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THREAD: This is so important @yashar @jaketapper @soledadobrien @Maria_Hinojosa Days after election in 2020, Donald Trump, for reasons nobody understood, replaced a number of key high ranking folks at the Pentagon with a series of partisan hacks. WHY? 1/ https://www.defense.gov/Newsroom/Releases/Release/Article/2411893/dod-statement-on-personnel-changes-at-the-pentagon/
Well let's look at them one by one. Kash Patel, former staffer for Devin Nunes, with "unique access" to the Prez, known to give "out of scope" advice to him, and already on record as looking to block much of the transition work he was appointed to do.2/ https://www.politico.com/news/2020/11/24/kash-patel-pentagon-transition-440293
Anthony Tata. Former Fox commentator. Called Obama a Muslim and a terrorist. Pushed a conspiracy theory that Brennan was trying to overthrow Trump. Described by some as unconfirmable. In charge of defense policy now 3/ https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/12/politics/pentagon-nominee-tata-trump-kfile/index.html
Ezra Cohen-Watnick. Rose abruptly out of nowhere to extremely close relationship to Pres. Worked for Flynn, Sessions AND Nunes. Promoted false rumor about Obama wire tapping Trump. When McMaster tried to sweep out Flynn loyalists WH protected only him 4/ https://www.timesofisrael.com/official-who-backed-fake-obama-wiretapping-theory-promoted-to-key-pentagon-post/
Christopher Miller. 31 yrs in Spec Ops. Vocal Trump loyalist. Tried to make an end run around Pompeo to open his own dialogue with Somalis in Qatar and what fired for it. Rose in only a year from mid-level advisor to top pentagon official. Fishy. 5/ https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/11/us/politics/christopher-miller-pentagon-shabab.html
At the time, it felt to me like the only reason a lame duck pres would have to make such sweeping and controversial appointments would be in preparation for a coup. Friends dismissed this as crazy. But why did the Pentagon hold up the National Guard for so long? Just sayin' END
