Posted on Jul 20, 2016
Veteran Leaders React To Trump Adviser Calling For Clinton To Be Executed For Treason
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Al Baldasaro, a veterans advisor for Donald Trump, said Hillary Clinton “should be put in the firing line.”
New Hampshire State Rep. Al Baldasaro made national headlines July 20 when he said on “the Jeff Kuhner Show,” a conservative radio program, that former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton “should be put in the firing line and shot for treason.”
Baldasaro is a retired Marine first sergeant and an advisor to the Donald Trump campaign on veterans issues.
In an interview later in the day with NH1, Baldasaro doubled down on his remarks.
“I’m a veteran. And any other veteran that had a server of classified information, people’s names and things like that, you’re putting other veterans life in danger, and state department workers, special forces, CIA or whatever, in danger,” Baldasaro said. “That’s treason. My military mind believes it’s treason. Once you’re found guilty, normally it’s a firing squad. You know that was just my opinion, I mean, as a veteran.”
Baldasaro also said, “I was a veteran long before I was a Republican and I stand by what I said and I’m not changing my views.”
But now, veteran leaders are uniting to condemn such rhetoric.
“In light of recent shooting incidents, this rhetoric is toxic and irresponsible,” Paul Rieckhoff, the founder and CEO of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, told Task & Purpose.
“Especially from a veteran leader,” Rieckhoff added. “No campaign should condone this.”
Republican Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas, a former Army Ranger who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, also condemned the remark in an interview with Jake Tapper on CNN.
“That’s not in keeping with the best traditions of American politics. We have opponents, we have adversaires, we don’t have enemies in American politics, though, so I can’t agree with that kind of rhetoric.”
When asked specifically by Tapper if he condemned the rhetoric, Cotton said, “That kind of rhetoric has no place in our politics.”
Task & Purpose also reached out to Bill Rausch, a U.S. Army vet and the executive director of Got Your 6, a nonprofit that works to foster accurate portrayals of veterans. Rauch is in Cleveland, Ohio, for the Republican National Convention.
“There’s no place in politics for talk about putting your opponents in front of a firing squad,” Rausch said. “It goes against the ethos of every person who raised their right hand and swore to defend and protect the Constitution of the United States. We’re calling on the campaign to condemn it immediately.”
For its part, the Trump campaign, through its spokesperson Hope Hicks, told NH1, “We’re incredibly grateful for his support, but we don’t agree with his comments.”
The U.S. Secret Service, which provides protection to Clinton, is investigating Baldasaro after the remark, according to the Daily Beast.
New Hampshire State Rep. Al Baldasaro made national headlines July 20 when he said on “the Jeff Kuhner Show,” a conservative radio program, that former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton “should be put in the firing line and shot for treason.”
Baldasaro is a retired Marine first sergeant and an advisor to the Donald Trump campaign on veterans issues.
In an interview later in the day with NH1, Baldasaro doubled down on his remarks.
“I’m a veteran. And any other veteran that had a server of classified information, people’s names and things like that, you’re putting other veterans life in danger, and state department workers, special forces, CIA or whatever, in danger,” Baldasaro said. “That’s treason. My military mind believes it’s treason. Once you’re found guilty, normally it’s a firing squad. You know that was just my opinion, I mean, as a veteran.”
Baldasaro also said, “I was a veteran long before I was a Republican and I stand by what I said and I’m not changing my views.”
But now, veteran leaders are uniting to condemn such rhetoric.
“In light of recent shooting incidents, this rhetoric is toxic and irresponsible,” Paul Rieckhoff, the founder and CEO of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, told Task & Purpose.
“Especially from a veteran leader,” Rieckhoff added. “No campaign should condone this.”
Republican Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas, a former Army Ranger who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, also condemned the remark in an interview with Jake Tapper on CNN.
“That’s not in keeping with the best traditions of American politics. We have opponents, we have adversaires, we don’t have enemies in American politics, though, so I can’t agree with that kind of rhetoric.”
When asked specifically by Tapper if he condemned the rhetoric, Cotton said, “That kind of rhetoric has no place in our politics.”
Task & Purpose also reached out to Bill Rausch, a U.S. Army vet and the executive director of Got Your 6, a nonprofit that works to foster accurate portrayals of veterans. Rauch is in Cleveland, Ohio, for the Republican National Convention.
“There’s no place in politics for talk about putting your opponents in front of a firing squad,” Rausch said. “It goes against the ethos of every person who raised their right hand and swore to defend and protect the Constitution of the United States. We’re calling on the campaign to condemn it immediately.”
For its part, the Trump campaign, through its spokesperson Hope Hicks, told NH1, “We’re incredibly grateful for his support, but we don’t agree with his comments.”
The U.S. Secret Service, which provides protection to Clinton, is investigating Baldasaro after the remark, according to the Daily Beast.
Veteran Leaders React To Trump Adviser Calling For Clinton To Be Executed For Treason
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241 Marines died in 82. What did your professional mind say then? When we invaded Iraq and it was later determined it was a bad call, what did your professional mind say then? There is a TDY coming up with your name all across it.
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SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL - I'm laying this at your feet. This Marine was not properly groomed or lost his way. Being you still have two 30 round knife hands with a max effective range point of 500m, area of 800m, you can set this fellow SNCO back on the path to righteousness and understanding knowing we are above the fray, because we MAKE the fray.
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Pretty Damn Disgusting but what I've come to Expect from Trump's People. Modern Day SA Storm Troopers.
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SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL - OMG!!! He should anticipate a knock on the door from Secret Service Officers. The rhetoric is way over the top when Trump's people call for the death of any public official . . . much less any person protected by FBI, USDOD, and Secret Service Officers. Warmest Regards, Sandy :)
SPC Donald Moore
1LT Sandy Annala - You must have misunderstood the quote. It was, "Once you’re found guilty, normally it’s a firing squad."
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SPC Donald Moore - That wasn't the quote that has everyone concerned about the over the top rhetoric of hate. Sandy :)
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1LT Sandy Annala - I read a suggestion on another thread about loading her on a rocket and launching her into the sun.
She is a bad person and needs to be punished for all the crimes she has done.
She is a bad person and needs to be punished for all the crimes she has done.
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SPC Donald Moore - This is supposed to be a time to review and make the most reasoned choices about who we are and what we want to accomplish over next four years . . . not to make up repetitive hypnotic mantras for our party loyalists about how the opposition candidate is a criminal who we must lock up, execute, or launch into the sun. While I must admit I might envy such a glorious warrior's hellenic end . . . the plain fact of the matter is after all the investigations were completed, after many hours public interrogation by the congress, and after all the evidence and potential charges were carefully compiled and reviewed . . . not one federal prosecutor out of the many thousands in our country from both sides of the political spectrum including numerous republican appointees . , , has been willing to file charges to make the purported case against her for so much as littering . . . much less the more serious purported comes of national security violations and treason. He behaves at best like the school bully . . . calling her bad names and encouraging an angry mod he has whipped into a frenzy to say and do what he cannot do on his own . . . but in the end these are the most classical tactics of a fascist state . . . not the legitimate tactics of a political policy debate. Please understand that all threats against the former First Lady and former Sevretar of State must be investigated by the FBI and the Secret Service . . . and although it may seem apparent from your fantasy about sending her into space . . . this appears to be threat. Warmest Regards, Sandy :)
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