San Diegan Kristen Kavanaugh spoke yesterday at the Democratic National Convention. U.S. Marine veteran Kavanaugh , who served during the military’s era of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, now heads up the Military Acceptance Project, a San Diego-based nonprofit that helps improve inclusiveness in the military.
Yesterday she spoke about why she trusts Hillary Clinton to be Commander-in-Chief and why she doesn’t trust Donald Trump.
“And I trust Hillary Clinton to be Commander-in-Chief,” said Kavanaugh. “She understands the importance of a strong military and diplomacy. She knows we’re stronger when we work with our allies to keep us safe, and she has a specific plan to defeat and destroy ISIS. She has the experience, temperament, and steady hand to lead.
“I don’t trust Donald Trump.
“The military is defined by discipline. Leadership. Integrity. Those are the qualities that drew me to serve. And those are the very qualities that Donald Trump lacks.
“He suggests abandoning our closest allies. He praises dictators who’ve killed Americans. He says we should allow more countries to get nuclear weapons.
“His recklessness means more deployments for my friends, more families separated, and more young heroes never coming home.”
Watch Kristen Kavanaugh’s speech above.
The Republican party jumped the rails in 2001 with the War Presidency of George W. Bush. The aggressive, belligerent defense of Stupidity, Torture & Endless War led to the Bush Rampage, Two Recessions, Doubling of our national debt, conversion of budget surpluses into record deficits. Post-Rampage, the stupidity continued with the naming of Sarah Palin as a proposed vice president, the innocuous and wealthy Mitt Romney, the vacuous speakership of John Boehner, the rise of Louie Gohmert and the ignorant, Snake Flag-Waving Tea Party, all of which led to the ultimate insult to American intelligence, Donald Trump. Last night’s embarrassment was 16 years in the making.