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NEWS: U.S. Army Captain Emily Rainey has resigned her commission, @CBSDavidMartin reports, after leading a group of people from N.C. to the rally in Washington that led up to the deadly riot in the U.S. Capitol.
Rainey was a psychological operations officer, @JimLaPorta reports. https://twitter.com/jimlaporta/status/1348503664101634048
Rainey was a psychological operations officer, @JimLaPorta reports. https://twitter.com/jimlaporta/status/1348503664101634048
Rainey, 30, “made headlines back in May after she posted a video online of her pulling down caution tape at a playground that was closed under North Carolina’s COVID-19 restrictions.”
She wrote this, June 2, 2020:
In her own words: “You are absolutely allowed to tell people how you identify politically, and you are allowed to promote your party but with limitations because: with great power comes great responsibility.” https://sofrep.com/news/dos-and-donts-for-being-a-republican-or-democrat-in-the-military/
In her own words: “You are absolutely allowed to tell people how you identify politically, and you are allowed to promote your party but with limitations because: with great power comes great responsibility.” https://sofrep.com/news/dos-and-donts-for-being-a-republican-or-democrat-in-the-military/
More from @CBSDavidMartin: A Defense official says the Army is investigating how many soldiers from Ft. Bragg accompanied Rainy to D.C.. She had already resigned her commission after receiving a career-ending letter of reprimand for her actions at an earlier protest in the Ft...
...Bragg area. Because the process takes time, she was still on active duty when she led a group of protestors to Washington and is due to leave the Army next month, reports @CBSDavidMartin
Officials at Ft. Bragg are now working to determine what other soldiers went to Washington and whether they were part of the mob that stormed the Capitol, reports @CBSDavidMartin
