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In a CNN interview with retired-[[Major General]] [[Paul Eaton]] and [[Chris Cuomo]], Higbie was critical of the use of air power and drone strikes by the [[Obama administration]] and argued in support of Trump's promise to address problems in Iraq with "boots on the ground."<ref name = CuomoInterview /> He was also critical of Eaton, who was the [[United States Army Infantry School|U.S. Army Chief of Infantry]] and then the Commanding General of the [[Coalition Military Assistance Training Team]] in Iraq (2003&ndash;2004),<ref name = Eaton /> stating that the leadership "[Eaton's] articulated here today is not conducive to winning a war."<ref name = CuomoInterview />
In a CNN interview with retired-[[Major General]] [[Paul Eaton]] and [[Chris Cuomo]], Higbie was critical of the use of air power and drone strikes by the [[Obama administration]] and argued in support of Trump's promise to address problems in Iraq with "boots on the ground."<ref name = CuomoInterview /> He was also critical of Eaton, who was the [[United States Army Infantry School|U.S. Army Chief of Infantry]] and then the Commanding General of the [[Coalition Military Assistance Training Team]] in Iraq (2003&ndash;2004),<ref name = Eaton /> stating that the leadership "[Eaton's] articulated here today is not conducive to winning a war."<ref name = CuomoInterview />

[[Khizr and Ghazala Khan|Khizr Khan]] lost his son [[United States Army|Army]] Captain [[Humayun Khan (soldier)|Humayun Khan]] in the [[Iraq War]], and gave a speech at the [[2016 Democratic National Convention]], which was harshly criticical of Donald Trump as someone who had "sacrificed nothing."<ref name = KhanSpeech /> Trump defended himself,<ref name = TrumpSacrifice /> criticising Khizir and his wife,<ref name = IslamGenderRoles /> and was in turn widely condemned,<ref name = Rieckhoff /><ref name = KhanOutrage /><ref name = Ghazala /> including by veterans' groups<ref name = Rieckhoff /><ref name = VFW /><ref name = JewishWarVet /> and Republican Senators [[John McCain]]<ref name = McCain /> and [[Susan Collins]]<ref name = Collins /> An open letter from 23 [[Gold Star Families for Peace|Gold Star families]] called for an apology to the Khans.<ref name = CallForApology /> Trump did have defenders,<ref name = TrumpDefenders /> including Higbie who argued that the Khans had opened themselves to a response by assailing Trump in a prime-time televised appearance at a political convention, and that Trump had learned his lesson from the public feud.<ref name = PACspokesman />


== Trump transition ==
== Trump transition ==

Revision as of 15:15, 27 November 2016

Carl Higbie is an American author and former Navy SEAL. He is a spokesman for the pro-Trump Great America PAC.

Early life

Higbie attended Greenwich High School before going to College, where he dropped out to join the military as troops were being deployed to Iraq.[1]

Military service

Higbie served in the United States Navy as a SEAL, reaching the rank of Petty Officer First Class (E-6 grade) with a rating of Special Warfare Operator, First Class. He served two tours of duty during Operation Iraqi Freedom.[2]

Higbie is the author of Enemies, Foreign & Domestic: A SEAL's Story. He has appeared on Fox News and CNN.

After Higbie self-published his book Battle on the Home Front: A Navy SEAL's Mission to Save the American Dream[3] in 2012, his security clearance was downgraded from "top secret".[2] He signed out of the SEALs before the end of his term of duty with an honorable discharge. Some two months later the Navy downgraded his discharge to "general".[2] A second book, Enemies, Foreign and Domestic: A SEALS's Story, was published in 2016.[4]

