Dems fine firing troops over Biden’s vax order but furious over Trump ‘treason’ talk, GOP vet says
Democratic veterans in Congress who released a video telling servicemembers they can refuse unlawful orders were ripped by Republicans, including by an Air Force veteran who pointed out how former...
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Democratic veterans in Congress who released a video telling servicemembers they can refuse unlawful orders were ripped by Republicans, including by an Air Force veteran who pointed out how former President Joe Biden ’s Pentagon discharged 8,700 servicemembers for refusing vaccine mandates. Sens. Mark Kelly of Arizona and Elissa Slotkin of Michigan, along with Reps. Chrissy Houlahan and Chris Deluzio of Pennsylvania, Jason Crow of Colorado and Maggie Goodlander of New Hampshire appeared in a video that informed servicemembers they could refuse unlawful orders, ostensibly from President Donald Trump . Jennifer-Ruth Green, an Iraq War Air Force veteran and former Indiana state official running in her second attempt to oust Rep. Frank Mrvan, D-Ind., slammed her fellow veterans in the video as highly hypocritical. Green is a Republican. "I just want to point out that the thousands of service members who refused the ‘illegal order’ from Joe Biden that forced them to get the COVID vaccine were fired without their benefits and Democrats were perfectly okay with it," Ruth-Green said on X . GRAHAM DEMANDS DEMOCRATS EXPLAIN 'REFUSE ILLEGAL ORDERS' MESSAGE TO TROOPS She followed up by singling-out Kelly – a retired astronaut and Navy combat pilot – after he appeared with former Rep. Joe Scarborough , R-Fla., longtime host of "Morning Joe" on MS-NOW . "First, Senator Kelly instructed our military to refuse the president's orders. Now, he says they should contact their officers if they ‘feel’ an order is illegal," Green said. "Stop playing political games with our service members. An order is not illegal just because a politician doesn't like it." TROOPS RISK COURT-MARTIAL IF THEY FOLLOW DEMOCRATS’ ‘ILLEGAL ORDERS’ ADVICE, FORMER MILITARY LAWYERS WARN After Scarborough had said servicemembers would be "violating their oath" if they followed illegal orders , Kelly replied that they always have the ability to speak with their commanding officer about an order in question. Kelly s…