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“To see this many people coming out of an administration they worked for saying‚ danger, don’t let that guy anywhere near the White House again, it will put our democracy in peril,’ it’s a stunning thing.”
said presidential historian Douglas Brinkley.
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Mike Pence
Trump’s vice president
“The American people deserve to know that President Trump asked me to put him over my oath to the Constitution. … Anyone who puts himself over the Constitution should never be president of the United States.”
“Donald Trump is pursuing and articulating an agenda that is at odds with the conservative agenda that we governed on during our four years. And that’s why I cannot in good conscience endorse Donald Trump in this campaign,”
John Kelly
His second chief of staff
Described Trump as “a person that has no idea what America stands for and has no idea what America is all about.”
“A person who admires autocrats and murderous dictators. A person that has nothing but contempt for our democratic institutions, our Constitution, and the rule of law. God help us.”
“I think we need to look harder at who we elect. I think we should look at people that are running for office and put them through the filter: What is their character like? What are their ethics?”
Mick Mulvaney
His former acting chief of staff
Who resigned as US special envoy to Ireland after January 6, 2021: “I quit because I think he failed at being the president when we needed him to be that.”
Mark Meadows
His last chief of staff
Meadows, Giuliani among indicted in Arizona in latest 2020 election subversion case
Mark Meadows surrenders to face Georgia election charges
How Mark Meadows Became the Least Trusted Man in Washington. Trump posted “Some people would make that deal, but they are weaklings and cowards, and so bad for the future our Failing Nation. I don’t think that Mark Meadows is one of them, but who really knows?”
Jeff Sessions
His 3rd attorney general
In an August 2018 tweet, Trump called Sessions, “scared stiff and Missing in Action” and implored the former Attorney General to “stop this Rigged Witch Hunt,” a reference to the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.
Trump: Sessions was not ‘mentally qualified’ to be attorney general.
Matthew Whitaker
His 4th “acting” attorney general
He was appointed to this position by President Donald Trump after Jeff Sessions resigned at Trump’s request. November 7, 2018 – February 14, 2019
Bill Barr
His 5th attorney general
“Someone who engaged in that kind of bullying about a process that is fundamental to our system and to our self-government shouldn’t be anywhere near the Oval Office.”
“I have made clear that I strongly oppose Trump for the nomination and will not endorse Trump,”
Trump has a “penchant, for engaging in… reckless acts”
“a consummate narcissist” who “constantly engages in reckless conduct that puts his political follers at risk and the conservative and Republican agenda at risk.”
Jeffrey A. Rosen
His last attorney general
Only served 28 days
“Some argued to the former president and public that the election was corrupt and stolen, That view was wrong then, and it is wrong today,”
James Mattis
His first secretary of defense
Trump “will deservedly be left a man without a country.”
“His use of the Presidency to destroy trust in our election and to poison our respect for fellow citizens has been enabled by pseudo political leaders whose names will live in infamy as profiles in cowardice.”
“Donald Trump is the first president in my lifetime who does not try to unite the American people – does not even pretend to try. Instead he tries to divide us. We are witnessing the consequences of three years of this deliberate effort. We are witnessing the consequences of three years without mature leadership. We can unite without him, drawing on the strengths inherent in our civil society.”
“I earned my spurs on the battlefield … And Donald Trump earned his spurs in a letter from a doctor.”
About Jan 6th: “In my eyes, it was a complete dereliction of duty that he did not uphold his oath of office, I lost all faith in him that day,”
Trump’s vice president
“The American people deserve to know that President Trump asked me to put him over my oath to the Constitution. … Anyone who puts himself over the Constitution should never be president of the United States.”
“Donald Trump is pursuing and articulating an agenda that is at odds with the conservative agenda that we governed on during our four years. And that’s why I cannot in good conscience endorse Donald Trump in this campaign,”
His second chief of staff
Described Trump as “a person that has no idea what America stands for and has no idea what America is all about.”
“A person who admires autocrats and murderous dictators. A person that has nothing but contempt for our democratic institutions, our Constitution, and the rule of law. God help us.”
“I think we need to look harder at who we elect. I think we should look at people that are running for office and put them through the filter: What is their character like? What are their ethics?”
His former acting chief of staff
Who resigned as US special envoy to Ireland after January 6, 2021: “I quit because I think he failed at being the president when we needed him to be that.”
His last chief of staff
Meadows, Giuliani among indicted in Arizona in latest 2020 election subversion case
Mark Meadows surrenders to face Georgia election charges
How Mark Meadows Became the Least Trusted Man in Washington. Trump posted “Some people would make that deal, but they are weaklings and cowards, and so bad for the future our Failing Nation. I don’t think that Mark Meadows is one of them, but who really knows?”
His 3rd attorney general
In an August 2018 tweet, Trump called Sessions, “scared stiff and Missing in Action” and implored the former Attorney General to “stop this Rigged Witch Hunt,” a reference to the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.
Trump: Sessions was not ‘mentally qualified’ to be attorney general.
His 4th “acting” attorney general
He was appointed to this position by President Donald Trump after Jeff Sessions resigned at Trump’s request. November 7, 2018 – February 14, 2019
His 5th attorney general
“Someone who engaged in that kind of bullying about a process that is fundamental to our system and to our self-government shouldn’t be anywhere near the Oval Office.”
“I have made clear that I strongly oppose Trump for the nomination and will not endorse Trump,”
Trump has a “penchant, for engaging in… reckless acts”
“a consummate narcissist” who “constantly engages in reckless conduct that puts his political follers at risk and the conservative and Republican agenda at risk.”
His last attorney general
Only served 28 days
“Some argued to the former president and public that the election was corrupt and stolen, That view was wrong then, and it is wrong today,”
His first secretary of defense
Trump “will deservedly be left a man without a country.”
“His use of the Presidency to destroy trust in our election and to poison our respect for fellow citizens has been enabled by pseudo political leaders whose names will live in infamy as profiles in cowardice.”
“Donald Trump is the first president in my lifetime who does not try to unite the American people – does not even pretend to try. Instead he tries to divide us. We are witnessing the consequences of three years of this deliberate effort. We are witnessing the consequences of three years without mature leadership. We can unite without him, drawing on the strengths inherent in our civil society.”
“I earned my spurs on the battlefield … And Donald Trump earned his spurs in a letter from a doctor.”
About Jan 6th: “In my eyes, it was a complete dereliction of duty that he did not uphold his oath of office, I lost all faith in him that day,”