Pentagon leaks suspect wins praise from far-right US politicians and media

[jgo]

Source: The Guardian

Marjorie Taylor Greene calls Jack Teixeira ‘white, male, Christian and anti-war’ as Tucker Carlson says his sin was ‘telling the truth’.

Washington lawmakers have written off Jack Teixeira, the 21-year-old air national guardsman accused of being behind the worst US intelligence leak in a decade, as an “alleged criminal” after his arrest yesterday, but that hasn’t stopped him from winning praise from the political right.

“He revealed the crimes, therefore he’s the criminal. That’s how Washington works. Telling the truth is the only real sin,” declared the Fox News commentator Tucker Carlson on Thursday evening in the opening monologue of his show, which is the most watched on cable television. “The news media are celebrating the capture of the kid who told Americans what’s actually happening in Ukraine. They are treating him like Osama bin Laden,” the late al-Qaida terrorist leader.

Shortly after he was taken into custody in Massachusetts on Thursday, the far-right congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene – who has persistently called for the Joe Biden White House and Washington in general to cut off support to Kyiv – rallied to his defense.


Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/apr/15/pentagon-leaks-suspect-reaction-republicans-tucker-carlson

[Marthe48]

1. What part of treason don't they get?

n/t

[speak easy]

2. the 'reason' part

[Bernardo de La Paz]

7. I like the way you put it. Very much to the point.

This case shows what terrible damage stupid unwise idiots can do.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

4. If it is against Biden they are for it, even if it is against USA and Americans will die. . . . nt

[ificandream]

5. Yup. The Repughs' rule is to make Dems look bad no matter what or why.

That's not leadership. It's childishness. But they don't care.

[AllaN01Bear]

6. this , ding!!!!

[Turbineguy]

3. National security is for Libtards.

Real Patriots support Putin.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

8. An example of "patriots" for Putin

From the red FReak site, fully vetted supposedly patriotic supporters of the US:

From the very beginning of this soros/obama insurrection has been all
about the Crimea and bottling up Russia.
God bless Pres Putin and a pox be on all the houses of his enemies.
7 posted on 2023-04-07, by exPBRrat

How about “God Bless America”?
8 posted on 2023-04-07, by marcusmaximus
I think exPBRrat wished a pox on us.
10 posted on 2023-04-07, by ansel12

“How about “God Bless America”?”
America is under the wrath of God for it’s open promotion of perversity.
America had its change and it threw it away. Pray that the judgement
of God comes quickly and destroys the evil here.
12 posted on 2023-04-07, by Fai Mao

[truthisfreedom]

9. Traitors gotta trait!

And it’s called being treasonous!

[NowISeetheLight]

10. A New Defense?

After all he could always claim he had a "sincerely held religious belief" that God wanted him to reveal the documents. According to RepubQcans GOD is a legitimate excuse for getting away with everything.

[CanonRay]

11. How far the GOP has come from Reagan

I was no fan of Reagan, but he did recognize the Russians as a menace. He must be doing somersaults in his grave.

[greblach]

12. Mostly worried about TFG

I think their main reason for support is the Mara Largo documents, and how this case effects that (at least in the populace)...

[patphil]

13. One more reason why Republicans should never have security clearances.

[Cha]

14. Fuck the Traitors to our Country.

[orleans]

15. i still don't get how that little fuck got a security clearance (or did he?) that

allowed him to access those docs, jam them up his ass and walk off with them

[LudwigPastorius]

16. I know trying to parse Carlson is a formula for madness, but...

what the fuck does he mean "He (Teixeira) revealed the crimes.."?

What evidence of crimes were in those documents according to the RWNJs?

[SouthernDem4ever]

17. Threre's something seriously wrong with a country where

Tucker Carlson is the most watched show on cable television.

[yesphan]

18. I would like for someone

to ask these two publicly if they think that Timothy McVeigh was a fine patriot and American hero.

[TomCADem]

19. If you need further proof that the GOP Is In The Thrall of Putin

I was actually thinking that the source of the leaks was someone in the Republican party. Perhaps the far right is just happy that they weren't caught, yet.