Cuban-American congresswoman María Elvira Salazar has downplayed the serious mistake made by the U.S. military high command, which involved including a journalist in a private messaging group of senior officials discussing military plans against Houthi rebels in Yemen.
With phrases like "let us not be distracted by a mistake" or "let whoever is without sin cast the first stone", María Elvira chose not to assess the gravity of the situation and instead requested to focus on the outcome: the death of many terrorists.
"One of the main tasks of our intelligence team is to eliminate terrorists, and that is exactly what they did with the Houthis. Remember, Biden had removed the Houthis from the Foreign Terrorist Organization list. He simply allowed them to attack all our ships! Let's not get distracted by a mistake!" María Elvira wrote on X, along with a clip from an interview where she expressed something similar on national television.
"Let he who is without sin cast the first stone. Patriots like Hegseth and Waltz will never stop fighting for Americans. After four years of weakness, it is encouraging to have leaders with real military experience to restore the security of the U.S.!" he wrote in another post, this time in Spanish, on the platform X.
In the comments section of both posts, some internet users disagreed with the Republican congresswoman.
"María Elvira, this is not an 'error'; it is negligence on the part of high-ranking cabinet members who are putting U.S. military personnel at risk by using insecure communication applications. Hold them accountable, it's your job," wrote one of them.
Serious offense that the White House denies
The administration of Donald Trump made an unusual mistake by accidentally including a journalist in a private messaging group where senior officials were discussing military plans against Houthi rebels in Yemen.
The leak caused a stir in Washington and triggered an internal investigation, despite the White House's attempts to downplay the issue.
Jeffrey Goldberg, editor in chief of The Atlantic, revealed this Monday in an article titled "The Trump Administration Accidentally Messaged Me Their War Plans" that he was added to a chat on the Signal application in early March.
The account that included him had the name of the White House security advisor, Mike Waltz.
The messaging group included key figures from the administration, such as Vice President JD Vance; Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth; Secretary of State Marco Rubio; and Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard.
The conversation discussed strategic details of attacks against the Houthis, including timings and types of weaponry to be used, according to the reporter.
The spokesperson for the White House National Security Council, Brian Hughes, acknowledged that the messages appeared "authentic" and asserted that the government was investigating how an unauthorized number was included in the conversation.
For his part, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth denied that the Trump administration had discussed military plans in a private chat.
Similarly, the White House press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, accused Goldberg of being a sensationalist, stating that everything has been an exaggeration on his part and, like María Elvira, chose to focus on the outcome.
President Donald Trump assured that he was not aware of the article from The Atlantic and downplayed the publication. “I don’t know anything about it. I’m not a big fan of The Atlantic. I think it’s a magazine that’s going to disappear,” he stated to the press.
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