In an appearance on conspiracy theorist Alex Jones' radio show, NRA board member Ted Nugent blamed the epidemic of suicides among veterans and active duty military on frustration with President Obama for supposedly “violating” the Constitution.
Nugent, who has appeared on Jones' show several times, told the host that the military is frustrated with Obama for “violating the oath that they're dying for,” which is leading to an unprecedented increase in suicides.
Nugent went on to describe the Obama administration as “treasonous” and also characterized the president as a “groomed America hater.”
On Sunday, Nugent will appear at the NRA's Annual Meeting for an event titled “Freedom Is Not Free - Repaying Our Debt to Heros [sic]” which is billed as a tribute to “those who gave all to utilize our precious freedoms as provided by the ultimate sacrifices of the US Military warriors and their families.”
From the April 30 edition of The Alex Jones Show:
TED NUGENT: I'm going to hit you with something even more ugly, and just heartbreaking, and anti-American than anything else -- I bet you've covered this, Alex.
We have an epidemic, an unprecedented increase in heroes of the U.S. military committing suicide, and I'm going to tell you why. And I'm sure the leftist blogs are going to attack me, misquote me, but I'll tell you why more and more warrior heroes of the military are killing themselves: Because they are in absolute frustration and heartbreak that their boss, their Commander-In-Chief violates the Constitution that he has made an oath to while their hero warrior blood brothers are being blown to smithereens and blown up while executing their oath to the same Constitution that the president, the vice president, and the attorney general violate.
There is a heartbreak in the warrior community.
Nugent, who writes a column for birther website WND, recently doubled down on a claim that he would be “dead or in jail” after Obama's re-election. He also recently compared Obama to a Nazi while appearing on a radio show hosted by a Sandy Hook shooting conspiracy theorist.
Despite his long history of outrageous comments, media figures at CNN and Fox News have praised Nugent and invited him on-air as a guest.