Jeffries bashes GOP over new policy limiting Pentagon talks with Congress

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Source: msn/The Hill

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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) hammered Republicans over the Trump administration’s new policy limiting Pentagon outreach to members of Congress.

Speaking to reporters in the Capitol, Jeffries first went after Pete Hegseth, the Defense secretary who installed the new restrictions, portraying him as unqualified. He then shifted his criticisms to Republicans on Capitol Hill, saying they’ve been too willing to accept President Trump’s policies even when they erode congressional powers.

“Donald Trump knows that House and Senate Republicans, they function like a wholly owned subsidiary of the Trump cartel. That’s how they act,” Jeffries said. “They just rubber-stamp Trump’s extreme policies and they move on. Don’t say anything about it.” “Boss says jump, they just say, ‘How high?’”

In an Oct. 15 memo, Hegseth and Deputy Defense Secretary Steve Feinberg laid out the new policy, which requires Pentagon personnel to coordinate any interactions with Congress through the department’s central office of legislative affairs. The change is designed “to ensure consistency and support for the Department’s priorities to re-establish deterrence, rebuild our military, and revive the warrior ethos,” they wrote.

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[no_hypocrisy]

1. In total agreement. What if TSF ordered a full-fledged war on Venezuela but

the American public has no idea what's going on because of press restrictions? Not only would Congress not be advised, but the rest of us as well. And the situation escalated? The secrecy is alarming.

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2. DOD is so big that there would be plenty of potential "leakers" and whistle-blowers

which is probably why the cowardly media walked away. They will now be forced to rely on "sources" (who could give them more accurate info on what is actually going on versus the propaganda that Kegsbreath spews on social media, and in front of a camera and/or microphone).

[johnnyfins]

3. It's not "What if". They are doing this so they

CAN perpetrate fuckery under the cover of darkness. And they most certainly WILL.

[Grins]

4. Restrict the Pentagon's contact with members of Congress?

Sure. Go ahead.

Just remember that Congress can limit the Pentagon’s funding.