Lindsey Graham Slams Marjorie Taylor Greene as ‘Terribly Irresponsible’ for Defending Pentagon Leaker
thewrap.comMarjorie Taylor Greene has once again upset the apple cart within the Republican Party by defending suspected Pentagon intelligence leaker Jake Teixiera, earning a condemnation on ABC’s “This Week” from Sen.
Lindsey Graham. Teixiera, who worked in cyber defense operations for the U.S. Air National Guard, has been charged with leaking classified military documents that reportedly included information on weaknesses in Ukraine’s military infrastructure.
Greene defended Teixiera as “an enemy to the Biden regime” for being “white, male, Christian and antiwar” and claimed he “told the truth about troops being on the ground in Ukraine and a lot more.”When interviewed by ABC’s Jon Karl, Graham said he couldn’t disagree more with Greene.
After Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene defends alleged Pentagon leaker, GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham tells @jonkarl, “For any member of Congress to suggest it’s OK to leak classified information because you agree with the cause is terribly irresponsible." https://t.co/n5PvaC6H4o pic.twitter.com/7OUh4e0tON“Those who are trying to sugarcoat this on the Right… you cannot allow a single individual of the military intelligence community to leak classified information because they disagree with policy,” Graham said.
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