Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger has described Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene as an "fool" over her current remarks concerning the navy.
Kinzinger, a lieutenant colonel within the Air Nationwide Guard, was reacting to an interview Greene gave on former Fox Information host Lou Dobbs' podcast on April 9.
Through the episode, Dobbs and Greene spoke about why individuals would need to be part of the navy below President Joe Biden within the wake of the withdrawal of troops in Afghanistan in August 2021, throughout which 13 U.S. service members had been killed in a suicide bombing at Kabul airport.
Dobbs additionally questioned why individuals would enlist in Biden's navy in the event that they had been going for use as "boots on the bottom" in Europe amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine after combating with a "third world nation for 20 years" earlier than pulling out "with our tail between our legs."
"Who in his or her proper thoughts would say 'signal me up for that, Sarge?'" Dobbs requested.
In reply, Greene stated: "Not my son and I do know loads of younger individuals do not need to have something to do with that. It is like throwing your life away. To not point out how they have been pressured to take the vaccine and those that did not need to take it have been discharged. Who desires to be handled that method?"
In a tweet, Kinzinger condemned Greene for saying individuals must be delay enlisting for the navy below Biden.
"Simply an absolute fool. But nonetheless will likely be praised by individuals like [House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy] as a result of, properly, cash and speakership," Kinzinger stated.
Audio of Greene's remarks was additionally posted to Twitter by Democrat Wendy Davis, a congressional candidate hoping to defeat Greene in Georgia's 14th district.
Whereas sharing Davis' put up, Kinzinger wrote: "Hi there MTG. I am nonetheless within the navy and it actually just isn't a life thrown away. You're an absolute, utter, Fake patriot. Some may say fraud."
In an announcement to Newsweek, a spokesperson for Greene stated her "throwing your life away" comment wasn't referring to the navy as an idea, however merely below the Biden administration.
Throughout her interview with Dobbs, Greene additionally dismissed the "Range, Fairness, and Inclusion" coaching issued to service members as "ridiculous ideology of the sick and satanic left" and one more reason to not enlist.
This isn't the primary time Kinzinger has mocked Greene. In March, the Illinois congressman ridiculed Greene after she mistakenly referred to Biden because the "commander and chief" as a substitute of the right time period for the president's function as head of the nation's armed forces, commander in chief.
"I imply critically, if anybody goes to say 'commander and chief' it is her. She actually has no concept it is commander in chief and I am zero % shocked," Kinzinger tweeted.
Greene has been contacted for additional remark.
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