It is 'bad practice' to have military and retired national security officials publicly endorse candidates in their official capacity, and doing so endangers military institutions by dragging them into partisan politics at a time when the military needs to maintain confidence across the political spectrum to recruit the best young Americans.
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H.R. McMasterEvidence Quote
“nobody needs like washed up generals telling them how to vote and and I think that this effort to drag the military into partisan politics with like the lists of remember you all the National Security officials it really was who was signed on to that letter uh or to get you know to get you retired generals and so forth to to endorse really in the capacity of of a retired General it's not a new practice but I think it's particularly dangerous these days”
Source
The Comeback: The NYT’s Bret Stephens and the GoodFellows Recap the ’24 Election— Hoover InstitutionCreated: 8/11/2026, 1:46:20 AM
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