Booker on Firing of Gen. CQ Brown: It’s Not About ‘Expertise’ and ‘Years of Service’ But About ‘Loyalty’ to Trump

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BOOKER: "The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is someone who should give independent advice on the military and national security. It's something that on both sides of the aisle we've said that should be independent of politics. That's why their terms are set. But just like the FBI director, which, again, was a Republican-supported person, General Brown was supported overwhelmingly by Democrats and Republicans. Donald Trump has thrown that out the window and is sending a dangerous message to the military: 'It's not about your independent expertise. It's not about your years of service. It's about your personal political loyalty to me.' And that is a dangerous message to send to our military at a time when we really need independent, credible advice going to the president because we live in a difficult, complex world."