Jason Schmid, a longtime senior GOP assistant on the House Armed Services Committee, has resigned from his position, according to a letter to incoming rank member Mike Rogers
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The letter was first obtained by Politico Tuesday.
In the letter, Schmid denounced members of the GOP House for supporting an objection to the president-elect Joe Biden
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“Anyone who watched those terrible hours unfold should have been incited to punish these insurgents in the strongest terms,” Schmid wrote.
“Instead, some members who I thought were leaders in the defense of the nation chose to put the political theater above the defense of the constitution and the republic,” he added. “The decision to vote to discard legitimate voters damaged the ability of every service member, intelligence officer, and diplomat to defend the nation and advance American interests.”
More than 120 House Republicans and six GOP senators voted to challenge Arizona’s election results on the battlefield, citing unsupported claims of widespread voter fraud before the riot ensued. A group of lawmakers also voted to challenge the election results in Pennsylvania.
Both the House and Senate would eventually withstand the challenge and vote in the early hours of January 7 to certify the results, confirming Biden’s 2020 victory. After the attacks on the Capitol, Sens. Kelly Loeffler
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Loeffler had lost her second election for senate to elected senator Raphael Warnock
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“All our words and actions in the coming weeks and days will reveal those who believe in defending the Constitution, and those who stand only for self-interest and sectarianism. There can be no reconciliation and healing without accountability, ”concluded Schmid’s letter.
“While I hope the committee will find another way to legislate in a two-pronged way for men and women in uniform in the 117th Congress and beyond, the failure of so many Republican committee members to put the nation in the first place to put. politics is forcing my resignation from the staff, ”he added.
Members of the committee who have joined one or both objections include Rogers and Reps. Joe Wilson
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Schmid, a former Army intelligence analyst who was injured in Iraq, worked for the House panel for more than four years.
The resignation comes on the same day as that of a Sen. Ted Cruz
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The Hill has contacted Rogers’ office and the House Armed Services Committee for comment.