“…I am infuriated that the Air Force plans to grant military funeral honors to Ashli Babbitt. She did not die defending the Constitution. She died trying to overturn it.” My latest in @thebulwark.com www.thebulwark.com/p/honoring-a...
“…I am infuriated that the Air Force plans to grant military funeral honors to Ashli Babbitt. She did not die defending the Constitution. She died trying to overturn it.” My latest in @thebulwark.com www.thebulwark.com/p/honoring-a...
You are not alone.
It’s an absolute disgrace that that traitorous b—- is being honored in any way whatsoever. She deserved what she got. Sorry, but she was a traitor. FAFO.
She's a fucking traitor and the Air Force just disgraced itself. And it's a black mark that it will not get rid of
That seditious bitch got what she deserved.
We couldn't have a worse slap in the face as veterans. This is absolutely appalling. This president isn't a leader. He's a self centered moronic asshole . He needs a good knock up side the head to get his mind back to something that resembles a normal human being. Wtf is this shithead thinking?
He doesn't think he just spouts whatever horror comes to his psychopathic mind.
He is beyond redemption.
He really is.
Disgusting. Dishonors our heroes.
It's in line with their according moral equivalency to all those who "fought in" the Civil War, regardless of whether you fought to defend the Union or destroy it.
Trump has been consistent in empowering criminals. One can only wonder about his so-called supporters. Will JD and others plead insanity when Trump croaks?
I’m not a retired officer, just a one-term SSGT, but I’m absolutely disgusted by this. She’s not a hero, she died in commission of a felony, to wit insurrection against the US government in support of a presidential coup.
Making it to SSGT in one term is impressive. Thank you for your service and your sane opinion.
I lucked out and got an early promotion to E-4 because the the person who my squadron board preferred couldn't make it to the base board and they sent me in their place.
I’m sure there was also some hard work that went into it. You made the board because you showed the right qualities.
It sure ain’t my Daddy‘s USAAF/USAF (1944 - 1964)!
😡🤬😡🤬 Terribly disgraceful. No hero for sure.
She's an embarrassment to everyone who ever put the uniform on.
They hung a painting of the traitor robert e lee and a slave at west point. They're nazis.
Unbelievable bullshit there, honoring a traitor. This is a disgrace to all who served honorably.
President AOC should have her reinterred at Oise-Aisne American Cemetery Plot E
It’s so sick and twisted, an insult to every service member
We elected a traitor to be President*. Of course it wants to celebrate other traitors.
Trump: "Exactly!"
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What's next for this corrupt administration? Medals of honor for the 19 September 11, 2001 Terrorists from Saudi Arabia who perpetrated the worst terrorist attack in our history? Never Forget 9-11-01 Yet another death riddled calamity on the Republicans Report Card. Impeach, remove and convict!
no pooly educated brainwashed FUCKING CRAZY ( goggle it she has always been certifiable) CULTIST🤯
There's absolutely no reason she deserves military honors! She dishonored her oath when she was a part of raiding the capital. Besides, her family already got $5M, isn't that enough?
Her family should have gotten nothing!
Yes
Equally outraged. Old woman AF vet (1967-1977). I come from a family of veterans.
After they kicked some of the Women Leaders out of the Brass -yea don’t fall for this bullshit thehill.com/policy/defen...
There will be more of this and it's not about Ashli Babbitt. It's about coercing the service chiefs to do (and publicly support) things that besmirch their honor. The more he can force them to wallow in the mud, the dirtier they get. Normalization of the unethical is critical to his future plans
So is this honorably US Army retired family.
She should have complied.
Same
It doesn’t matter they can write the story however they want God knows the truth and deposited her into hell as long as she don’t come back it’s all good. Traitors rewrite stories because their bar was on the ground and only a lie can lift it up.
If sanity ever returns, the High Command at the USAF needs to be court martialled for this atrocity.
It’s ALL on Hegseth and trump. USAF is following orders. While they have an obligation to disobey ILLEGAL orders… this is not one of them, as vile as it is.
Wait until they follow the orders to shoot pdotesters. It's coming!
Well…..then they’ll be following illegal orders and once the tangerine tyrant is gone, they can pay for their crimes with a military court martial.
