WASHINGTON — Among those calling for an investigation into the texting of sensitive plans for a military strike against Yemen’s Houthis is Democratic Congressman Morgan McGarvey of Louisville.
Rep. McGarvey, D-Louisville, said this should raise alarms for everyone, regardless of their political affiliation.
He said it put American service members at risk, and there’s no defending it.
McGarvey said, “By the grace of God, we don’t have dead pilots or a Navy ship sitting at the bottom of the sea because when they leaked these war plans, they put American lives at risk. Congress absolutely has to investigate. Congress absolutely has to get to the bottom of this and people have to be held accountable.“
Rep. Brett Guthrie, R-Bowling Green, told Spectrum News 1 he needs more information before commenting further.
Guthrie said, “I haven’t seen the text messages to see what was revealed, but obviously it’s concerning that people were talking back and forth and that they had somebody on their text chain and they didn’t know who it was.”
Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Crescent Springs added, “I guess one question is, were they originating these communications with personal phones or government phones. I don’t know. There’s just so much about it we don’t know, I think it would be premature for me to call for an investigation.”
In a post on social media, former Democratic candidate for Kentucky Senate and Marine Corps veteran Amy McGrath called the incident “reckless,” saying anyone in the military who gave out information like this over their phones would be fired.
The Atlantic released the entire Signal chat among Trump senior national security officials Wednesday, showing that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth provided the exact times of warplane launches, strike packages and targets — before the men and women flying those attacks against Yemen's Houthis this month on behalf of the United States were airborne.
