Pentagon Adviser Resigns In Protest Over Lewandowski And Bossie Appointments

Senior adviser to Trump 2020 Corey Lewandowski on David Bossie on Sirius XM on February 11, 2020 in Manchester, New Hampshire. (Photo by Omar Rawlings/Getty Images for SiriusXM)

A member of the Pentagon’s Defense Business Board quit in protest on Monday after Trump loyalists Corey Lewandowski and David Bossie were appointed to the board last week.

“My service to the Department of Defense was a service to the country, not to a party. I hereby tender my resignation,” Steve Blank, the member, told acting Secretary of Defense Christopher Miller in his resignation letter, per CNN.

Blank slammed the administration’s decision to fire several of the board members before installing Lewandowski and Bossie, who served as Trump’s 2016 campaign manager and deputy campaign manager, respectively.

“The abrupt termination of more than half of the Defense Business Board and their replacement with political partisans has now put the nation’s safety and security at risk,” Blank wrote.

The stunning appointments followed a sweeping purge that saw nine people get ousted from the traditionally nonpartisan board.

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  1. One has to wonder when “preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States” became a radical, far-left idea.

  2. Avatar for Punchy Punchy says:

    “The abrupt termination of more than half of the (fill in with literally any and every dept name) and their replacement with political partisans has now put the nation’s safety and security at risk,”

    Trump Mad (at) Libs.

  3. 47 more days of this bullshit.

  4. Survival skills from basic training. I will assume bossie&lewandowski failed to wear masks at the first meeting.

  5. Avatar for dont dont says:

    ETTD. As always.

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