Fox Business host Lou Dobbs -- screenshot
As President Donald Trump prepares to host his blowout Fourth of July celebration complete with flyovers and military parades, top officials in the Armed Forces have expressed concern about the event. Service chiefs for the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps have all declined to attend, citing Pentagon policy that forbids military personnel from taking part in political activity while in uniform.
This refusal did not sit well with Fox Business host Lou Dobbs, a rabid cheerleader of the president on cable news, who took to social media to denounce "Snowflake Generals" and suggesting that they are not loyal enough to win wars:
No wonder these Snowflake Generals haven't won a war since 1991: Military chiefs concerned about @realDonaldTrump'… https://t.co/1EcYNLch9q— Lou Dobbs (@Lou Dobbs) 1562243990.0
The internet quickly dogpiled on Dobbs for his partisan attack on the military:
@LouDobbs @realDonaldTrump @MailOnline remind us which one of those wars you served in— Fred Mertz (@Fred Mertz) 1562248435.0
@LouDobbs @realDonaldTrump @MailOnline Military are snowflakes? WTF have you ever done except bloviate on TV?— ☕ LM ✌️ (@☕ LM ✌️) 1562249063.0
@LouDobbs @realDonaldTrump @MailOnline Wait, so generals don't want the military used as a political prop by a wann… https://t.co/QPRpbVoED7— Chris Pagliarini (@Chris Pagliarini) 1562253271.0
@LouDobbs @realDonaldTrump @MailOnline Someone that didn't serve insulting men and women that have seen combat on t… https://t.co/JW5fcA9bhz— Agent Broflake (@Agent Broflake) 1562250564.0
@LouDobbs @realDonaldTrump @MailOnline That is such an unpatriotic thing to tweet any day; today, it is also a deplorable statement.— Shakespearetcr. (@Shakespearetcr.) 1562252912.0
