I love West Point. I love the cadets. And I love our country. As a proud alum and the academy’s representative in Congress, I was honored to participate in last weekend’s graduation and celebrate these inspiring young men and women. They deserved the day to be totally focused on their selfless dedication to serving our country. 

Unfortunately, that is not the speech they got from the president. Instead, wearing a bright red MAGA hat, he delivered an overtly political and incredibly divisive campaign speech. Trump didn’t even have the decency to stay and shake the graduating cadets’ hands, a longstanding tradition embraced by every president from Biden to Reagan — instead he went golfing.

Given his hasty departure, I did not have an opportunity to raise any of the long list of concerns I’ve........

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