TODAY: Former National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster says “the military will have no role in a transition” after the 2020 election. #MTP #IfItsSunday@LTGHRMcMaster: “Even talk about it, I think, is irresponsible.” pic.twitter.com/WlEmvjKh52
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Former Trump National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster seemed to disavow any notion that the nation’s military leaders will play a role in ousting Donald Trump from office, as has been suggested by some on the Left.
“What’s really clear for the American people to understand is the military will have no role in a transition. In fact, to even talk about it, I think is irresponsible,” McMaster told Chuck Todd on NBC’s Meet the Press.
“If you detect some reticence on the part of senior military leaders or people in the Pentagon to talk about it, it’s because it shouldn’t even be a topic for discussion,” McMaster added.
McMaster was echoing sentiments expressed by Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley last month.
“The Constitution and laws of the US and the states establish procedures for carrying out elections, and for resolving disputes over the outcome of elections…I do not see the US military as part of this process,” Milley wrote in a letter to questions from two Democratic members of the House Armed Services Committee.