Candidate for Congress

In 2014, Higbie announced that he was running to be the Republican Party candidate to challenge Democrat Jim Himes in Connecticut's 4th congressional district, declaring himself to not be "bound by the same conformist rules that most Republicans are bound by."[1] The other Republican candidates were former State Senator Dan Debicella[5] and State Representative John Shaban.[6] Higbie described himself as a social conservative with "moral oppositions to abortions and same-sex marriage, but my legislative position is live and let live," and stated that he would vote to repeal the Affordable Care Act.[1] On economic issues, Higbie supports "a balanced budget amendment and an across-the-board personal income tax rate of 10 percent, with a maximum annual deduction of $50,000," and he favors eliminating corporate taxes to attract overseas businesses.[1] Higbie had difficulty with fund raising during his candidacy, and sought to force a primary election if he were not endorsed as the candidate.[7] Debicella won the nomination with support from 195 of the 210 delegates,[8] and contested the election against Himes, who won with 53.7% of the vote.[9]

Great America PAC

Higbie is a spokesman for Great America PAC, an independent-expenditure only political action committee (Super PAC) which advocates for Donald Trump.

In a CNN interview with retired-Major General Paul Eaton and Chris Cuomo, Higbie was critical of the use of air power and drone strikes by the Obama administration and argued in support of Trump's promise to address problems in Iraq with "boots on the ground."[10] He was also critical of Eaton, who was the U.S. Army Chief of Infantry and then the Commanding General of the Coalition Military Assistance Training Team in Iraq (2003–2004),[11] stating that the leadership "[Eaton's] articulated here today is not conducive to winning a war."[10]

Trump transition

During the transition following the 2016 Presidential election, Higbie defended Steve Bannon (formerly of Breitbart.com) from accusations of anti-Semitism, misogyny, and racism.[12] Of Bannon's appointment as chief strategist to President-elect Donald Trump, Higbie declared: "Steve Bannon has exceled in every single role he has held dating back to his service in the US Navy. I cannot imagine a better person to be advising an already successful businessman taking on the biggest business in the world, the US Government."[12]

On the same day in an interview with Megyn Kelly of Fox News,[12] Higbie cited the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II and the associated Supreme Court decision in Korematsu v. United States as providing legal justification for Trump's campaign promise of a register for Muslims.[13] Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, an advisor on immigration matters to Trump, reportedly proposed the register as the first priority in a suite of proposals for the Department of Homeland Security,[14][15] as part of the extreme vetting of immigrants.[16] Kelly replied that Higbie "knows better" than to make such suggestions as they scare people.[17] Kelly met Higbie's further assertion that he was only noting "there was precedent for it" with the declaration: "You can't be citing Japanese internment camps for anything the President-elect is going to do."[17]

George Takei, who was detained in one of the World War II internment camps, described the idea as "dangerous"[18] and went on to say on The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell that "[r]egistration of any group of people, and certainly registration of Muslims, is a prelude to internment."[19] Higbie was widely criticized, including in the Washington Post[20] and The New York Times.[21] Representative Judy Chu (D–CA), the first Chinese American woman elected to the U.S. Congress,[22] denounced Higbie's comments, stating that "[a]ny proposal to force American Muslims to register with the federal government, and to use Japanese imprisonment during World War II as precedent, is abhorrent and has no place in our society. These ideas are based on tactics of fear, division, and hate that we must condemn."[23]

President-elect Trump’s transition team later issued a statement to the Huffington Post that denied that Trump supported a Muslim registry, though the newspaper noted that there is video evidence of Trump making comments supporting such an idea.[19]

