May 11, 2021
'Disturbing and reckless': Retired brass spread election lie in attack on Biden, Democrats
Source: POLITICO
Journalist: Bryan Bender
A day after 124 retired generals and admirals released a letter spreading the lie that President Joe Biden stole the election, current and former military officers are speaking out, calling the missive a dangerous new sign of the military being dragged into the trenches of partisan warfare.
The open letter on Monday from a group calling itself Flag Officers 4 America advanced the false conspiracy theory that the presidential vote was rigged in Biden's favor and warned that the nation is "in deep peril" from "a full-blown assault on our Constitutional rights."
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Jim Golby
Former Adjunct Senior Fellow, Clements Center for National Security, The University of Texas at Austin
Jim Golby is a former Adjunct Senior Fellow at CNAS. Jim received his Ph.D. in political science from Stanford University and a B.S. in American Government from the United Sta...
