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At a fundamental level, there are two vastly different responses to women. One that should have long been outdated, and the one that respects women. What made this retired three-star general think he had the right to put down our First Lady Jill Biden? In doing so, his disrespect affected women across the country. Where was the respect for her highest offices? Her Ph.D.? Her husband, President Joe Biden?
Lt. General Gary Volesky’s action was unacceptable. He “mocked” her tweet after the Supreme Court (SCOTUS) stole our women’s freedom of reproductive rights, not to mention how that impacted men.
Volesky retired from the Army and was hired back as a well-paid consultant operating as a senior mentor. Yet he has hardly been a role model for mentoring “Army officers, staffers, and students.”
Featured image is a screenshot via YouTube.
After his tweet, the Army suspended him while his actions were being investigated and pending the results.
This is the tweet that kicked him off. Dr. Biden tweeted about SCOTUS overturning Roe v. Wade, according to The Washington Post:
‘For nearly 50 years, women have had the right to make our own decisions about our bodies. Today, that right was stolen from us. And while we may be devastated by this injustice, we will not be silent. We will not sit back as the progress we have already won slips away.’
Surely, he would not be as tranquil had his reproductive rights been removed, as in a forced vasectomy.
Volesky’s tweet has long been deleted, but he said:
‘Glad to see you finally know what a woman is,”
Army Spokesperson Cynthia Smith released a statement that the commanding general of the Combined Arms Center, Lt. General Theodore Martin, immediately suspended Volesky pending the outcome of the commander’s inquiry.”
Volesky has a long list of accomplishments during his service to our nation. He commanded I Corps, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, the 101st Airborne Division, and the Army’s Public Affairs Division. Okay, but compare that to Dr. Biden.
Image is a screenshot via YouTube.
Jill Biden earned her Ph.D. while she raised three children, which is no mean feat. She also pioneered teaching at the college level even as she served as the Second Lady when Joe Biden was President Barack Obama’s vice president. No other First or Second Lady ever has done that. And now, she is America’s First Lady, and teaching again, too.
This was not Volesky’s first attempt to demean strong women. In 2021, he tweeted Representative Liz Cheney (R-WY) who is Vice-Chair of The House January 6 Select Committee. The hearings have been acclaimed as the most remarkable hearings possibly in our country’s history. When she tweeted that she was joining the committee, she said:
‘Our oath to the Constitution must be above partisan politics.’
He responded with a dismissive wrong-headed tweet:
‘This is all about partisan politics.’
No, Gary Volesky. This is exactly what it looks like when a man is threatened by intelligent, strong, successful women.
Check out how he treated the woman standing behind him in this photo:
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