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packman

(16,296 posts)
Wed Oct 20, 2021, 10:45 AM Oct 2021

Army Kicks Out Hitler Mustache-Wearing Solider Who Allegedly Breached Capitol, Says Report

Source: Daily Beast



A far-right fanatic who liked to wear a Hitler mustache has reportedly been kicked out of the U.S. Army after officials learned about his alleged breach of the U.S. Capitol during the pro-Trump riot on Jan. 6. Timothy Hale-Cusanelli, 31, was an Army sergeant who worked part-time as a human-resources as a civilian contractor at a naval base in New Jersey up until May of this year. However, according to The Washington Post, he’s since been demoted and given an other-than-honorable discharge, bringing an end to his military career. Hale-Cusanelli has pleaded not guilty to federal charges of illegally entering the Capitol and harassing police officers during the Capitol riot. Following his arrest, Hale-Cusanelli’s colleagues told Navy investigators that he held extreme racist views and likes to wear Hitler mustache at work. One sailor alleged that Hale-Cusanelli once said that, if he were a Nazi, “he would kill all the Jews and eat them for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, and he wouldn’t need to season them because the salt from their tears would make it flavorful enough.” His lawyer didn’t comment on the claims.

Read more: https://www.thedailybeast.com/timothy-hale-cusanelli-kicked-out-of-us-military-after-alleged-capitol-breach

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Army Kicks Out Hitler Mustache-Wearing Solider Who Allegedly Breached Capitol, Says Report (Original Post) packman Oct 2021 OP
life in the stockade would have been better . AllaN01Bear Oct 2021 #1
Worm n/t Drum Oct 2021 #2
Keep an eye on this one. Marcuse Oct 2021 #3
Arrest the recruiter, too. marble falls Oct 2021 #4
yeah, he ain't right in the head. Thomas Hurt Oct 2021 #5
Sumthin ain't right with that boy... MineralMan Oct 2021 #6
Good. tanyev Oct 2021 #7
I hear Spike Jones. n/t Harker Oct 2021 #8
that 'mustache' KG Oct 2021 #9
When I was in the Army, regulations regarding facial hair were very specific. Aristus Oct 2021 #10
For the thread Lasher Oct 2021 #11
Worked in Traildogbob Oct 2021 #14
Mental gymnastics. Behind the Aegis Oct 2021 #18
Logic is not their strong suit Lasher Oct 2021 #21
What was their first clue? dchill Oct 2021 #12
I was wondering that too... truthisfreedom Oct 2021 #19
How did he make it past the psych eval during MEPS? irisblue Oct 2021 #13
Right? WTF. SunSeeker Oct 2021 #22
Hitler type hairstyle too? keithbvadu2 Oct 2021 #15
Well, that was fast! Wednesdays Oct 2021 #16
Human Resources? twodogsbarking Oct 2021 #17
Someone needs to kick that creepy little fascist BlueIdaho Oct 2021 #20
Put this nutcase on the FBI watchlist. nt oasis Oct 2021 #23
What's that German word... druidity33 Oct 2021 #24
Backpfeifengesicht n/t TexasBushwhacker Oct 2021 #30
That is the face of a man who has never been laid. Itchinjim Oct 2021 #25
By a member of the human species. twodogsbarking Oct 2021 #26
What percentage of cultists The Wizard Oct 2021 #27
teen fuzz mustash. Javaman Oct 2021 #28
wait....a full time Army dude working part time at a Naval base? dixiegrrrrl Oct 2021 #29
The Washington Post story points out that he was Army Reserve maxrandb Oct 2021 #31

Aristus

(66,096 posts)
10. When I was in the Army, regulations regarding facial hair were very specific.
Wed Oct 20, 2021, 12:06 PM
Oct 2021

A moustache must have a tapered appearance, no doubt to avoid the Hitler moustache look. We had sergeants who would inspect the facial hair of their troops very carefully every day in formation.

Lasher

(27,501 posts)
11. For the thread
Wed Oct 20, 2021, 12:09 PM
Oct 2021
Navy probe finds contractor charged in Capitol insurrection was well-known Nazi sympathizer

An Army reservist charged with storming the US Capitol was a well-known White supremacist and Nazi sympathizer at the Navy base where he worked as a contractor, and was even rebuked for sporting a distinctive "Hitler mustache," prosecutors said in new court filings.

Hale-Cusanelli, 30, was charged with seven criminal counts, including obstructing congressional proceedings, civil disorder and disorderly conduct in the Capitol. He hasn't yet entered a plea.

His defense attorney declined to comment Sunday about the new details of the Navy's probe, but has noted in court filings that Hale-Cusanelli maintains that he isn't a White supremacist.

https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/14/politics/timothy-hale-cusanelli-nazi-sympathizer-capitol-insurrection/index.html

If he is not a white supremacist, then I guess I don't know what one is.

Behind the Aegis

(53,833 posts)
18. Mental gymnastics.
Wed Oct 20, 2021, 02:30 PM
Oct 2021

See if you can follow their "logic". Since the Nazis believed in the superiority of the Aryan race, which included groups like Iranians, then it wasn't a "totally white" movement. Furthermore, they recognized the "superiority" of the Chinese mind, to which they aspired; therefore, it wasn't about "white" supremacy, and, add to that, they were willing to "allow" others to live among them, or even better, live among themselves, removed from their sphere, and using that "logic" it meant they weren't "supremacists."

Get all of that?!

If you think I am shooting in the dark, I am not. I have read about this for years, and more recently encountered this "logic" in a variety of chatrooms and the like. Therefore, in their minds, they can sympathize with the neo-Nazi movement (a supposed enlightened version of the original (NO! I am not kidding! They believe that!)) and not be a "white supremacist". The neo-Nazis, in their minds, is about white "pride", not superiority.

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
29. wait....a full time Army dude working part time at a Naval base?
Thu Oct 21, 2021, 10:03 PM
Oct 2021


How does that work out?

And how many enlisted military people are working also for military contractors?

maxrandb

(15,192 posts)
31. The Washington Post story points out that he was Army Reserve
Mon Oct 25, 2021, 07:39 AM
Oct 2021

That may explain why he could be working as a civilian contractor.

I am more concerned with how in the fuck he got a secret security clearance.

I know that a lot of the Security Clearance investigations has been turned over to private contractors, but the Office of Personnel Management is, I think, still responsible for final approval.

That this guy was able to get a clearance is a sign that the process is broken

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