I consider it to be a "morally illegal" order. 😠
It wasn't up to them.
Agree!😡
Headjob hanging Gen Lee’s portrait back in the West Point library and restoring the beautiful monuments Agent Orange loves Organized criminal cult and Gestapo
Shame 😭
Disgusting and treasonous.
There will be lots of pissing on that grave. How fucking dare they make a martyr out of a criminal
It's the same sort of shameful act as honoring Confederate rebels as if they were heroes of the US. Let their families weep for them, but the nation should not honor those who would overthrow it or rebel against it.
The USAF probably got orders from Hegseth. It's a damn shame!
A DISGRACE!
In a word!
Puppets!
We’ll dig her up and find a ditch to undo it
This country has it's head on backwards. :-(
RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES! This funeral is yet another kind of distraction. It has an added bonus for the orange regime...while it is totally and morally wrong, and not a problem for them, it has touched a nerve with the American people. The best kind of distraction. RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES!
Absolutely right. EPSTEIN FILES EPSTEIN FILES EPSTEIN FILES
Not a funeral, is it? She died on Jan 6. Long wait for burial. I think it means her grave will get a little flag on Memorial Day. I guess...
With respect...No, it's more than that...ask a vet or enlisted person, or their family members, if it's just "a little flag on Memorial Day".
I never said "just", you did.
I know, it's just that some we're thinking it was a military rites funeral.
Did you read what their plans are? Military funeral honors! Who knows if they'll follow through or what that means to them? But the idea that it's a thought or distraction or a plan, is a slap in the faces of the men and women who serve, have served or have died for our country.
I was expressing my opinion. I don't understand why you feel a need to debate this?
She was cremated. If her ashes end up in Arlington National Cemetery in the Columbarium near my Dad and Mom, I’m going to be very upset. They deserve to be there. She does not!
While they're at it, they could put up a statue of Benedict Arnold at West Point.
I'm sure it will be a grave that becomes a spittoon.
I would happily drink beer and piss on it every day. As an Air Force veteran I am thoroughly disgusted and ashamed. With th lickspittle that has been installed to lead the military serbices, I'm not surprised.
You are not alone!
You're not alone general. 😠
Those that are allowing this betrayal to happen need to be held accountable. They need to be brought in front of the American public and given an opportunity to explain why they would did this.
She is a traitor to the Nation's cloth...as is Mike Flynn. They should never be given any honor from America.
It's meaningless, military honors has no meaning anymore.
Like everything Trump touches, the Air Force's plan to grant military funeral honors to domestic terrorist Ashli Babbitt cheapens the honor for all those brave military members who follow. It's like how Trump has cheapened the White House with his whorehouse decorating style. No class and no honor.
Massacring iraqis and afghans, all good brother. Trespassing? Immediate execution.
Ashli Babbitt was a traitor!! Deserved what she got!! This is awful to give military funeral honors!
Agreed… she deserves nothing. Her choice…
And real war hero's are removed from their web site because of the colour of their skin.
The US military is sadly, losing respect everyday!
Another item just for show to make sure that his sycophantic base stays with him. It’s a promise made on the campaign trail and he’s keeping it but the only one he can’t keep is Epstein Epstein Epstein. Where are the files Donald?
She died with hatred on her face and insurrection in her intentions. She was corrupted by systematic, vicious propaganda that soaked this country due to the efforts of the John Birch Society, Tea Party, GOP, Trump operatives, tech barons, the FSB, and other filments of anti-democratic subversion.
Let’s not forget Fox News, where disgraced GQP politicians go to die.
trump has forever stained the military
Don't you think the Air Force was pressured to give her a military funeral?
They could have, should have resisted. Will they bow down just as easily if Trump cedes Alaska to Putin?
Fuck no.
I'm outraged!! You have a criminal in the WH, he celebrates, honors other criminals, I think the military should boycott her funeral.
Isn't she already buried? If not that's really gross. Are they moving her? That's really gross too
With the orange turd in the WH, expect any and everything.
🎶Ashley Babbitt lies a moulderin in the grave, No truth, no marching. just meh...
