Biden Calls Navy Captain’s Ouster ‘Close to Criminal’

Joe Biden sharply criticized the firing of Capt. Brett Crozier, who was removed from his post as commander of the USS Theodore Roosevelt after speaking up in a leaked letter to his superiors about the handling of a coronavirus outbreak aboard the vessel, the Washington Post reports.

Said Biden: “I think it’s close to criminal, the way they’re dealing with this guy. … The idea that this man stood up and said what had to be said, got it out that his troops, his Navy personnel, were in danger, in danger — look how many have the virus.”