We're no longer going to be the most trusted entity in this country, according to voters and according to everyday Americans. We're going to be seen as partisan. And this is not something that we are just thinking about. It's something that we've seen across the country, you know, across the world, I should say, in many parts of the world where the military has been used to suppress the local sinistry, to turn over elections, to actually take ballots, that has happened. You know, what you have seen is plummeting support for the armed services, where the armed services now becomes akin to being part of a partisan political party instead of being there for service to your country. (20:59–21:12)
CLAIM
Asserts that military involvement in elections has led to suppression and election interference in other parts of the world.
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