Rieckhoff on Gallagher – Variety Magazine
“Trump is a master of casting, and Gallagher is a perfect fit,” Paul Rieckhoff, the founder of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, told the Times. “He’s handsome, he’s heroic, he’s got a beautiful wife. He’s a Rambo version of the same story Trump has been telling over and over: The deep state is trying to screw you, the media is bad, and the rich people don’t understand you. But I’ll stick up for you.” Asked for comment about Gallagher’s newly launched lifestyle brand, Gallagher’s lawyer, Timothy Parlatore, did his best impression of Trump, who thinks facts that make him look bad are fake news, telling the paper: “Chief Gallagher is happy to respond to inquiries by legitimate journalists looking to publish factual pieces, but has no time for propagandists who put out knowingly false statements masquerading as fact.”
RIECKHOFF IN VARIETY: EDWARD GALLAGHER, TRUMP’S FAVORITE WAR CRIMINAL, IS A “CONSERVATIVE INFLUENCER” NOW
The Brief
→ Four things from today’s episode
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Why the Iran operation is being called a generational strategic loss. and what it cost in lives, dollars, and standing
02
The Cuba warning. why a War Powers Act has to come before the next strike, not after
03
Max Brooks on why veterans are the antidote to civic despair. Max Brooks on why veterans are the antidote to civic despair
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The recruiting and morale crisis inside the military after t. The recruiting and morale crisis inside the military after thirteen funerals and zero accomplished objectives
