicans, one of whom was Tommy Tuberville. And when pressed on his no vote, tuberville had this to say about general bragg. When he talks about race, and other things he wants to make sent to the military. Let me say, our military is not an equal opportunity employer. We are looking for the best of the best, to do whatever. We are not looking for different groups, Social Justice groups. We dont want, to singlehandedly, destroy our military from within. He talked about race, and things he wanted to mix and to the military. Mixing in the military. Its not the best of the best. They dont want to singlehandedly destroy the military from within. For many reasons, i think it is a gross, and racist thing to say, from a man who will be the second black Chief Of Staff. Its also not true. The department of defense isnt literally, equal opportunity employer. The d. O. D. Has an office of equal Employment Opportunity under the inspector general, and an office of diversity, equity, and inclusion, focusing on, quote, equal opportunity policies. Today, one day after that interview, the maga Republican House voted to cut the salary of Secretary Of Defense lloyd austin, who is also black, to 1. This initiative, pushed by none other than Marjorie Taylor greene, who Accused Lloyd of jeopardizing National Security, presumably, by being too woke. If greene wants to play this rhetorical game, within the party blocking top military appointments being the one jeopardizing National Security . I would also note, as someone who covers the politics for two decades, particularly the wake of the run up to the iraq war. It goes without saying, if a democrat tried Something Like this, republicans would call for them to be tried for treason. It is not hyperbole, which will get to in a second. Not to be over done, lauren boebert, who has a feud, i guess, with Marjorie Taylor greene, or kind of competition, he pulled a stunt of their own today. Which proposed was they keep the seller of another pentagon official, sean skelly, explicitly because skelly is trans. I rise today to offer my amendment that utilizes the rule to reduce the salary of sean kelly. Assistant Secretary Of Defense for readiness. That salary shall be reduced to 1. This delusional man, thinking that he is a woman, embodies, and espouses, the wokeism that is causing significant harm to our Military Readiness and troop morale. Setting aside how gross it is to purposefully misgender someone that way, boeberts objection here is the identity of the person. Right . Imagine if boebert tried this with any other identity. We need to stopping a government employer, or boston down to 1 per year because they are greek, or latinos, or jewish, or black . It is an out right bit of rank bigotry, directed at a service member, from the will of the house, live on camera. What i have given you a taste of it is in the last 48 hours. Meanwhile, republicans are still careening us towards a government shutdown, which by the way, will mean that the troops do not get paid. That vote, i mentioned a moment ago, Elevating General Brown to the chairman of Joint Chiefs Of Staff, it is a current chairman with general mark milley, leaving his post when his term expires next month. Milley, of course, First Appointed by President Trump, which is been soured at him. It is saying that milley should be executed for treason. I am not making that up, that is not exaggeration, and there are some spurious allegations he spoke to leaders about trumps mental fitness. It is a chinese counterpart under the direction of the Secretary Of Defense, and it was a desperate coup attempts, with an erratic lashing out, that did not lead to a war with Nuclear Armed china. And then caught he did that. They address the threats from the government. Trump said that your dealings with china were so egregious, that in times gone by, the punishment would have been death. Thats right, he did say that. As much as these comments are directed at me, it is also directed at the institution of the military. It is 2. 1 million of us in uniform, and the American People take it from the bank, and every single one of us is loyal to the constitution, and will never turn their back on it, No Matter What, No Matter What the threats, No Matter What the humiliation. If we are willing to die for that document, if we are willing to die in deployed combat, lose an arm, a leg, an eye to protect, support, and defend that document, to protect the American People . You must be willing to live for it to. I wont comment directly on those things, but i will tell you, this military, the soldiers, me, will never turn our back on the constitution. Milley has become a villain in the model world for a variety of reasons. They see them is insufficiently bigoted against lgbtq members of the armed forces. It is a subtext republican congressman, paul gosar, being explicit when he wrote in his weekly newsletter, quote, in a better society, Quiz Ling Selective Strange Sodomy Promoting General Milley would be hung. I bet you, you have not heard that until just now, most of you. Yes, he met hanged. The context of that statement, to work gosar called for the execution of the highest ranking military on official in the country, comparing him to an officer collaborator, whistling, is about january 6th. Here, we unlock a mystery. What is going on . Why are republicans waging war against the military . The top brass . Anything else, it is the original sin of the militarys top brass, with the maga republicans, and how the bigotry is definitely part of the rightwing meltdown. It was a sustained assault with the top brass, and the military being too woke is mostly a spoke screen who disdain for the fact that, in their view, the upper echelons of the u. S. Armed forces were insufficiently loyal to trumps coup. That is what is going to come down to. Leaders of the armed forces, of the United States took an oath to protect, and defend, the constitution. And who took that oath seriously, at a dire moment, and one of the most dire moments, since a civil war, is refusing to be the arm tip of the spear for trumps attempt to end that constitutional republican. That is very soon. It is from the enemy of this faction, air go, the military is woke. The military is the deep set. It is waiting more on the military. All of the military that comes with trumps for democracy, it was needing to be loyal, and must be purged. It is not just speculation, it is what trump is saying, out loud, promising what he is going to do. To dismantle the deep state, and reclaim our democracy from washington corruption, once and for all, and corruption it is. First, i will immediately reissue my 2020 executive order, restoring the president s authority to remove rogue bureaucrats, and i will wield that wield that power aggressively. I will clear out all corrupt actors in our National Security, and intelligence apparatus, and there are plenty of them. He is saying, i will purge the Security Forces of the United States of those who are not loyal to me, and my authoritarian