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Duncan Hunter, Republican congressman says he's taken a photo with an enemy corpse
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Republican congressman says he's taken a photo with an enemy corpse
https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/28/politics/rep-duncan-hunter-says-he-has-taken-photo-with-dead-enemy/index.html?utm_medium=social&utm_content=2019-05-29T08%3A43%3A02&utm_source=twCNNp&utm_term=image
Updated 3:19 PM ET, Tue May 28, 2019
Senator on Rep. Hunter: No reason to pose with dead body
Washington (CNN)California Republican Rep. Duncan Hunter acknowledged Saturday that he posed for a photo with a dead enemy combatant while serving in the US Marine Corps -- arguing that many service members have done the same in an attempt to defend a Navy SEAL chief who is facing charges that could constitute war crimes.
Hunter, who won reelection in November despite facing indictment on federal corruption charges for an alleged misuse of campaign funds, has been a vocal supporter of Edward "Eddie" Gallagher, a Navy SEAL who faces a slew of accusations connected to violations of military law while he was deployed to the Iraqi city of Mosul in 2017.
Among the accusations against Gallagher are that he stabbed and killed a wounded person, shot at noncombatants, posed for a photo and performed his re-enlistment ceremony next to a corpse, according to a charge sheet from November.
Gallagher has pleaded not guilty.
During a town hall in his district Saturday, Hunter told his constituents that he too posed with a dead combatant but did not post the photos to social media, according to the San Diego Tribune.
"A lot of us have done the exact same thing," Hunter said, referring to US service members in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to the paper. Hunter, himself, served three combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Hunter also called the military justice system "corrupt" and said it is run by lawyers who target "war fighters."...............................
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Duncan Hunter, Republican congressman says he's taken a photo with an enemy corpse (Original Post)
riversedge
May 2019
OP
Why was he re-elected ? He had indictments at election time What lives in that part of CA.?
lunasun
May 2019
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lunasun
(21,646 posts)1. Why was he re-elected ? He had indictments at election time What lives in that part of CA.?
He should Not have a speaking platform . If he was not currently in Congress his remarks would not be news and he would not be having town hall meetings
Nitram
(23,204 posts)2. He was re-elected because his constituents think it is cool for a "war fighter" to pose with
the corpse of the enemy.
Aristus
(66,689 posts)3. Oh, everybody does it!
That makes it all right then...
Skittles
(153,603 posts)4. sick fuck
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)5. Fuckin' Punter IS an enemy corpse.
What a piece of morally dead shit.
KatyaR
(3,450 posts)6. Just because you did it doesn't make it right.
Idiot.