As if this story weren’t horrific enough, it just took an even uglier turn. As we’ve discussed here, with Trump and Whiskey Pete failing our Sailors and Marines so miserably that we’re seeing our troops throwing themselves off of the sides of aircraft carriers, which, of course, has been dismissed by Dear Leader, Republicans, and their enablers on their right-wing propaganda network Fox.
Now they’re going after the Sailor who threw himself off the side of the USS Abraham Lincoln.
As Chris Hayes explained in the segment above:
HAYES: We’ve all been involved in following the story of the American aircraft carrier, the USS Abraham Lincoln, the conditions for the Navy sailors on board. That ship has been deployed for nine months straight at sea. It left San Diego in November 2025. It has been in the Mediterranean since Trump started this debacle war with Iran.
Its deployment has been extended multiple times, and reports from the families of sailors have been absolutely harrowing, both the physical conditions and their mental health.
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