List of books

  • Battle on the Home Front: A Navy SEAL's Mission to Save the American Dream[24]
  • Enemies, Foreign & Domestic: A SEAL's Story[25]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Vigdor, Neil (January 15, 2014). "Mission Congress for retired Navy SEAL". Connecticut Post. Retrieved November 27, 2016.
  2. ^ a b c Caro, Brandon (December 11, 2013). "Did a Navy SEAL Lose His Honorable Discharge as a Punishment for Exercising his Rights?". The Daily Beast. Retrieved November 27, 2016.
  3. ^ Higbie, Carl. A Navy SEAL's Mission to Save the American Dream. Riverside, CT: Ameriman. ISBN 9780985113704.
  4. ^ Higbie, Carl. Enemies, Foreign and Domestic: A SEALS's Story. Post Hill Press. ISBN 9781618688118.
  5. ^ Vigdor, Neil (September 4, 2013). "Debicella announces 4th District challenge". The News-Times. Retrieved November 27, 2016.
  6. ^ Perrefort, Dirk (September 12, 2013). "Shaban to seek GOP 4th CD nomination". The News-Times. Retrieved November 27, 2016.
  7. ^ Vigdor, Neil (April 21, 2014). "Himes, Esty hold fundraising advantages". The News-Times. Retrieved November 27, 2016.
  8. ^ Vigdor, Neil (May 16, 2014). "Debicella, Greenberg get GOP nod for Congress". The News-Times. Retrieved November 27, 2016.
  9. ^ Bycoffe, Aaron; Boice, Jay; Fung, Hilary (2014). "Election 2014 – U.S. House". Huffington Post. Retrieved November 27, 2016.
  10. ^ a b Higbie, Carl; Eaton, Paul (June 3, 2016). "How Would Trump, Clinton Handle Foreign Policy In Office". New Day (Interview). Interviewed by Chris Cuomo. CNN. Retrieved November 27, 2016. {{cite interview}}: Unknown parameter |subjectlink2= ignored (|subject-link2= suggested) (help)
  11. ^ "Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Paul Eaton". Huffington Post. 2016. Retrieved November 27, 2016.
    "Maj. Gen. Paul Eaton, USA (Ret.) – Senior Advisor". National Security Network. 2015. Retrieved November 27, 2016.
  12. ^ a b c Bobic, Igor (November 17, 2016). "Trump Supporter Cites Japanese Internment As 'Precedent' For Muslim Registry". Huffington Post. Retrieved November 27, 2016.
  13. ^ Railton, Ben (November 17, 2016). "The Real Precedents Set By Japanese American Internment". Huffington Post. Retrieved November 27, 2016.
  14. ^ Caldwell, Alicia A. (November 21, 2016). "Trump supporter pitches hard-line immigration plan for Homeland Security". PBS NewsHour. Retrieved November 27, 2016.
  15. ^ Raymond, Adam K. (November 21, 2016). "Trump Cabinet Hopeful Kris Kobach Forgets Cover Sheet, Exposes DHS Plan for All to See". New York. Retrieved November 27, 2016.
  16. ^ Engel, Pamela (November 22, 2016). "Magnified version of photo shows potential Homeland Security secretary's plan for 'extreme vetting' of immigrants". Business Insider (Australia). Retrieved November 27, 2016.
  17. ^ a b Abadi, Mark (November 17, 2016). "Megyn Kelly shut down a Trump supporter who said Japanese internment camps were precedent for a Muslim registry". Business Insider (Australia). Retrieved November 27, 2016.
  18. ^ Herreria, Carla (November 17, 2016). "Remember When George Takei Said He Loves A 'Country That Once Betrayed Me'?". Huffington Post. Retrieved November 27, 2016.
  19. ^ a b Dicker, Ron (November 19, 2016). "George Takei Blasts Muslim Registry As 'Prelude To Internment'". Huffington Post. Retrieved November 27, 2016.
  20. ^ Hawkins, Derek (November 17, 2016). "Japanese American internment is 'precedent' for national Muslim registry, prominent Trump backer says". Washington Post. Retrieved November 18, 2016.
  21. ^ Bromwich, Jonah Engel (November 17, 2016). "Trump Camp's Talk of Registry and Japanese Internment Raises Muslim Fears". The New York Times. Retrieved November 18, 2016.
  22. ^ Merl, Jean (July 14, 2009). "Judy Chu trounces rivals in congressional race". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved November 27, 2016.
  23. ^ Chow, Kat (November 17, 2016). "Renewed Support For Muslim Registry Called 'Abhorrent'". NPR Code Switch. Retrieved November 27, 2016. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |newspaper= (help)
  24. ^ Higbie, Carl. A Navy SEAL's Mission to Save the American Dream. Ameriman. ISBN 9780985113704.
  25. ^ Higbie, Carl. Enemies, Foreign and Domestic: A SEALS's Story. Post Hill Press. ISBN 9781618688118.

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