Summary

Army Capt. Rebecca M. Lobach, a highly accomplished pilot and top 20% ROTC cadet, was among 67 killed when her Black Hawk helicopter collided with an American Airlines jet near Washington, D.C.

Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth blamed “DEI” for the crash despite no official cause being determined.

Lobach had 450+ flight hours and numerous military honors.

  • @Zachariah
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    1017 hours ago

    The military is important to note because GOP is the “pro military” party.

    • @SkunkWorkz
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      That’s why they hate veterans. They are only pro military. Veterans don’t contribute to the war machine anymore. They have no purpose unless they use their veteran status to recruit fresh meat for the war machine

      Trump just said the quiet part out loud. They never had respect for veterans. Republicans have always been screwing over veterans

    • @[email protected]
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      17 hours ago

      Yeah but MAGA isn’t the GOP. The old GOP, for all its faults, and however much I disagreed with it, was a respectable party with true values. MAGA is a crass personality cult that venerates ignorance, mediocrity, hatred and violence. Very much like… well, the NSDAP.

      • @Zachariah
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        1717 hours ago

        MAGA sure seem like a direct continuation and very minor evolution of the character of GOP I’ve witnessed in my lifetime.

        • @jaybone
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          614 hours ago

          Yeah, around what like 2008 (?) there was a faction within the party known as The Tea Party, which was already starting in this direction. That’s where stuff like the “long form birth certificate” bullshit started, and mass shooting crisis actors, and various conspiracies and lies in the media. A lot of it was already there, but this was bringing it out more into the open.

          • @Zachariah
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            411 hours ago

            To me, it seems like it was steady refinement from at least Nixon all the way to today. Jair always being as shitty as they can get away with.