Flynn, the former leader of the Defense Intelligence Agency, made the remarks throughout an interview before Christmas, in which he spoke about threats the United States is handling, his “prescription” for a better America, and his years-long political saga that ended with a pardon from The President.
Flynn said, “Going forward, as we get through this election, particularly this election, which is a crucible moment in our history, unprecedented, never happened before, and it’s an embarrassment to me as an American citizen—never mind somebody who served in our highest levels of our government—to the rest of the world, because of what we have done for others around the world, and we can’t even get our own damn elections correct.”
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“But moving forward, we have to have a reconciliation between the government and we the people, the people of this country,” he continued.
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The 2020 general election has garnered serious scrutiny over accusations of election violations, unconstitutional last-minute changes to mail-in voting rules made because of the pandemic, and the ongoing legal battle started by the Trump campaign in an effort to protect the sanctity of the ballot box.
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In recent weeks, some evidence from sworn witnesses and experts surfaced raising questions about the integrity of the Nov. 3 election, including not validating signatures on ballots, alleged backdating of ballots, and voting by dead or ineligible people.
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For a reconciliation to happen, Flynn said, people in government have to understand its institutions would not survive without the sacrifices made by every American citizen, including hard working Americans, men and women in uniform, and others who have surrendered their lives for the nation.
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Flynn said he thinks many “bureaucratic institutions” have forgotten who they work for.
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“They really do … that goes down to state and to some local levels, cities, communities, where people are in government and they forget that they actually work for the people that are paying their salaries. Again, that’s the system that we have,” the retired three-star general announced.
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He explained that if the United States is powerless to reconcile the government with Americans through guaranteeing that U.S. institutions are made more accountable, then changes in the system are required starting from the education system.
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He said that in the past young children were taught to say the Pledge of Allegiance every day and although children may not completely understand its weight right away, it taught them “what’s important about the nation.”
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