aspirations. He is saying, it plain as day. He has promised it. The question from American Voters is, do you want to give trump the chance to purge the military . So that he can finish the job On January 6th . Baron mccaffrey, it is a retired u. S. Army general, it was three Purple Hearts which is a Army Infantry officer hosting independent american aspect, and going towards 1 million our. It going into the last election, angela last for five days, you have the tuberville blockade, the void against the joint Chief Of Staff, and it is mixing in the military. We have two people, Donald Trumps fall those are is an execution of milley, and votes that are successful in the house. It is just one person saying it. It was taking the salary of austin down to 1. It is strongly endorsing the opening comment, and it was worth being extremely concerned about. During the follow on to trumps election, he actually made moves, which i had said at the time, to run a coup against the government of the United States. It was no question, in my mind, it was them sending a gang of people over there. Mark milley, and the senior offices of the armed forces did swear an oath to the constitution that they would not go along with this. What we are seeing is a parallel since the 1930s, and not to germany. I dont say that to the republican party, that 15 to 25 house members, a couple of senators, and all of those who are trump, maga loyalists. It is a cult, it is a lawless cult, and it is a major discrepancy into the forces of the United States. It is shameful to talk about general mark milley. By the way, you wont be intimidated. It is four years of combat, and his moment had fought in world war ii. It is a shameful act, and is speaking in a manner with an authoritarian government. This is outrageous. One thing to speak with milleys, if i speak with the top brass of the u. S. Military, it was not seeing eye to eye, people with different views, coming from different places, but i think one of the things that milley expresses, and i think something to see is, milley reiterating that there is a bedrock, ironclad, consensus loyalty, and fidelity, to the u. S. Constitution. And, ultimately, it is incommensurables for loyalty to trump. Hes drawing a line. He saying, i stand on the side, you stand on that side. That military is on october 1st, and i hope you lets face live. We need to hear everything they know, and its his patriotic duty, i think it is critical to our National Security, because what this is all about is, what i call, the american insurgency. It is a political, and social movement, focused on violently overthrowing our government. It has lead elements, including trump, including folks like the National Security adviser, mike flynn, and the soldier and this is Tommy Tuberville who, is ridiculous, radical, reckless, and racist. I called him senator redneck, because that is what he is. You want someone to lead this ridiculous, racist staying, that undermines our National Security. Tuberville says, me, let me be your guy. Hes your guy. He has ten minions who follow him, and every day, it is something new, that undermines our National Security. It hurts our troops, our morale, our enemies celebrate, Vladimir Putin loves this. Its also a political side to this. This is driving the gop further, and further, away from america, and independents like me. I call this the confederate wing of the gop. They want to create the confederate army. They want to take us back to the 1800s. They do not understand this modern world, and they are fighting it. And they have to fight back. To follow on that, to not follow in a second, general, is that it was you and either around the same age, and obviously, you served during the part of that period, that intenselylong period that pulls back on it. The idea that the military is woke. What they mean by woke is, faithful to a vision of the nation, as bound together across difference, in support of the constitution. That, to them, is woke. What they also mean is diverse. What they also mean, its not like them. Im going to naming it, because there are serious, racial components, every element of this. They continue to oppose some historically important, turmeric leaders, who are also black. Time and again, Tommy Tuberville is opposite significant black leaders, and he says, i will be the guy, the one to take that politically unpopular position. He wants to be the savior, he wants to be this person who will go up to trump, and say, i am your guy. Its a coordinated attack to undermine our National Security, and push their political agenda, and anyone that stands in the way, even if its the pentagon. Let me ask you this to, service over the highest levels in our nation. It had been around politicians, and leaders, civilians, and military. Do you think that there are conversations happening now about this peril that we face . It is not, gone obviously. If you listen to milley, he feels it, but do you think that this is a known thing . That everyone at the top upper echelons of u. S. Armed forces have taken that up . I certainly wouldnt. Speaking from the active Military Leadership of the country. One of the things that needs to be said on your program tonight, is that the armed forces of the United States, today, are the toughest, best equipped, most committed fighting force in the countrys history. They took 60,000, killed and wounded, during this war on terror. We watched the glue through the National Training center, they are lethal, they are prepared, and i sat next to a bob woodward lecture, a grandmother, whose granddaughter just graduated from west point, and infantry in the branch. It was infantry that ties in in the act as well. We should have no doubt about the willingness, and preparation, of the armed forces. It is utter nonsense. The i think what youve got is, and i think paul said this perfectly, is that there are elements of this 15, to 25 congressman, who are racist, who are ignorant, who are opportunist. I wouldnt want to characterize the Conservative Movement that way, but certainly, this is the maga minority. General barry mccaffrey, thank you very much gentlemen, we really appreciate it. Coming up, it is the Trump Organization calling for the death penalty. What does that mean for trump the, man and from the brand . First, the judge, overseeing the ex president s gc trial over the coup, so she is not going anywhere. With the judges refusal to recuse means for donald trump, next. Trump, next et tails and tongues wagging. Fastsigns. Make your statement. As americans, theres one thing we can all agree on. The promise of our constitution and the hope that liberty and justice is for all people. But heres the truth. Attacks on our constitutional rights, yours and mine are greater than theyve ever been. The right for all to vote. Reproductive rights. The rights of immigrant families. The right to equal justice for black, brown and lgbtq folks. The time to act to protect our rights is now. 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