Jacob Ogles
U.S. Rep. Brian Mast said he was proud to serve America in the military. But he said President Joe Biden doesn’t deserve his respect after a disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan.
“Nearly 2,500 of my brothers and sisters gave their lives in that war,” the Army veteran said. “Joe Biden disgraced their sacrifice and the sacrifice of all Afghanistan veterans. Kamala Harris stood with him when he did. Neither deserves to be saluted as Commander in Chief or to sit in the Oval Office.”
The Stuart Republican was the first prime time speaker Wednesday night at the Republican National Convention. He walked on stage in a pair of prosthetic legs, the result of a war injury during his time in uniform.
Mast lost his legs in Afghanistan in 2010 when the Fort Stewart Explosive Ordinance Disposal technician diffused a bomb in Kandahar.
The Congressman said the military was stronger when Republican Donald Trump served in the White House, and will regain that strength if voters return Trump there in the fall.
“I lost two legs and a finger in the war in Afghanistan, but nothing could stop me from standing alongside Donald Trump and fighting for America,” Mast said. “Every one of you American service members and every veteran knows the dangers when we join the armed forces, but we risk our lives because we believe in America. As President Donald Trump rebuilt our military to turn our enemies, and he made America strong again.
“I’m not here to sugarcoat it. Joe Biden and Kamala Harris have once again weakened our armed forces, and through inflation, slashed the size of our military budget, just like they slashed the family budget.”
He also slammed the Biden administration over what he described as diversity and extremism training in military camps, something he said distracts from the military mission.
“They would rather lose a war than use the wrong pronouns, and we’ve had enough,” Mast said.
“Donald Trump knows that our military needs warriors and not woke weaklings lecturing our warriors.”
19 comments
My Take
July 17, 2024 at 8:44 pm
But “Bonespurs” “they’re [dead servicemen] suckers and losers” does.
Paul Passarelli
July 17, 2024 at 8:52 pm
Just keep repeating the debunked out of-context diatribe. Eventually the stupidest morons may even believe your shit.
Ocean Joe
July 18, 2024 at 3:10 pm
The comments were confirmed by his then Chief of Staff, Gen. John Kelly, a retired four-star Marine Corps general. Don’t forget he also went after the Gold Star parents, and John McCain. That’s right. Sen. John McCain, who spent years in the Hanoi Hilton.
You like him, fine. But he’s a lousy excuse for a human. And of course there were folks who denied it because that’s the kind of folks Trump surrounds himself with.
Paul Passarelli
July 18, 2024 at 3:48 pm
John Kelly, isn’t that the guy he *FIRED*?
Yeah, no reason at all for him to *LIE*.
Again, you can take shit out of context and make believe that it’s true. But that doesn’t make it true, or real, or believable, or honest, or logical, or reasonable. Nor does it alter the FACTS. All it does is reveal how pathetic your side of the aisle really is.
Not Woke
July 17, 2024 at 9:47 pm
Fine call Trump a draft dodger. Biden did the same.
Kay Vee
July 20, 2024 at 6:47 pm
Another radical lefty lie! Keep em’ coming but whatever you do don’t dare mention Biden’s 50+ years of lies.
Michael K
July 17, 2024 at 9:16 pm
That’s disgusting. The President – no matter who is in office – is the Commander in Chief. I’m sick and tired of hard line right wingers thinking only they are patriots and true Americans. I thought the party was preaching unity. That lasted 3 seconds.
Let’s not forget it was Trump who wanted and set the stage for the exit from Afghanistan. It was Republicans who put us there for the failed 911 wars that drove up the deficit and cost lives. Trump was a coward – and refused to act. Biden had the courage to keep his promise to pull American troops. Which he did. And it was not easy.
Like it or not, the President is the Commander in Chief. Even if he happens to be a twice impeached convicted felon who disparages Gold Star Families and calls war heroes like John McCain losers.
Not Woke
July 17, 2024 at 9:49 pm
Truly one of the most incompetent CIC’s in a lifetime. I feel bad for the people in the military that had to serve under him. His execution of the Afghanistan withdrawal was the fall of Saigon 2. Such a piss poor job and not one single person was fired over that debacle.
JustBabs
July 18, 2024 at 8:54 am
That “unity”message was only referring to loyal MAGAts. The call for violence against all “others” among their lower class has not eased up, but ramped up. Trump has fully dehumunized Americans in their eyes. It’s a Nazi thing that the MAGAt Party has borrowed.
My Take
July 17, 2024 at 11:09 pm
Trump verbally spit in the graves of our dead servicemen.
An unthinkable disgrace.
Paul Passarelli
July 18, 2024 at 8:52 am
No, he didn’t. The men who were there deny it.
Your debunked lies are based on selective editing out of context.
JustBabs
July 18, 2024 at 8:58 am
There have been no denials. Why do you all lie for such a conman? It’s really disturbing and pitiful.
My Take
July 18, 2024 at 12:48 pm
Trump always denies.
Trump always lies.
Trump said it.
My Take
July 17, 2024 at 11:11 pm
“I prefer presidents who don’t get their ear shot up.”
rick whitaker
July 18, 2024 at 3:37 pm
my take, great comment. i hope everyone gets it.
Dont Say FLA
July 18, 2024 at 7:10 am
The problem with Afghanistan was being and then staying in Afghanistan.
Nobody else withdrew because it was always going to go like it went, and that would have been a bad look for the priors so they kept our kids there just to save face.
Biden alone had the balls to take one to chin and actually get our soldiers out.
How about some Thank You’s for no U.S. Americans having been killed in Afghanistan the past two years? Compare those two years to all previous years since Dubya finally figured out where the bad guys really were.
Not Woke
July 18, 2024 at 8:14 am
Um that withdrawal was poorly planned. Should have done it from Bagram AB and not the civilian airport in town. Biden got 13 US military personnel killed and had the audacity to look at his watch as if he couldn’t be bothered when those coffins arrived at Dover AFB.
JustBabs
July 18, 2024 at 8:56 am
However, that was the cleanest withdrawal in US history. That cannot be disputed. We’ve done way worse and lost way more.
Not Woke
July 18, 2024 at 10:03 am
What? People chasing after airlifters and falling from them. We don’t even know who got on those airplanes. It was a debacle.
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