Air Force Major Jason Watson—who was arrested on the steps of the U.S. Capitol Building last month while calling for President Trump’s impeachment—has been arrested again.

Watson was detained on Tuesday, just one day after an exclusive CNN interview in which he said the president was “violating the Constitution, breaking the law, [and] engaged in rampant corruption.” Watson is currently in pretrial confinement in Maryland based on “allegations of continued misconduct” according to the Air Force. It did not identify the specific misconduct allegations, although his attorney believes that his recent CNN appearance is to blame.

“What is happening with President Trump is not normal. He has failed us,” Watson told CNN’s Erin Burnett on Monday. “And not only is he a failure as president, he is flagrantly violating the Constitution, breaking the law, engaged in rampant corruption, and is killing Americans. And that is unacceptable to me and it should be unacceptable to all of us.”

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    • M137@lemmy.world
      1·
      9 days ago

      I thank you for pointing that out. I can’t stand looking at images of him for more than a very quick glance at most. Your comment made me look a tiny bit longer, jist enough to see what you’ve mentioned but not a nanosecond longer, and while that tiny bit longer was horrible it was also nice because you’re probably right. Thinking of how much it must hurt his ego to be forced to do that without any control of when and where, which means it’s sometimes in situations like this where everyone can see it.

  • chromeleon@lemmy.world
    392·
    10 days ago

    Vote for your favorite punctuation:

    • U.S. Airman, Arrested Over Call to Impeach Trump, Is Detained Again
    • U.S. Airman Arrested? Over. Call to Impeach: Trump Is Detained Again
        • Murse@slrpnk.net
          4·
          10 days ago

          *sheds a single tear*

           

          …

           

          *gets arrested for crying on public property without a permit, charged with bioterrorism for assaulting an officer with a biohazardous tear*

          • TrickDacy@lemmy.world
            1·
            10 days ago

            Yeah, maybe I shouldn’t have ever been hopeful or proud of this country because of its past, but I used to feel like it was getting better and I was hopeful. All gone now… Hoping to get it back some day but not holding my breath.

            • Murse@slrpnk.net
              3·
              10 days ago

              Same boat. It really looked like we were making progress one baby step at a time. Then we threw it in the trash practically overnight.

              One step forward, full sprint until total muscle failure back.

              I’ll admit this wave of democratic socialists finding success does have me coming out of that shell a bit, but god damnit I should know better…

  • Ann Archy@lemmy.world
    15·
    9 days ago

    This temu fucking dictatorship I swear to god they’re too incompetent to even do fascism right.

  • matlag@sh.itjust.works
    12·
    10 days ago

    Anyone can get a comment from Musk about total freedom speech or some shit? It looks like they’re best pals with Trump again.

  • Buffalox@lemmy.world
    813·
    10 days ago

    Americans don’t have the president they want, but they have the president they deserve.

    Except of course people like this guy, who has actually tried to do something, but apparently nobody or too few are backing him up to make a difference.