Pentagon nominee forced to withdraw after candid comments about guns
Pentagon nominee forced to withdraw after candid comments about guns
12/22/17 09:20 AM—Updated 12/22/17 09:29 AM
By Steve Benen
A month ago, Dr. Dean Winslow, Donald Trump’s choice to serve as the Pentagon’s top health official, was on Capitol Hill yesterday for his confirmation hearing, which seemed to be going well. Then the doctor made the mistake of being candid.
With the mass shooting in a Sutherland Springs church on the minds of many at the time, Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) asked Winslow about service members convicted of domestic violence charges and whether they should be dishonorably discharged. As part of his answer, the doctor shared his belief that it’s “insane” that “in the United States of America a civilian can go out and buy … a semi-automatic assault rifle like an AR-15, which apparently was the weapon that was used.”
READ MORE: http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/pe...
12/22/17 09:20 AM—Updated 12/22/17 09:29 AM
By Steve Benen
A month ago, Dr. Dean Winslow, Donald Trump’s choice to serve as the Pentagon’s top health official, was on Capitol Hill yesterday for his confirmation hearing, which seemed to be going well. Then the doctor made the mistake of being candid.
With the mass shooting in a Sutherland Springs church on the minds of many at the time, Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) asked Winslow about service members convicted of domestic violence charges and whether they should be dishonorably discharged. As part of his answer, the doctor shared his belief that it’s “insane” that “in the United States of America a civilian can go out and buy … a semi-automatic assault rifle like an AR-15, which apparently was the weapon that was used.”
READ MORE: http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/pe...
The AR15 is not an assault rifle. The M16 is.