Saturday that the Army has suspended retired Lt. Gen. Gary Volesky from his contract mentoring soldiers and put him “under investigation” after a snarky tweet to Jill Biden.
Biden tweeted on June 24, 2022:
For nearly 50 years, women have had the right to make our own decisions about our bodies. Today, that right was stolen from us. And while we may be devastated by this injustice, we will not be silent. We will not sit back as the progress we have already won slips away.
Volesky tweeted in response to her: “Glad to see you finally know what a woman is.”
His sarcastic comment was in reference to Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson declining, during her nomination hearing, to define what a woman is, since she is “not a biologist.” This prompted mocking from Republicans.
The tweet sparked outrage from woke veterans and members of the military on Twitter.
Army Lt. Gen. Theodore Martin, who frequently interacts with such members on Twitter and is commander of the Combined Arms Center, suspended Volesky pending the outcome of the inquiry, according to the report.
Volesky, who received the military’s third highest honor for valor in combat as a commander in the Iraq War, had been a “senior mentor” to senior military officers, staff and students participating in war games, according to USA Today.
Meanwhile, the Army is far more lenient when it comes to currently serving soldiers tweeting politically charged sentiments.
As Breitbart News reported recently, some soldiers questioned their oaths of enlistment and loyalty to the country after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, with some soldiers tweeting they were “embarrassed” to put on their uniform.
One Army captain tweeted: “I’m supposed to defend this country?”
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