Secretary
of Homeland Security John Kelly speaks about immigration reform
at a press conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., June
29, 2017.
REUTERS/Joshua
Roberts
White House Chief of Staff John Kelly had some strong
words for California high school teacher Gregory
Salcido.
Salcido was caught in a viral video calling U.S.
troops the “lowest of the low.”
Kelly is a retired Marine Corps general who enlisted in
1970.
White House Chief of Staff John Kelly had some strong words
Wednesday for the California high school teacher who was caught
in a viral video calling U.S. troops “a bunch of dumb shits” and
the “lowest of the low.”
“Well, I think the guy ought to go to hell. I just hope he enjoys
the liberties and the lifestyle that we have fought for,” Kelly,
a retired Marine Corps general who enlisted in 1970, told a Fox
News radio show.
It was the latest in the public firestorm over the comments by
Gregory Salcido, who is also a city councilman in Pico Rivera,
Calif., which were recorded by one of his students.
Salcido was put on administrative leave by his school district
this week and was also removed from the city council’s committees
amid the public outcry, according to local news sources.
Kelly’s reaction was much more pointed than a comment from the
Pentagon earlier this week.
Amber Smith, the Pentagon’s director of outreach, said she found
the comments “uninformed” when she was asked directly about the
video, which was posted on YouTube.
“I think that’s an excellent example of who we would like to
connect with, and inform them with an accurate image of those who
are serving and why they serve,” said Smith, who served as an
Army Kiowa helicopter pilot in Iraq and Afghanistan before being
appointed by President Trump last year.
In the video, Salcido can be heard repeatedly warning his
students not to join the military and criticizing the quality of
its troops.
“We all have night-vision goggles, all that kind of stuff, and we
can’t freakin’ control these dudes wearing freakin’ robes and
chanclas [flip-flops] because we have a bunch of dumb shits over
there,” Salcido said. “Think about the people you know who are
over there, your freakin’ stupid uncle Louie, or whatever,
they’re dumb shits. They’re not like high-level thinkers, they’re
not academic people, they’re not intellectual people. They’re the
freakin’ lowest of the low.”
He also told his high school students that working with campus
recruiters and signing up to serve is similar to prostitution.
“I don’t understand why we let the freakin’ military guys come
over here and recruit you at school. We don’t have pimps come
into school. Anyone interested in being a ho [whore]? And they’re
going to freakin’ lie to you,” Salcido said.
At one point, he addresses a student who is wearing a Marine
Corps shirt.
“Why are you wearing that Marines shirt? I thought you were
going to college,” he asked the student.
The student tells him, “I am, I just had the shirt.” But
Salcido warns him not to wear it to school.
“Why would you wear something that you can’t freakin’ support?
Don’t ever wear that again, don’t ever wear it here,” Salcido
said.
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