Whatever happened to #MangoMussolini in military school really left a mark.
At the same time they are dismantling the VA.
I’m waiting for Trump to sue the United States for false arrest and then settle with himself for $100 billion.
When is the military going to fight against this tyranny? Are they so brainwashed they don’t know right from wrong?
This is extremely disturbing
If the Air Force is honoring traitors then we are in deep shit.
As a veteran, I stand opposed to a defacement of honor to those who served with dignity and adhere to the oath, they swore to. Bobbit deserved none of this. All veteran benefits for those who riot at the Capitol Building should lose all VA benefits and be dishonorably discharged as service members
Damn! Another grave I have to piss on.
Is she getting full Confederate honors?
AB- the violent adultery? No wonder TFG likes her. www.aol.com/woman-allege...
Sadly, I wouldn’t be surprised if Pete Hegseth named a military base after her. It’s the same shameful whitewashing we’ve done with the confederacy.
She was a woman, so Pete Kegsbreath would never allow that to happen.
It’s an outrage…
Agree. Also giving her family $5 million dollars was a slap in the face to the Capital Police who did everything they could to defend the building.
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The military is opening a Pandora's Box here. If the public becomes jaundiced about their military, it becomes very difficult to recover that reputation.
I’d guess they are too…
BOOTLICKERS
It's sickening actually
I couldn’t agree more. It’s insane!
It's disgusting as is her family. They have been relentless in pushing the narrative that she was a victim and/or a dead hero
When trump granted Babbitt's mother to be released from her sentence she refused, preferring to "respect the law."
As a souse of a retired military man, I am totally outraged! Talk about dishonoring the military!!!!
Powerful. Honoring traitor Babbitt is so wrong.
It disgusts me when I think of all the veterans who could have been helped with the $5 millions dollars that her family was given for "wrongful death." Any "stand your ground" advocate would have fired at her if she had tried to climb through a window in their home.
Most veterans voted for Trump and would probably vote for him again, so they don’t care that they’re losing out on $5 mil to the family of a traitor.
She assumed the risk! She was breaking into the House floor while members were scrambling and fearing for their lives! She absolutely deserves NO HONORS!
Exactly!! 👏👏👏🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
We should give that dead dude on a roof in Butler 10 million dollars "his family" and bury him right next to her. Attempted murder in America under trump just another day, trump cops kids it really doesn't matter anymore. The only thing that matters is the target rich or poor.
Gonna post on my own post. It's easier.Just putting it out there, I do not believe BUTLER was real. If it were real and it worked ......PRICELESS
The only counter-argument I can make is to point out that these are not people with a history of doing very simple things competently. Could they really pull off a complicated conspiracy?
Not trump but cruel little Stevie.
Trump finds new ways to dishonor the military every day.
What are they going to do dig her up just to re-bury her?
Ashley Babbitt: The MAGA Horst Wessel!
The bitch deserved to be worm food.
Dishonoring those that have truly served and sacrificed.
Trespassing Traitor
Military embarrassment. It is hard to just say "I support our military"
Ashli was a fucking traitor. Good riddance.
the military is dishonoring the military
the military is currently dishonoring the military
Sadly, the military command in this Country has become clown show! I'm embarrassed for the soldiers who have to tolerate their bullshit. I've also hear reenlistment is down.
Just shows that the military is totally in the pocket of this administration.. We’re in a very bad place here.
I am beyond disgusted with the U.S. as a nation. My brother lies in Arlington thanks to people like Babbitt and now she gets similar honors. May she rot in hell.
This USAF vet agrees with you completely. Completely.
Craig I feel this song describes your brother perfectly. youtu.be/dFV02zrph8A?...
He had a fantastic voice.
I am also offended Craig. My husband lost a battle buddy in Iraq and has a Purple Heart from combat injuries in Iraq. On my next visit to Arlington please know that I will visit and honor your brother at his grave. He sacrificed his life for our Capitol and I think of him every time I see it.
I’m beyond disgusted, too. I’m so sorry.
💯 agree and with you a billion percent
What a DISGRACE to the AIR FORCE to HONOR A TRAITOR to our country and to the US Constitution!
