Shaffer, Holt to Newsmax: WH Comms Adviser’s Diss of Vets ‘Not Acceptable’

When National Security Communications Adviser John Kirby made a dismissive comment about military veterans critical of the Biden-Harris administration’s withdrawal from Afghanistan, he apparently thought he was sending it internally to White House staffers. The only problem was that he accidentally cc’d a Fox News journalist on the note, which was reportedly sent on the 23rd anniversary of 9/11.

“Obviously no use in responding. A ‘handful’ of vets indeed and all of one stripe,” Kirby’s email read, according to the outlet.

Retired Army Lt. Col. Tony Shaffer and retired Air Force Brig. Gen. Blaine Holt told Newsmax on Thursday that Kirby’s put-down of the nation’s veterans is “not acceptable.”