Alarm after Elias Irizarry is hired to position in office that manages highly classified military operations

The Pentagon has appointed a rioter convicted for his role in 6 January, 2021 insurrection to a sensitive national security role dealing with counterterrorism, overriding insiders’ concerns about his past record.

Elias Irizarry, who pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge in connection with the storming of the US Capitol, has been appointed to a position in the US Department of Defense’s special operations and low intensity conflict office which manages highly classified military operations, causing alarm among Pentagon officials.

The story was first reported by the Washington Post, which published a picture of Irizzary – holding what appeared to be a metal pole and wearing a pro-Donald Trump Make America Great Again (Maga) hat – looking over a wall on the day of the riot.

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    It makes perfect sense to hire traitors for classified posts given that the people doing the hiring are also traitors who are attempting to destroy the government. Hard to see why this would alarm them at this point.

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      At this point if all these national security cunts are is ‘alarmed’ then they were never looking after that nation properly.

      You gotta wonder how far things would’ve been allowed to go if MAGA had said it was communist…

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    “They asked me how well I understood terrorism. I said I have a lot of experience in terrorism. They said welcome aboard.”

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    I wonder if this is yet another symptom of remaining available trump sycophants being bottom-of-the-barrel tier now. As in, all of the other better qualified candidates have left MAGA or been run through and fired already leaving on the dregs at the bottom to appoint to important offices.

    “Is there no one that likes me anymore that can do the job?”

    “Not really, no sir.”

    “What about the kid with the MAGA hat and the pole at the insurrection?”

    “Uh, sure. We can see if he’s available.”

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    It’s obvious that domestic terrorism is moving away from white supremacists and neo nazis, because they’ll all be given these jobs to persecute dissenters.

    The term “terrorism” has been skewed for many years, but now the legislation behind it is going to be used to build a morals police.

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    Vote SayJess for president in ‘28. On my first day, I promise that I will maroon all of the J6r’s on a sand bar, just far enough away so that they could not come back. Close enough to see the ever so faint light of the city.

    That and raze MAGA to the ground.

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      If the US makes it out of this, the next presidential candidate must run on a platform of bringing the entire Trump regime to justice. The regime has exposed how much power the president actually has, and I expect them to use it.

      Unfortunately I’m not holding my breath, I’m expecting another Newsom or Harris type right winger