During a House Armed Services hearing this Wednesday, Joint Chiefs Chair Gen. Mark Milley pushed back against Florida GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz, who accused Milley of endorsing a "woke" military.
"I personally find it offensive that we are accusing the United States military ... of being 'woke' or something else because we're studying some theories that are out there," Milley said.
The dust up was widely seen as a win for Milley, and Gaetz's critics on Twitter wasted no time in pointing that out.
This is incredible. I know we all exaggerate constantly #onhere, but this is must-see viewing.\n\nMilley expressing an educated, rational, AMERICAN stance on knowledge and fairness while GOP sex offender Matt Gaetz shakes his head says EVERYTHING about the divide in this country.https://twitter.com/RanttMedia/status/1407753160760889351\u00a0\u2026— Jay | BLM (@Jay | BLM) 1624475324
The face you make when you know you just got destroyedhttps://twitter.com/cspan/status/1407760828821037064?s=21\u00a0\u2026— #SaveTyler See Bio&Pinned (@#SaveTyler See Bio&Pinned) 1624472282
Real leadership from the General. Matt Gaetz is a showboating idiot without the slightest clue of what it means to respect our military.https://twitter.com/cspan/status/1407760828821037064\u00a0\u2026— Blissful GRITS (@Blissful GRITS) 1624473459
matt gaetz's face in this is amazing, but i'm also just kinda stunned that the most passionate and erudite defense of CRT i've seen from anyone in gov is coming from the chairman of the joint chiefshttps://twitter.com/dave_brown24/status/1407745748909838343\u00a0\u2026— David Mack (@David Mack) 1624471004
Saw this clip earlier from a different angle; this one has the benefit of a quick cut to Matt Gaetz flipping out Alito-at-SOTU style as he watches someone with more credibility than he and his peers have dismantle their propaganda.https://twitter.com/dave_brown24/status/1407745748909838343\u00a0\u2026— Brian Beutler (@Brian Beutler) 1624474025
Look at Matt Gaetz. This general has more decorations than the Rockefeller Christmas Tree, and yet that clown shakes his head.\n\nDon't ever believe, for a second, all this "we love the military" and "blue lives matter" stuff. \n\nIt's all roses until they aren't convenient covershttps://twitter.com/RanttMedia/status/1407753160760889351\u00a0\u2026— Matt Verderame (@Matt Verderame) 1624473252
Watch Rep. Gaetz get schooled by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Mark Milley. \n\nGaetz\u2019 reaction is as disrespectful as it is damning.https://twitter.com/ranttmedia/status/1407753160760889351\u00a0\u2026— Rev. Rob Lee (@Rev. Rob Lee) 1624474222
General Milley directly connects what he calls "white rage" to the attack on the Capitol. He says he's studied Mao, Marx, Lenin, and that doesn't make him a communist. When he says he's personally offended when people call military "woke," Matt Gaetz\u2014who said that\u2014shakes his headhttps://twitter.com/RanttMedia/status/1407753160760889351\u00a0\u2026— Roger Sollenberger found true love, suckers (@Roger Sollenberger found true love, suckers) 1624474141
This really is a remarkable, memorable answer, and the Gaetz reaction shot in the middle of this clip perfectly captures his character.https://twitter.com/ranttmedia/status/1407753160760889351\u00a0\u2026— southpaw (@southpaw) 1624473342
The longer video is better because it shows the complete indignation from Gaetz as he watches his (and the republican party's) talking points on CRT be completely decimated by a leader in the military. Gotta love it.— Critical Race Theory killed my parents (@Critical Race Theory killed my parents) 1624475435
