‘Who’s doing the vetting?': Republicans denounce Pentagon aide for antisemitic comments

[CharlieH]

Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Kingsley Wilson compared the murders of Israeli babies during the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks to abortion.

 

 

The backlash over a top Pentagon aide who has touted antisemitic views, white supremacist conspiracy theories and Kremlin-like statements on social media grew wider on Wednesday in a sign of increasing frustration among Republicans about the Trump administration’s seemingly unvetted appointees.

Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Kingsley Wilson’s posts — which include comparing the murders of Israeli babies during the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks to abortion and spreading the far-right “great replacement theory” — have angered lawmakers on both sides of the aisle.

 

 

“It’s horrible, it’s just not appropriate,” said Sen. Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), when told of Wilson’s remarks. “Sometimes people think they’re anonymous when they’re on social media, that they can comment or post on whatever may be their attitude at the time, and then they later regret it.”

Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-N.Y.) first called out Wilson’s controversial comments in February after she posted on X to “Make Kosovo Serbia Again.” The phrase echoed Russia’s desires for the tiny American ally in the Western Balkans, which declared independence from Serbia in 2008 after years of brutal crackdowns.

But the discovery of Wilson’s past posts touting antisemitic and seemingly white supremacist views are sparking more widespread rebukes.

 

“Anyone who posts antisemitic conspiracy theories lifted right out of the neo-Nazi playbook should not be in public office,” the American Jewish Committee, a pro-Israel and Jewish civil rights group, posted Wednesday on X. “Kingsley Wilson, newly appointed @DepPressSecDOD, is clearly unfit for her role.”

Mother Jones and Jewish Insider first reported on the fuller history of her controversial comments. Neither Wilson nor the Defense Department responded to a request for comment.

 

“I’m not gonna tell them who to hire, but I do know that [President Donald] Trump doesn’t believe any of the things she’s talking about, and I’ll leave it up to them to determine if they think she’s the right spokesperson,” said Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.). “If what you say about these posts are true, then she’s completely off-script with President Trump.”

 

As reported by Politico

 

 

[Yagoda]

So fire her. There are a**holes everywhere