Brennan To Trump: ‘You Have No Understanding of Patriotism Nor of History’ After Base Names Defense

Former CIA Director John Brennan, who will likely be subpoenaed to appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee soon, continued with his obsession of President Trump yesterday on Twitter.

This time, he claimed that the president has “no understanding of patriotism nor of history” after he defended military bases that were named after Confederate leaders.

He also said that former military leaders like “Powell, Mattis, Mullen, Dempsey, McRaven, Kelly, Allen, Hayden, Clapper” were “revered names of generals & admirals who fought for America, not against her, yet you choose to malign.”

Powell, Mattis, Mullen, Dempsey, McRaven, Kelly, Allen, Hayden, Clapper—revered names of generals & admirals who fought for America, not against her, yet you choose to malign. You have no understanding of patriotism nor of history. What you do have is disrepute as your legacy.

Powell, Mattis, Mullen, Dempsey, McRaven, Kelly, Allen, Hayden, Clapper—revered names of generals & admirals who fought for America, not against her, yet you choose to malign.

You have no understanding of patriotism nor of history.

What you do have is disrepute as your legacy. https://t.co/4utPCYoOo2

— John O. Brennan (@JohnBrennan) June 10, 2020

From CNBC:

The committee authorized Graham to subpoena a variety of former government officials, including former FBI Director James Comey, former CIA director John Brennan, and James Clapper, former director of national intelligence.

Subpoenas were also authorized for Obama’s former chief of staff, Denis McDonough, Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign chair, John Podesta, and Peter Strzok and Lisa Page, the former FBI employees whose texts disparaging Trump during his campaign drew scrutiny. 

Democrats on the Judiciary Committee unsuccessfully sought to authorize subpoenas for former members of Trump’s inner circle, including his former campaign chairman Paul Manafort and his former attorney Michael Cohen. 

Some of the individuals for whom subpoenas were authorized on Thursday were also targeted a week ago by the Senate Homeland Security Committee, which is pursuing its own investigation into the origins of Mueller’s probe.