More brass going on the record…

General @Martin_Dempsey, retired chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is criticizing the president’s threat to send federal troops into the states. “The idea that the military would be called into suppress what for the most part were peaceful protests” is “very dangerous.”

— Steve Inskeep (@NPRinskeep) June 4, 2020

Breaking via WaPo: Trump’s ex-chief of staff John Kelly defends Jim Mattis.
⁰”The president did not fire him. He did not ask for his resignation,” Kelly said. “The president has clearly forgotten how it actually happened or is confused.” https://t.co/rR2o47dBap

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) June 4, 2020