Nobody Wants To Lead Trump’s Army – Mark Green Withdraws (TWEET/VIDEO)

Mark Green, a state senator from Tennessee, has withdrawn his name from the nomination as Secretary of the Army. He was President Donald Trump’s second pick for the position, as Florida Panthers owner Vincent Viola withdrew his name as well. Viola cited business conflicts of interest as his reason for withdrawing. Green cites an all too familiar, and downright disturbing, reason: the left is “mischaracterizing” and “attacking” past comments he made demonizing various groups, specifically the LGBT community.

In a statement announcing his withdrawal, Green had this to say:

“… Due to false and misleading attacks against me, this nomination has become a distraction. Tragically, my life of public service and my Christian beliefs have been mischaracterized and attacked by a few on the other side of the aisle for political gain. While these false attacks have no bearing on the needs of the Army or my qualifications to serve, I believe it is critical to give the President the ability to move forward with his vision to restore our military to its rightful place in the world.”

Tragic, isn’t it? Read his full statement here:

GLAAD unearthed just one of the damning “mischaracterized” past comments Green had made, where he seems to compare transgendered people using the bathroom to members of ISIS disguising themselves as refugees:

“The government exists to honor those people who live honorable who do good things – to reward people who behave well and to crush evil. So that means as a state senator, my responsibility very clearly in Romans 13 is to create an environment where people who do right are rewards and the people who do wrong are crushed. Evil is crushed. So I’m going to protect women in their bathrooms, and I’m going to protect our state against potential infiltration from the Syrian ISIS people in the refugee program. And whoever wants to stand up and take me on that, I’m ready to fight.”

Thankfully, Tennessee’s bathroom bill failed to pass. It appears Trump is still suffering from a problem that his plagued him since being elected: his picks for various positions are unfit or don’t want (and usually a combination of both) the jobs he offers.

You can see CNN’s report on Green withdrawing his name from consideration below:

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