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Although the repost was subsequently scrubbed from the Selective Service’s official X account, Comer is keen on obtaining additional information on the matter and wants to ensure the perpetrator is fired.
“The Committee is deeply disturbed that an independent federal agency, tasked with registering and maintaining a system of individuals potentially subject to military conscription if authorized by the President and Congress, would re-post a wholly unsubstantiated, false, and contemptible claim,” Comer wrote in a letter to Selective Service System acting director Joel Spangenberg on Thursday.“The individual at fault for reposting such an inappropriate and disturbing message on an Agency X account should be terminated.” One day after the Nov. 5 election, the Selective Service X account reposted a remark by user “SloJoe” likening the incoming Trump administration to Nazi Germany.Mega Millions jackpot winner says he purchased both $394M prize tickets — but lost second one as he sues lottery Trump gives savage three-word takedown of Kamala Harris' failed presidential campaign as he's named 'Person of the Year' “For all you stupid f—s out there that still believe military service will be voluntary. Remember Germany 1936,” the post said. “SloJoe” had a profile picture with the face of the late general and secretary of state Colin Powell. Under Nazi Germany, Adolf Hitler revived military conscription just ahead of his occupation of the Rhineland in 1936. In doing so, he flouted the Treaty of Versailles.The Selective Service is the federal agency tasked with overseeing a national database of US male citizens between the ages of 18 and 25 who could be subject to the draft should it be necessary.President-elect Donald Trump has publicly denied any suggestion that he would bring back compulsory military service. “Federal agencies have great responsibility to honestly and credibly communicate with the Americans for whom they work,” Comer further stressed in the letter. Comer’s missive to Spangenberg demanded that the agency fork over all documents and communications pertaining to its investigation of that post by Dec. 27.The Kentucky Republican also demanded a committee staff briefing on the ordeal be scheduled by Dec. 19 at the latest.Mega Millions jackpot winner says he purchased both $394M prize tickets — but lost second one as he sues lottery LeBron James steps away from Lakers for 'personal reasons' as he plays some of the worst basketball of his career James Kennedy’s girlfriend, Ally Lewber, was all smiles at an event after boyfriend’s domestic violence arrestA Thing Not To Do: Lily Phillips Breaks Down In Tears After She “Sleeps With” 100 Men in One Day
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