Cheney, Rumsfeld join former defense secretaries warning against using military in election disputes
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foxnews.comTen former U.S. defense secretaries, including Donald Rumsfeld and former Vice President Dick Cheney, penned an op-ed in the Washington Post warning against the use of the military to resolve disputes over November's presidential election.
The piece follows a December Post op-ed that said government officials are worried that President Trump could invoke the Insurrection Act in case violence breaks out when Congress counts electoral votes on Jan.
6 and then use the military to redo elections in certain states. "American elections and the peaceful transfers of power that result are hallmarks of our democracy," the former defense secretaries wrote.
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