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riversedge

(70,271 posts) Mon Apr 6, 2020, 08:55 PM Apr 2020

Lawmakers call for removal of Navy Secretary over USS Roosevelt debacle

Source: taskandpurpose.com

Updated: Apr 6, 2020 4:31 PM EDT

Multiple lawmakers called for Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly to resign or be fired after a massive backlash to Modly’s decision to relieve Capt. Brett Crozier, commander of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt, after the latter urged his superiors to evacuate the ship for fear of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) spreading throughout his crew.

Lawmakers levied their calls against Modly on Monday after Task & Purpose published leaked audio of the service's top civilian using a speech to Roosevelt sailors regarding Crozier's departure to lash out at the captain over the leak of his now-infamous letter to his superiors...........................................

The leaked audio and transcript of speech prompted lawmakers, already on edge over the abrupt removal of Crozier from the helm of the Roosevelt, to demand Modly resign or be removed from his position by Secretary of Defense Mark Esper.

Rep. Elaine Luria (D-Va.), a former Navy surface warfare officer, issued a statement on Monday calling for Esper to fire Modly.

Roosevelt sailors "are on the frontlines of this pandemic and of our nation’s defense in the Pacific,” Luria said in a statement. “Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas Modly’s remarks to the crew show that he is in no way fit to lead our Navy through this trying time. Secretary Esper should immediately fire him.”

Rep. Justin Amash (I-Mich.) joined in the condemnation of Modly. “The acting Navy Secretary is unfit for office,” he tweeted on Monday. “He should resign or be removed immediately.”

Other lawmakers who called for the secretary’s resignation included Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.), .....................

...........................tweeted Rep. Seth Moulton (D-Mass.) on Monday.

“This is not a way to reestablish trust and confidence with your sailors,” tweeted Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) “@secnav has basically neutered himself.”

Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-Va.) also called for Modly's resignation.
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As of 3 p.m. on Monday afternoon, no Republican lawmakers had called for Modly’s resignation.

Read more: https://taskandpurpose.com/news/lawmakers-modly-resign

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Rep. Elaine Luria (D-Va.), just now.

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Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly reportedly made an unhinged speech to the crew members of the USS Theodore Roosevelt, in which he lashed out at former Capt. Brett E. Crozier and told sailors to stop complaining and do their jobs.

Full story here: taskandpurpose.com/news/navy-secre…carrier-captain

https://soundcloud.com/paul-szoldra/acting-secnav-modley-criticizing-capt-crozier-to-sailors-onboard-uss-theodore-roosevelt

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Lawmakers call for removal of Navy Secretary over USS Roosevelt debacle (Original Post) riversedge Apr 2020 OP

Modly let a recording of his speech to the Sailors get out to the media...shouldn't he resign? Thomas Hurt Apr 2020 #1

That was my thought rpannier Apr 2020 #5

HA!!! Perfect point!!! I await a Democratic lawmaker to point that out oldsoftie Apr 2020 #6

Fuck you Moldy. Haggis for Breakfast Apr 2020 #2

LOL SunSeeker Apr 2020 #9

You can see right through them, FFS. Haggis for Breakfast Apr 2020 #10

Does he look like that in all his pictures? Man, I would shave my head. SunSeeker Apr 2020 #11

All the pictures I've seen. Haggis for Breakfast Apr 2020 #12

LOL SunSeeker Apr 2020 #13

May have made an unhinged speech? I heard it. Trust me it was unhinged. marble falls Apr 2020 #3

K&R ck4829 Apr 2020 #4

Interesting to see this in Task & Purpose. Modly has pissed them off. CaptainTruth Apr 2020 #7

They just announced on MSNBC that Modly hss "apologized" to Crozier. SunSeeker Apr 2020 #8

Any confusion? Ohioboy Apr 2020 #14

As Rachel said, "'Confusion' was not the problem." SunSeeker Apr 2020 #15

Was Crozier let go just by the Navy, or is anyone else involved? Ohioboy Apr 2020 #16

the CNO said Adm. Davidson, Indo-Pacific Commander decided on the Danang port call on Mar. 6 soryang Apr 2020 #17

Of course he should be fired. WinstonSmith4740 Apr 2020 #18

Thomas Hurt

(13,903 posts)

1. Modly let a recording of his speech to the Sailors get out to the media...shouldn't he resign?

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Mon Apr 6, 2020, 09:00 PM

Apr 2020

rpannier

(24,333 posts)

5. That was my thought

Reply to Thomas Hurt (Reply #1)

Mon Apr 6, 2020, 09:19 PM

Apr 2020

The acting Navy Secretary is a moran

oldsoftie

(12,583 posts)

6. HA!!! Perfect point!!! I await a Democratic lawmaker to point that out

Reply to Thomas Hurt (Reply #1)

Mon Apr 6, 2020, 09:45 PM

Apr 2020

Brilliant of you to spot that. I sure didnt

Haggis for Breakfast

(6,831 posts)

2. Fuck you Moldy.

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Mon Apr 6, 2020, 09:07 PM

Apr 2020

You're nothing but a trump flunky.

