Disgraced former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn is now telling right-wing crowds that state governors can declare war and that “we’re going to probably see that.”
Flynn made his comments at a campaign rally for QAnon-supporting Arizona secretary of state candidate Mark Finchem, who has been endorsed by failed, one-term, twice-impeached ex-president Donald Trump, according to HuffPost.
Of course, Flynn is 100% incorrect, because the U.S. Constitution clearly spells out in Article I, Section 8, Clause 11, only Congress has the power to “declare war” and “raise and support” armies. Also, the president is commander-in-chief of the armed forces and can federalize National Guard troops with the stroke of a pen, so any governor who declared war would find that he didn’t have any forces he could send into battle.
Frances Hill, a professor of law and dean’s distinguished scholar for the profession at the University of Miami also confirmed that Flynn is full of shit, telling Newsweek:
“Even though various and sundry interpreters of the Constitution have, from time to time, tried to argue that the states are sovereign as well…it is a different kind of sovereignty. They have sovereignty over certain elements of action within their own state—declaring war on anybody in their own state not being among those powers, I suppose I should add.”
Professor Hill also addressed the matter of troops:
Flynn also got a thorough mocking on social media.
An inspector general for the Department of Defense has found that disgraced former national security adviser Michael Flynn violated military protocol and must face punitive action for accepting money from a foreign government that included sitting next to Russian President Vladimir Putin at a 2015 dinner.
The Washington Post reports that Flynn took hundreds of thousands of dollars from Turkish and Russian sources:
Investigators determined that Flynn received nearly $450,000 from Turkish and Russian interests in 2015, including for an appearance in Moscow alongside President Vladimir Putin, but found no records that he had sought government approval beforehand. Their findings are detailed in a January 2021 memo to the Army released through the Freedom of Information Act on Thursday.
The Army notified Flynn in a May 2 letter, obtained by The Washington Post, that it would seek to recoup $38,557.06 from him, zeroing in on money and in-kind compensation he received for a gala dinner celebrating the 10th anniversary of RT, the Kremlin-run news agency. Putin sat beside Flynn at the event and later told NBC News that he “didn’t even really talk to” him.
Craig R. Schmauder, an Army lawyer, wrote in a letter to Flynn informing him of the punishment that his failure “to obtain the approvals of the Secretary of the Army and the Secretary of State resulted in a violation of the Emoluments Clause.”
In May, Flynn admitted that he would indeed be facing punishment for his actions, remarking:
Flynn could potentially face other actions if the Army inspector general determines that his connections to Russia — along with his calls for martial law to be imposed after it became clear that Donald Trump had lost the 2020 presidential election — were serious enough to warrant that he be court-martialed and stripped of his rank, which would also mean a forfeiture of his military pension.
It’s been clear for quite some time now that Michael Flynn, who briefly served (22 days, to be exact) as national security adviser in the administration of failed, one-term, twice-impeached former President Donald Trump, is a scumbag and the lowest form of amphibian excrement to ever crawl on the face of of the planet.
But a new allegation against Flynn suggests that the retired Army lieutenant general is also a traitor and criminal of the highest order who belongs in prison.
Over the weekend, a Republican Senate candidate in Pennsylvania alleged that Flynn attempted to blackmail election officials in numerous states in order to have bogus election “audits” conducted that would allow Trump to be reinstalled as president despite the fact that he lost the 2020 election by nearly 8 million votes to current President Joe Biden.
Brett Bachmann of Salon was one of the first to report on comments made by Everett Stern:
Stern, a businessman who owns a private intelligence firm called Tactical Rabbit and is running for the open U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania, held a press conference Saturday to share his purported findings, later tweeting out a link to the video of his remarks titled, “Everett Stern Releases New Evidence of Ongoing Domestic Terror Threat Links to General Michael T. Flynn.”
“I’m here today not as a candidate running for U.S. Senate, I’m here as a citizen who is genuinely concerned about our country, sincerely concerned about the undermining of our democracy,” Stern said in the opening moments of his statement. He also claimed to be in touch with federal law enforcement about the situation.
Stern also alleges that two people who are part of a group allied with Flynn, “Patriot Caucus” came up to him and wanted to hire his firm for the purpose of collecting “dirt” on officials:
Why was Stern asked to join in the conspiracy? He believes because he’s well-known in the Keystone State, which was one of the states Trump has claimed he actually won, despite the results proving otherwise.
According to Stern, the men who came to him with the plot were also willing to use acts of terror to keep Trump in office, an eerie echo of what took place at the Capitol on Jan. 6:
He claims that he was told to “accomplish the mission even if you have to use domestic terrorism.”
“I believe that Gen. Flynn has committed treason against the United States,” Stern said on Saturday. “Based on what I have seen and witnessed, I truly believe that’s the case.”
Let’s also remember that Flynn himself has called for the overthrow of the American government, telling a pro-Trump crowd that he believed a coup such as the one that took place in Myanmar “should” also happen in the United States.
Remember when Flynn used to stand up at Trump political rallies in 2016 and lead chants of “lock her up” against Hillary Clinton? Clearly, that was psychological projection, and the person who belongs behind bars for the next 20 to 30 years is Michael Flynn. Despite his military service, he’s one of the biggest traitors since Benedict Arnold.
Speaking at a conference hosted by so-called “Biblical Prophecy Expert” Phil Hotsenpiller on Saturday, disgraced former national security adviser Michael Flynn eagerly defended the insurrectionists who stormed the U.S. Capitol on January 6, which resulted in the deaths of five people, including a police officer.
Since he was speaking to a “religious” crowd, Flynn thought he’d engage in some high-level sacrilege, telling the attendees:
Honest to God, it’s a wonder the roof of the building didn’t open up and a bolt of lightning strike Flynn where he stood.
Crucifixion? That would be a fitting punishment for the traitors who stormed the seat of government and demanded that the will of the majority of American voters be overturned so their candidate could be installed as emperor for life.
Twitter users had a few thoughts on Flynn’s remarks, too:
Back in May, disgraced former national security adviser Michael Flynn suggested that it was time to stage a coup and reinstall Donald Trump in the White House, remarking when asked why a military coup such as the one that took place in Myanmar couldn’t happen in the United States. The retired Lt. General responded:
And now Flynn is again suggesting that violence needs to be visited on the nation’s capital.
On Sunday in Yuba, California, Flynn was presented with a semiautomatic rifle and told the audience:
If you or I said something like that in public, there’s an excellent chance the FBI would pay us a visit and tell us to knock it off or we’d be standing in front of a federal judge, charged with a serious crime.
Why isn’t Flynn under arrest? That’s exactly what Twitter users want to know, too:
Michael Flynn is the lowest form of scum on the face of the planet. He’s a fake patriot who is constantly looking for new ways to destroy this country. For that alone he belongs behind bars for a very long time.