{"id":21598,"date":"2018-02-14T17:44:46","date_gmt":"2018-02-14T17:44:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/02\/14\/california-teacher-defends-anti-military-comments\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T02:19:24","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T02:19:24","slug":"california-teacher-defends-anti-military-comments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/2018\/02\/14\/california-teacher-defends-anti-military-comments\/","title":{"rendered":"California teacher defends anti-military comments"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

PICO RIVERA, Calif. \u2014 City Council members in a Los Angeles suburb passed a resolution Tuesday night condemning and asking for the resignation<\/a> of one of their colleagues who in his work as a school teacher called members of the U.S. military \u201cthe lowest of our low.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGod bless America!\u201d one Pico Rivera councilman shouted as the vote passed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Councilman Gregory Salcido, who has been on leave from El Rancho High School in Pico Rivera, is seen on a video scolding a 17-year-old student wearing a U.S. Marine Corps sweatshirt<\/a> and urging him not to join the military.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThey\u2019re not like high-level thinkers, they\u2019re not academic people, they\u2019re not intellectual people; they\u2019re the frickin\u2019 lowest of our low,\u201d Salcido said on a recording made by a student. \u201cI don\u2019t understand why we let the military guys come over here and recruit you at school. We don\u2019t let pimps come in the school.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Pico Rivera, Calif., City Council meeting attendees hold up signs during a city council meeting at Pico Rivera City Hall on Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018, in Pico Rivera, Calif. The city council passed a resolution Tuesday asking for the resignation of city councilman and El Rancho High School teacher Gregory Salcido, who was recorded making anti-military remarks to his students in January. (Chris Pizzello\/AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The video was posted to social media and has drawn millions of views, along with outraged comments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

President Donald Trump\u2019s Chief of Staff John Kelly<\/a> said last month in a radio interview that Salcido \u201cought to go to hell\u201d for his remarks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mayor Gustavo Camacho called it \u201cbullying, arrogant and aggressive behavior.\u201d The council can\u2019t force Salcido from his post but Camacho introduced a motion to censure Salcido, which would bar him from city committees and appointments, and to ask him to resign from the council.<\/p>\n\n\n\t