‘We’re Dealing With A Gang That Can’t Shoot Straight’: Mike Thompson On ‘Mind-Boggling’ Text Scandal

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During a press briefing from House Democrats prior to the Congressional recess, Rep. Mike Thompson (D-CA) discussed the leaked Signal group chat regarding U.S. war plans in Yemen between Trump officials.

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00:00Yeah, thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you to all of our colleagues who are here today.

00:07I'm Mike Thompson from California's 4th Congressional District.

00:11I served in the United States Army with the 173rd Airborne Brigade and did a tour of duty in Vietnam.

00:17And I spent eight years on the House Intel Committee.

00:22And I'm here today with my colleagues because we're dealing with a gang that can't shoot straight.

00:28This is an incredibly serious, unforced error that they made.

00:34And their error put American service members' lives in danger.

00:41And that is not something that we're going to tolerate.

00:46We learned very early, every one of us in our careers, that loose lips sank ships.

00:52And this is a textbook perfect example of that.

00:55The idea that you would go on an unsecured platform to talk about a military invasion is just absolutely mind-boggling.

01:08Nobody in their adult, good, sober judgment would do that.

01:14And this is a huge problem.

01:17One of the people on that venue was in Moscow when this information was being talked about.

01:26In Moscow.

01:27And to suggest that this isn't dangerous is absolutely beyond me.

01:33It was dangerous.

01:34It was reckless.

01:35It was an unforced error.

01:38And we need to come together to figure out what happened, why it happened, what else is going on.

01:45This isn't the only time that this has happened.

01:47I'm pretty sure of that.

01:48We need to make sure what else is going on.

01:51And we need our Republican colleagues to stand with us to bring about a transparent and a clear and thorough investigation.

02:01And it's my honor to introduce Ted Lieu, fellow Californian, a former colonel in the United States Air Force.

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