Agreed
The military is already weaponized by F47… respect no more
@markhertling.bsky.social, what should we do with the officers who preside over this obscenity? Serious question, not rhetorical. Should the next C-in-C identify which officers "went along" with this directive and discipline them for dishonoring their oath rather than resigning their commission?
Those who went along should at least face fitness hearings.
My father fought in WWII. Both my grandfathers fought in WWI. I can't even imagine how appalled they would be at this obscenity.
Do you find the behaviour of the military appalling? I certainly do.
Terrible
Nice to see some Generals standing up for what's right. Those political Generals are killing us.
Who is standing up
General Mark Hertling
Well to be fair looking from over the pond the military is doing a pretty good job of dishonouring itself, the US military has already been deployed against American citizens. It serves a dictator, Donald Trump, Its a billionaires private army now deployed to control US citizens.
"If loyalty to the Constitution and an attempt to overthrow it are treated as equal, we lose the very meaning of service" The part I can't get past is that a significant portion of our population either voted for this or don't think it's important enough to vote against. Why do we serve, then?
Just ask one question:what exactly was Ashley Babbitt planning to do if she actually got through to the Capitol floor instead of defying armed secret service who demanded she stop?Tear the Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi apart with her bare hands maybe? This is who trump honors now-SHAMEFUL!!!
As an I sir. 23 years of military service to support an ideal of defending my country from people that attacks our Constitution. Babbit was a seditionist that died while attacking the US Congress that was carrying out their constitutionally mandated duty. She's not deserving of any military honors.
I second your motion! And as a retired USAF Veteran myself, I am appalled and deeply offended by this. Babbit is a TRAITOR, not a hero! But Agent Orange is a dicktator and this is major dicktator move to honor his gestapo and elevate his treasonous agenda.
Glad Dad didn't live to see this. I've been saying that on many occasions especially since Helsinki.
Me, too.
This is beyond vile !! How disrespectful to our Vets that aren’t criminals ! Her family got $4.5M for her corrupt violent behavior- we taxpayers want that back !!
Un-effing-believable! This diminishes the sacrifices of honorable military who fought FOR the Constitution and our Democracy!
More J6 traitors should have been shot at when breaching the Capital building.
SHAME! SHAME! SHAME!!!!!
More forget Epstein theatrics from Trump!
Didn't she get shot while breaking and entering I thought Republicans believed in stuff like that
DISGRACEFUL…by a CORRUPT Administration! 😖
on the plus side, she's dead as dead can be and will never know she got a good burial. btw...it's like 5 years later, where the fuck's her corpse been hanging out all this time?
Disgusting and disgraceful which also describes the Trump Administration.
Please note all the names of those in the military going along with this.
What's going on with the Air Force? This should be a fall-on-your-sword issue.
Although we wish it was, they do have to follow orders. They do have an obligation to defy ILLEGAL orders, but this is not one of them regardless of how vile this decision is.
legalclarity.org/who-gets-a-f... I don't see this can be a lawfull order but rather an illegal order. There are both civil and military rules disregarded if this goes forward.
This.
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She was a moronic traitor.
Spit on her grave.
As a member of a military family, a former military spouse, I volunteer to dig that traitor's ass up as soon as I am given the "Ok" by the government. If she is buried anywhere near my uncle you may not have to wait because he may rise up to do it himself.
What else can you say but it is deplorable deplorable deplorable.
trump and hegseth bastardizing a scared ceremony for our loyal, brave service members should be unimaginable but they are the worst humanity has to offer - nothing is too low, too obscene, too base for either! They are bastards!
This is outrageous! I heard her family is getting $5M??!! Where the fuck is that money coming from? Trump acts like he has a checkbook to the treasury that he can use for whatever he wants. This is complete bullshit
Wondering if he is giving it to them so they can turn around and make a donation to him in her name.
So far, he’s been right. He has used our tax dollars for any ridiculous thing he wants. And elected Republicans are totally silent.
That academy needs closed. It’s a fascist training ground.
Imagine honouring a traitor who tried to overthrow your government and not uphold the oath that she swore to your country and the constitution. Too fucking bad that she was shot. Fuck TrumPEDO and your now compromised military.
Fucking Bullshit.
