Overwhelming Opposition to the Trump Administration’s Attempts to Militarize Protest Response
- Letter From 38 Retired Admirals and Generals Opposing Military Deployments to Counter Protests
- 89 former Defense officials: The military must never be used to violate constitutional rights
- Statement by 500+ Former U.S. Ambassadors, Military Officers, Senior Officials: The Strength of America’s Apolitical Military
- 58 Retired U.S. Generals and Admirals Reject Trump’s Undermining of Constitutional Rights
- Statement by 23 Former Homeland and National Security Officials
- Former Secretary of State Colin Powell: Trump has ‘drifted away’ from the Constitution
- Former Defense Secretary James Mattis Denounces President Trump, Describes Him as a Threat to the Constitution
- Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates: Pushing Away Peaceful Protestors Was ‘A Bad Mistake’
- Former Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly: ‘I agree’ with Jim Mattis on Trump
- Former Defense Secretary William Perry: ‘I am outraged at the deplorable behavior of our President and Defense Secretary Esper’
- Former Under Secretary of Defense James Miller: A letter to Defense Secretary Mark Esper
- General (Ret.) Martin Dempsey: Trump’s ‘inflammatory’ threat to use active duty troops hurts US military
- Admiral (Ret.) Mike Mullen: I Cannot Remain Silent
- General (Ret.) Richard Myers: ‘I’m glad I don’t have to advise this President’
- General (Ret.) Michael Hayden: ‘Milley…should not have walked over to the church with Trump’
- Admiral (Ret.) William McRaven: Clearing of peaceful protesters not morally right
- General (Ret.) John Allen: A Moment of National Shame and Peril—and Hope
- Admiral (Ret.) James Stavridis: I Spent My Career in the U.S. Navy. The U.S. Military Must Stand Up for Its Soul in This Moment
- General (Ret.) Joseph Votel: An apolitical military is essential to maintaining balance among American institutions
- General (Ret.) Tony Thomas: ‘Not what America needs to hear’
- General (Ret.): Barry McCaffrey: ‘Using military forces other than Nat Guard would be inflammatory’
- General (Ret.) Vincent Brooks: ‘I see the manipulation of the image of the military by our President’
- Lieutenant General (Ret.) Mark Hertling: ‘…President Trump’s chipping away at Constitution norms over the last 3+ years. We’ve seen a crescendo and a constant deterioration, and in the last three days it has reached an inflection point’
- Vice Admiral (Ret.) Mike Franken: ‘[The military] is not a weapon to use against our citizens or our states’
- Lieutenant General (Ret.) James Pillsbury: Trump’s threat to deploy active duty military could be ‘disastrous’
- Major General (Ret.) Dana Pittard: ‘At this point it is something that law enforcement can handle’
- Brigadier General (Ret.) Loree Sutton: Federal troops should not be used unless state governors require ‘additional reinforcements’ to ‘quell domestic unrest’
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