Donald Trump protest outside the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, in
Washington, DC. Demonstrators breeched security and entered the
Capitol as Congress debated the a 2020 presidential election
Electoral Vote Certification. ALEX EDELMAN / AFP
The Pentagon’s top generals condemned the January 6
attack on the Capitol by Trump supporters on Tuesday, telling US
troops that it was an illegal assault on the constitutional
process.
“The violent riot… was as direct assault on the US Congress, the
Capitol building, and our Constitutional process,” said a
memorandum signed by all eight members of the Joint Chiefs of
Staff, led by the chairman, General Mark Milley.
“The rights of freedom of speech and assembly do not give anyone
the right to resort to violence, sedition and insurrection,” they
said.
The letter said members of the armed services are bound to
defend the constitution.
“Any act to disrupt the constitutional process is not only
against our traditions, values and oath; it is against the
law.”
The message came amid concerns that the Trump-supporting
extremists who raided the Congress to halt the certification of Joe
Biden as the next president have supporters in the armed forces and
law enforcement.
Trump and his supporters have refused to accept that Biden
fairly and soundly won the November 3 presidential election.
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The Pentagon is deploying as many as 15,000 National Guard
troops to protect Biden’s inauguration on January 20, amid fears of
new violence.
point their guns at a door that was vandalized in the House Chamber
during a joint session of Congress on January 06, 2021 in
Washington, DC. Drew Angerer/Getty Images/AFP
Pentagon officials were asked Monday about the possibility of
pro-Trump activists in the Guard and among regular troops.
“We don’t tolerate extremists in our ranks,” said spokesman
Jonathan Hoffman.
Underscoring the point, the Joint Chiefs said that, “in
accordance with the Constitution,” Biden would be inaugurated on
January 20th “and will become our 46th commander in chief.”
In South Korea, the commander of US Forces Korea, General Robert
Abrams, retweeted the JCS statement saying there was “no ambiguity”
the events at the Capitol were an “attempted insurrection”.
“If you are serving in uniform and think it was something else,
I would encourage (you) to sit down and read the constitution that
you swore an oath to support and defend,” wrote Abrams, who uses
the handle @DogFaceSoldier.
“No room on our team if you are not willing to defend the
constitution against all enemies, foreign AND domestic.”
AFP
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