Jason Schmid, a senior GOP aide to the House Armed Services Committee, has resigned, according to a letter sent to the incoming ranking member Mike Rogers
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The letter was first obtained on political Tuesday.
In the letter, Schmid attacked members of the GOP House to support an objection to the president-elect Joe Biden
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“Anyone who saw how these horrible hours unfolded should have been galvanized to rebuke these insurgents on the strongest terms,” Schmid wrote.
“Instead, some members I believed were leaders in defending the nation chose to put political theater ahead of defending the Constitution and the republic,” he added. “The decision to vote to set aside legitimate voters harmed the ability of all members of the service, intelligence officer and diplomat to defend the nation and promote American interests.”
More than 120 Republicans in the House and six Republican senators voted to challenge the state of the battlefield of Arizona’s election results, citing unsupported allegations of widespread electoral fraud before the riot occurred. A group of lawmakers also voted to challenge election results in Pennsylvania.
However, both the House and Senate would reject the challenge and vote to certify the results in the early hours of January 7, consolidating Biden’s victory in 2020. After the attacks on the Capitol, Sens. Kelly Loeffler
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Loeffler had lost the second Senate election to the elected Senate Raphael Warnock
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“All our words and actions in the coming weeks and days will reveal those who believe in defending the Constitution and those who only defend self-interest and sectarianism. There can be no reconciliation and healing without accountability,” he concludes. Schmid’s letter.
“While I hope the Committee once again finds a way to legislate bipartisanly for men and women in uniform in the 117th Congress and beyond, the failure of so many Republican members of the Committee to put the nation ahead of the elections politics forces my resignation from the staff “, he added.
Committee members who joined one or both objections include Rogers and Representatives. Joe Wilson
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Schmid, a former army intelligence analyst who was wounded in Iraq, has worked for four years on the House panel.
The resignation comes on the same day as that of an assistant to the senator. Ted Cruz
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The Hill has contacted Rogers’ office and the House Armed Services Committee for comment.