EVERY time I read about someone who fought overseas in the military now taking a very public stand defending against the fascist overtake here, I get a feeling of ... elation. Truer still for military academy alums. I reflexively contrast them w/ Supreme Ct justices. newrepublic.com/maz/post/199...
The problem is that his motivation for doing this was to get just this response - to enrage those of us who understand what a grotesque travesty this is. By expressing our outrage, he gets exactly what he wanted, and yet to remain silent seems almost criminal. Damned if we do, damned if we don't.
Release the Epstein files.
There are no words, there should be no words for a person who chose to behave as she did. No honor, no respect. Consequences of her own actions.
I’m furious as well. 🤬
She died violating her oath of office.
Agree. Military honors are for people who defended the Constitution, not those who tried to overthrow it. Granting her that recognition is an insult to real patriots.
Which is the point from a 5xdraft dodging convicted felon troll & adjudicated rapist. Shame on every single person who accepted that & voted for him again.
I miss the Republican Party that loved America more than it worshipped one man. What’s left now is a cult, not a party.
They were always full of shit. Used to use religion and Jesus for their hate mongering, now it’s Drumpf. Fugg the GOP. You are a woman and of color, that party has never cared about you.
I am sure there are quite a few who really didn't love the country.
It's a circus, not a party... and always has been!
That never existed
Now that conservatives world wide are going full mask off fascist there’s so many liberals acting like their predecessors weren’t always amoral pieces of shit and pleading with contemporary conservatives to “return to their roots” but their roots are fucking over the poor and being racist as hell.
I’m 41 and I’ve never known a Republican Party that loved America more than it loves money
Let's be honest. You described American society at large. The $$ bottom line is more important to more people than is honor to country. Big reason we are in this mess.
What's ironic is the poor slobs who love him will never have money.
I respectfully disagree. There’s many who love our country more than money.
Certainly there are no absolutes. Why I said “more” rather than “all”. But there is a reason why “it’s the economy, stupid” resonates, cycle after cycle as the top driver of votes.
I’m 72, and Eisenhower is just at the fringes of my memory
50's here and can't recall a decent republican. I mean Nixon possibly, but only because he resigned.
Wasn't Arnold Schwarzenegger a Republican? Okay not a president, because he was born in Austria, but a governor of California.
Schwarzenegger made some poor decisions but also learned from them. I'd happily replace the current administration with Ahnold and his picks.
It's really hard to be mad at him tbh. Soft spot for Arnold.
Yes, but I believe even he admits he was a terrible governor.
I’m 64. Same.
They were once kind of noble and reached across the aisle pretty often.
When? 100 years ago?
No. I got to meet many Republicans who were fairly decent but still had a different philosophy than my own. They did not behave like the MAGUglicans we deal with now.
Fair. The magas are the neo nazis
It’s disgusting. Your countries leadership are traitorous intersections. All those Civil War Union soldiers who died must be turning in their graves. Many in the military ranks now are ignoring their oaths and happily supportive of the current regime. Honor? Ethics? Morals? No where to be seen.
We need to get the names of the service members who participate in this.
She violated her oath. She is by definition a traitor. If I were an Air Force top brass I'd be writing editorials claiming this much and discouraging any Air Force service member from participating in this horrid spectacle.
Agree that this profoundly dishonors those who have sacrificed in defense of the U.S. Constitution. It’s disturbing to see the Air Force bend a knee to rising fascism as willing contributors to the propaganda.
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Damaged merchandise that went undetected. She, along with her commission should have been axed long before 1/6.
As a veteran myself I do not agree. She served her country honorably for the period of time that was required. What ever happened after that has other consequences.
The Air Force should be ashamed.
Where is she buried so we can piss on her grave?
She was a radicalised Trump cult/QAnon follower, sadly. It's quite clear that she was warned, ignored those warnings, and as an attacker was shot in the name of law and order. She was acting dishonourably against her country & the constitution and paid the price. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing...
Prepare yourself, Trump is weaseling into Arlington I bet.
Disgusting.
And if Trump had been appropriately charged as well, (and he should have had every book thrown at him), none of this insanity would be continuing on today.
What, haven't they buried that woman yet?