You wouldn't recognize true leadership if it was gift wrapped and shoved up your ass.

And fuck your hair plugs. Christ you look like an upside down version of the soap brush my (USMC Korean War Veteran and Purple Heart Awardee) father used to use to shave with his straight razor.

SunSeeker

(51,644 posts)

9. LOL

Reply to Haggis for Breakfast (Reply #2)

Mon Apr 6, 2020, 10:49 PM

Apr 2020

You're right, those are some hideous hairplugs up front. Yikes.

Haggis for Breakfast

(6,831 posts)

10. You can see right through them, FFS.

Reply to SunSeeker (Reply #9)

Mon Apr 6, 2020, 10:51 PM

Apr 2020

SunSeeker

(51,644 posts)

11. Does he look like that in all his pictures? Man, I would shave my head.

Reply to Haggis for Breakfast (Reply #10)

Mon Apr 6, 2020, 10:56 PM

Apr 2020

Haggis for Breakfast

(6,831 posts)

12. All the pictures I've seen.

Reply to SunSeeker (Reply #11)

Mon Apr 6, 2020, 11:00 PM

Apr 2020

One had him backlit and it was hilarious.

Looked like a stand of sea oats at the beach.

SunSeeker

(51,644 posts)

13. LOL

Reply to Haggis for Breakfast (Reply #12)

Mon Apr 6, 2020, 11:01 PM

Apr 2020

"Sea oats"

marble falls

(57,145 posts)

3. May have made an unhinged speech? I heard it. Trust me it was unhinged.

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Mon Apr 6, 2020, 09:07 PM

Apr 2020

ck4829

(35,079 posts)

4. K&R

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Mon Apr 6, 2020, 09:17 PM

Apr 2020

CaptainTruth

(6,599 posts)

7. Interesting to see this in Task & Purpose. Modly has pissed them off.

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Mon Apr 6, 2020, 09:45 PM

Apr 2020

SunSeeker

(51,644 posts)

8. They just announced on MSNBC that Modly hss "apologized" to Crozier.

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Mon Apr 6, 2020, 10:46 PM

Apr 2020

Apparently Modly said he apologized to Crozier for any confusion his speech on the Roosevelt may have caused.

Ohioboy

(3,243 posts)

14. Any confusion?

Reply to SunSeeker (Reply #8)

Mon Apr 6, 2020, 11:58 PM

Apr 2020

Translation: He was caught

SunSeeker

(51,644 posts)

15. As Rachel said, "'Confusion' was not the problem."

Reply to Ohioboy (Reply #14)

Mon Apr 6, 2020, 11:59 PM

Apr 2020

Link to tweet

Ohioboy

(3,243 posts)

16. Was Crozier let go just by the Navy, or is anyone else involved?

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Tue Apr 7, 2020, 12:08 AM

Apr 2020

soryang

(3,299 posts)

17. the CNO said Adm. Davidson, Indo-Pacific Commander decided on the Danang port call on Mar. 6

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Tue Apr 7, 2020, 12:52 AM

Apr 2020

news.usni.org/2020/03/24/3-sailors-on-uss-theodore-roosevelt-have-covid-19-port-calls-canceled-as-navy-investigates-outbreak

PDATED: 8 Sailors on USS Theodore Roosevelt Have COVID-19; Port Calls Canceled as Navy Investigates Outbreak
By: Megan Eckstein
March 24, 2020 4:23 PM • Updated: March 26, 2020 8:30 AM

“…“In the case of the carrier, she was last in port 15 days ago, but I think it would be difficult to tie down these active cases to that particular port visit. We’ve had aircraft flying to and from the ship, and so we just don’t want to say it was that particular port visit. We took great precautions when that crew came back from that shore period to do enhanced medical screening of the crew,” Gilday told reporters today in the Pentagon….

…“At that particular time when the decision was made in late February or early March to pull the ship into Da Nang, which is on the central coast – at that time there were only 16 positive cases in Vietnam, and those were well to the north, all isolated in Hanoi. And so this is a very risk-informed decision by actually the INDO-PACOM commander Adm. Davidson on whether or not we would proceed with that port visit,” Gilday said.

news.usni.org/2020/03/24/3-sailors-on-uss-theodore-roosevelt-have-covid-19-port-calls-canceled-as-navy-investigates-outbreak

WinstonSmith4740

(3,056 posts)

18. Of course he should be fired.

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Tue Apr 7, 2020, 09:51 AM

Apr 2020

But he won't be. He's an "acting" secretary, so there was of course no oversight or confirmation hearing. He's a toady who was saying what he did ON PURPOSE because that's what (as The Ferrett refers to him) Hairplug Himmler wanted to hear. Denigrate, insult, defile...that's their game plan. This guy is perfect (as perfect as the phone call, I'm sure) as far as Trump is concerned.

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