The chiefs of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, and National Guard have put out statements condemning racism and other forms of hatred in response to Charlottesville.
US military chiefs: no room for racists and bigots in the services
Leadership.
Adm. John Richardson, the Navy chief, kicked it off with a tweet Saturday night:
The rest of the service branch chiefs followed suit a few days later, each issuing his own message to the branch he oversees.
The comments stand in stark contrast to President Trump’s remarks Tuesday during a press conference in which he said that the white supremacists and those protesting against them were both to blame for the violence.
“What about the fact that [the counterprotesters] came charging with clubs in their hands, swinging clubs? Do they have any problem?” Trump said. “You had a group on one side that was bad. You had a group on the other side that was also very violent.”
Unlike Trump, the service chiefs were unequivocal in their condemnation of racism and bigotry, emphasizing that such ideas have no place in today’s US military. Here are the other service chiefs’ tweets, in the order in which they were published:
Gen. Robert Neller, Marine Corps
Gen. Mark Milley, Army
Gen. Dave Goldfein, Air Force
Gen. Joseph Lengyel, National Guard
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