BREAKING: In rare public comments James Mattis, President Trump's former Defense Secretary, has blasted the commander in chief for how he has handled the wave of protests following the death of George Floyd at the hands of a police officer.
"We are witnessing the consequences of three years of this deliberate effort," wrote Mattis."We can unite without him, drawing on the strengths inherent in our civil society. This will not be easy, as the past few days have shown, but we owe it to our fellow citizens; to past generations that bled to defend our promise; and to our children."
Since resigning as defense secretary in December 2017 over Trump's plans to pull U.S. military troops out of Syria, Mattis has never directly criticized the president. "We must not be distracted by a small number of lawbreakers," he wrote."The protests are defined by tens of thousands of people of conscience who are insisting that we live up to our values -- our values as people and our values as a nation.
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