Milley Still Silent After Marines Used in Biden Speech Attacking ‘MAGA Republicans’

General Mark Milley, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has yet to comment on the use — or abuse — of Marines in President Biden’s speech Thursday attacking “MAGA Republicans,” after Milley complained about former President Trump’s march across Lafayette Square.

Biden delivered a diatribe against Trump and the political opposition in general, flanked by Marines who had been deliberately positioned.

In 2020, Milley joined Trump in a march across Lafayette Square in front of the White House to a church that had been burned by Black Lives Matter rioters. It was a demonstration that the elected government — not the mob — was still in charge of the country.

But Democrats and the media falsely claimed that Trump had used tear gas to clear protesters from the park for a “photo-op” and Milley issued a statement in which he apologized for his presence in uniform:

As many of you saw the result of the photograph of me at Lafayette Square last week. That sparked a national debate about the role of the military in civil society. I should not have been there. My presence in that moment, and in that environment, created a perception of the military involved in domestic politics. As a commissioned uniformed officer, it was a mistake that I have learned from, and I sincerely hope we all can learn from.

Milley later reportedly told his staff that he intended to “fight [Trump] from the inside.” He also called his Chinese counterpart to tell him that Trump did not intend to attack China in the aftermath of the January 6 Capitol riot. Milley also went along with Biden administration plans to expel “extremists” — i.e. Trump supporters — and told Congress he wanted to understand “white rage.” He also defended the military’s decision to expel members who refused the COVID-19 vaccine.