Traitorous bitch
It sounds mean but her carcass should of been dumped at sea with absolutely no fan fare. What she did was unforgivable in my opinion.
Trump and Republicans have been shitting all over the military for a long time, maybe Democrats should point this out instead of letting them claim they are pro military.
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Trump has made Babbitt a martyr instead of a domestic terrorist so get ready America for more of the same!
She was a traitor to her country and got what she deserved
Another grave to be pissed upon
It's absolutely pathetic.
We know it’s another top down decision. He’d okay it just to spite Biden.
I can't believe that the media isn't asking all GOP members of Congress, especially those who served about this or even local/state reps. I have seen zero interviews of elected rep's asked
The mainstream media in this country cannot be trusted anymore. The minuscule amount of them that have any political balls are being drummed out to cater to the fascists at the top.
Thank you for writing this General
A kind of Feldherrnhalle Munich moment after the Hitler Putsch attempt
Posthumous Dishonourable Discharge should be an option for breaking her oath!
She believed the lies of a pathological lying pedophile.
YES.
I can’t help but feel that this cheapens the honors that my grandfathers received for their service in WW2. This sickens me.
I wrote off the Army and National Guard. Now it's time to tell the Airforce to fuck off! It makes me feel both sadness and anger that I no longer respect our military. They are now just Trump ass kissers and tools.
#5xDraftDodgingCoward takes a swipe at #US military again. He dishonors service and Vets by bestowing honors on another traitor. #dumpf treats them all as suckers and lovers.
Ashli Babbitt’s own actions led to her demise. She held not an ounce of honor. May she only be remembered for her inglorious deeds.
She committed suicide, and her family should be forced to pay the cost of repairing the property damage she caused and the pain and suffering of the officer she forced to assist her unwillingly. Then bury her in grave marked TRAITOR.
Don’t take the bait. He being honored is deliberately grotesquely outrageous to make you waste real estate on the patently outrageous act rather than Trump’s broken promises related to Jeffrey Epstein and his time spent in his company
She's scum
I just hope someone is keeping tally of all the injustices that are being passed so when, and it will happen, we take back our country this is one of the first acts we have to take care of and charge them back all that they were given cuz they do not deserve to even be acknowledged! Resist!
The US military has failed us. I will never trust anyone who collaborates with this group of traitorous pedophiles.
Not just a funeral, but also millions of taxpayer dollars. Like WTF!!!
I wonder if you can just trade Trump’s pre-planned service for her’s…maybe hand the Trump kids an old coffee can with his cremains Oh yeah, and a Trump Bible as well.
It’s very frustrating they’re capitulating & doing this. Such a dishonor to everyone who has honorably served & died defending our nation.
Maybe next time consider less arrogance and trying treating Dems with more respect. Oh wait, there will not be a next time. You had your time in power and you totally screwed it up. This is the consequence. Run along now.
It's despicable and an insult to every police officer who defended the Capitol that day and to all who serve the nation with valor.
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You should be more upset about a traitor being honored than a stupid logo change!
I couldn’t give two shits about a military funeral. It’s the five mil in taxpayer $ that steams me.
We truly are in an upside down world. And all of it stems from fervent devotion to the most corrupt, amoral and corrosive figure ever to reach prominence in American politics.
Where is she buried? Military honors, meaning an American flag on Memorial Day?
The heroes to Trump and his followers will never be people who sincerely care about this country. Talk is cheap and their actions against the US speak volumes.
An absolute disgrace. FURIOUS.
Just another example of THIS lawless regime and “ President” rewarding CRIMINALS. It is sickening 🤮
Breaking news: President Trump signs Executive Order to exhume Benedict Arnold, Jefferson Davis, Mildred “Axis Sally” Gillars, Ikuko “Tokyo Rose” Toguri, and Julius and Ethel Rosenberg. All will be buried with full military honors on American soil.
Cool so can’t wait to piss on this treasonous cunt’s grave. Fuck her and all the Jan 6th traitors!
Thank you
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So true she's a lier DICKHEAD nasty felon
Exactly. It is beyond infuriating and insulting.
They could simply refuse for being asked to do something clearly unconstitutional.