17 Oct 2024 3:58 pm
Former Secretary of Defense Mark Esper was asked a very simple question by Fox’s Bret Baier on Monday: “Do you think Donald Trump was a threat to democracy?”
Here’s what Esper said in response:
“I think that given the events of January 6, given how he has undermined the election results, he incited people to come to DC, stirred them up that morning and failed to call them off, to me, that threatens our democracy. … I think the answer would – what else can you conclude, Bret?”
Sit with that for a minute.
Esper isn’t some “Never Trumper.” Or someone who routinely sought out attention in the past. He is a military man who spent time as chief of staff at the conservative Heritage Foundation. He is a former secretary of the Army. When Trump picked Esper as secretary of defense, he called him “a highly respected gentleman with a great career — West Point, Harvard, a tremendous talent.”
Here’s what Esper said in response:
“I think that given the events of January 6, given how he has undermined the election results, he incited people to come to DC, stirred them up that morning and failed to call them off, to me, that threatens our democracy. … I think the answer would – what else can you conclude, Bret?”
Sit with that for a minute.
Esper isn’t some “Never Trumper.” Or someone who routinely sought out attention in the past. He is a military man who spent time as chief of staff at the conservative Heritage Foundation. He is a former secretary of the Army. When Trump picked Esper as secretary of defense, he called him “a highly respected gentleman with a great career — West Point, Harvard, a tremendous talent.”