{"id":228827,"date":"2021-03-16T10:31:59","date_gmt":"2021-03-16T14:31:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=228827"},"modified":"2021-03-16T10:32:11","modified_gmt":"2021-03-16T14:32:11","slug":"watch-democrat-congressman-uses-national-guard-in-apparent-political-stunt-against-gop-member","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-democrat-congressman-uses-national-guard-in-apparent-political-stunt-against-gop-member\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: Democrat Congressman Uses National Guard In Apparent \u2018Political Stunt\u2019 Against GOP Member"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwatch-democrat-congressman-uses-national-guard-in-apparent-political-stunt-against-gop-member%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=228827&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-1197.jpeg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Guam Democrat Delegate Michael San Nicolas was slammed by critics on Monday for using members from the Guam National Guard in an apparent \u201cpolitical stunt\u201d against a Republican member who didn\u2019t know that Guam was a U.S. territory.<\/p>\n<p>Recent remarks made by QAnon conspiracy theorist Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) revealed that she apparently thought that Guam was a foreign country. \u201cI\u2019m a regular, normal person,\u201d Greene <a href=\"https:\/\/www.postguam.com\/news\/local\/congresswoman-who-thought-guam-not-part-of-us-will-get-island-cookies\/article_072ec65a-8163-11eb-ab00-fb612e593d96.html\">said<\/a>. \u201cAnd I wanted to take my regular \u2013 normal person, normal, everyday American values, which is: We love our country. We believe our hard-earned tax dollars should just go for America \u2013 not for what, China, Russia, the Middle East, Guam \u2013 whatever, wherever.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nicolas visited Greene\u2019s office with the Guam National Guard in a move that was widely panned online as using members of the U.S. Armed Forces for political stunts. Nicolas has been under investigation by the House Ethics Committee for more than a year as they work to determine if he \u201cmisused campaign funds, accepted improper contributions and engaged in an inappropriate sexual relationship with a member of his congressional staff,\u201d Roll Call <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollcall.com\/2021\/03\/01\/house-ethics-committee-guam-delegate\/\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"8.3935742971888\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Guam Rep. Michael F.Q. San Nicolas and members of the Guam National Guard visited the office of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene after she falsely called the U.S. territory a foreign land. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3M3L0BkJZ1\">pic.twitter.com\/3M3L0BkJZ1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Hill (@thehill) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thehill\/status\/1371552027914989573?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 15, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy responded to the latest act of apparent politicization of the U.S. Armed Forces by writing in a tweet: \u201c. @DeptofDefense is being politicized. Uniformed service members recently criticized a private citizen for his First Amendment rights, &amp; today a Dem lawmaker used soldiers in a political stunt against a GOP member. @SecDef Austin\u2014This sets a dangerous precedent. It must stop now.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"9.822629969419\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DeptofDefense?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DeptofDefense<\/a> is being politicized. Uniformed service members recently criticized a private citizen for his First Amendment rights, &amp; today a Dem lawmaker used soldiers in a political stunt against a GOP member.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SecDef?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SecDef<\/a> Austin\u2014This sets a dangerous precedent. It must stop now.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kevin McCarthy (@GOPLeader) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GOPLeader\/status\/1371612978756341766?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 16, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Even critics of Greene were appalled by the use of the U.S. Armed Forces to make a political statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMarjorie Taylor Greene is a crazy conspiracy theory minded nutjob, but this is a horrible way to deal with her,\u201d one commentator <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NumbersMuncher\/status\/1371605462358065156\">said<\/a>. Another <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AnthonyMKreis\/status\/1371609679957221387\">added<\/a>, \u201cI sincerely dislike MTG, but this ain\u2019t it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Others <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/loganclarkhall\/status\/1371597312791822343\">questioned<\/a> whether the reason that the National Guard remained stationed in Washington, D.C., was to pull off \u201cpolitical stunts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA week of partisan political displays by uniformed military,\u201d another political commentator <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/exjon\/status\/1371599243895394305\">added<\/a>. \u201cMore than a little disturbing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Last week, the Department of Defense attacked Fox News host Tucker Carlson after Carlson called out controversial remarks that Democrat President Joe Biden made about the U.S. Military. Several members of the U.S. Armed Forces used government resources to attack Carlson on social media, which sparked <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/biden-admin-faces-backlash-after-military-attacks-tucker-carlson-chinas-military-is-laughing\">outrage<\/a> and a letter to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin from Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX).<\/p>\n<p>Cruz wrote that members of the U.S. Armed Forces were forbidden from \u201cengaging in their official capacities in any activities that associate the DOD with any partisan political campaign or elections, candidate, cause, or issue,\u201d according to Department of Defense directives.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am deeply troubled that the commitments you made, and the military\u2019s broader obligation to avoid political endorsements and controversy, are being systematically undermined for the sake of leftwing ideology and political expediency,\u201d Cruz wrote. \u201cThe last week has witnessed the Pentagon mobilize systematic, public attacks against television host Tucker Carlson that in substance, tone, and political resonance are inexplicably inappropriate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/span><\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em><span>member<\/span><\/em><\/a><em><span>.&nbsp;<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guam Democrat Delegate Michael San Nicolas was slammed by critics on Monday for using members from the Guam National Guard in an apparent \u201cpolitical stunt\u201d against a Republican member who &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2310548,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-1197.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"WATCH: Democrat Congressman Uses National Guard In Apparent \u2018Political Stunt\u2019 Against GOP Member","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-228827","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-1197.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"WATCH: Democrat Congressman Uses National Guard In Apparent \u2018Political Stunt\u2019 Against GOP Member","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228827","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=228827"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228827\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2310548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=228827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=228827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=228827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}