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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums'The WH is panicking':Ex-Trump official says president is freaking out about latest defection
September 18, 2020
By Brad Reed
Olivia Troye, the former top Homeland Security aide to Vice President Mike Pence, came out on Thursday to endorse former Vice President Joe Biden in a devastating new ad that shredded President Donald Trumps fitness for the presidency.
Miles Taylor, another former Trump national security official who has similarly endorsed Biden over his former boss, told CNN on Friday that Troyes defection has the president sweating bullets.
She is providing that firsthand testimonial that Donald Trump, on the most important national security issue of his entire presidency, was totally, totally checked out, to the extent that he was more focused on his re-election than he was on saving American lives, Taylor said of Troye. I think the White House is panicking here.
Taylor also said that Troye would be far from the last former Trump official to speak out against the president in the weeks leading up to the 2020 election.
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https://www.rawstory.com/2020/09/the-white-house-is-panicking-ex-trump-official-says-president-is-freaking-out-about-latest-defection/
C_U_L8R
(44,894 posts)Tick tick, you orange buffoon.
smb
(3,452 posts)C_U_L8R
(44,894 posts)smb
(3,452 posts)UpInArms
(51,252 posts)Come forward ... make a stand ... and help us save our once great nation.
Baclava
(12,047 posts)Lie, deny, brush it off, attack anyone who opens their mouth, the same as the last 1000 such headlines
cwydro
(51,308 posts)LiberalLovinLug
(14,154 posts)Goes along with the "final nail in the coffin!" type headlines
I do not think he "panics". He just gets angry at the disloyalty to Him, the greatest President in history. And its someone elses fault that it happened and he probably fires some stooge to make himself feel better. And then has his fluffer yes men around him to soothe his wounded ego and assure him that the defector was a bum and no one will ever believe them, or the fake news that reports it, and everything is good.
reACTIONary
(5,749 posts)reACTIONary
(5,749 posts)bullwinkle428
(20,626 posts)Baclava
(12,047 posts)She spoke so well of Pence and then he dismissed her like she was of no significance.
Evolve Dammit
(16,632 posts)PatSeg
(46,804 posts)apparently will always be to Trump first and foremost. It appears he has also forsaken his "lord and savior", Jesus, as Trump is the antithesis of everything Jesus stood for. Of course, Pence could think he is helping bring on the end times and that his boss is the antichrist. There are plenty of evangelicals out there who bizarrely are just itching for the Rapture.
The past four years have been like a really awful B movie, so there's not much that would surprise me. And if I was casting this movie, I would have cast the role of the antichrist with a more attractive, articulate, and charismatic actor.
smb
(3,452 posts)Ilsa
(61,675 posts)that billboard. DJF'nT isn't The Word, or a manifestation of it. He is not the son of God or a savior. He kills people with indifference.
PatSeg
(46,804 posts)and so is this monster of a man. How anyone can look at him and see a spiritual savior is beyond comprehension. This isn't even a fairly good man, let alone a messiah. What bible are these Trump-loving evangelicals reading anyway?
Ilsa
(61,675 posts)religious or spiritual, past or present, to be offended or insulted by it.
Just being relatively decent should be more than enough. I'm not religious and I found that sign extremely offensive.
keithbvadu2
(36,367 posts)What Bible?
The Prosperity Gospel?
Trump is the caliber of Christian that Pence follows and believes in.
I_UndergroundPanther
(12,450 posts)God is no respecter of persons.
Fancy that.
AZ8theist
(5,339 posts)And I'm an atheist!!!
PatSeg
(46,804 posts)but I do believe in most of the teachings of Jesus. I just cannot imagine how these people can be so Jesus obsessed and obviously have no idea what he taught. The hypocrisy is only surpassed by their stupidity.
I really don't know if there really was a man called Jesus, but if there was, he would be outraged by what his followers do and say in his name. As a matter of fact, many of them would be the hypocrites that he rails against quite often.
Makes you wonder what "word" became flesh. Must be something truly horrific.
smb
(3,452 posts)Or monstrosity, evil, obscenity, atrocity, or cursed horror.
LiberalLovinLug
(14,154 posts)The sad thing is, for them, that the Gospel if championed by evangelicals, will now be further regarded as meaningless or even harmful, if it is the reading that Trump loving evangelicals endorse.
I think, and hope, that when (if) Trump loses, even more of his debauchery and duplicity will be revealed by ex staff etc.. more lascivious details including sexual assaults, and that the evangelical movement will take a huge hit based on their subservience to him. But the evangelical church is still very strong in the US, with The Family, and the coalitions both in the R and D parties. But it will take a hit.
Evolve Dammit
(16,632 posts)PatSeg
(46,804 posts)Evangelicals don't usually share this belief with people outside their religion, the non-believers who are going to be "left behind". Why waste one's breath on the godless sinners? They can get pretty extreme.
Evolve Dammit
(16,632 posts)PatSeg
(46,804 posts)at how easily many people are indoctrinated, as we can see by the MAGA crowd and numerous other cults. Once brainwashed, people often end up believing the most bizarre things.
Zing Zing Zingbah
(6,496 posts)I think he is a swamp monster, like the one from Scooby-Doo.
maddiemom
(5,106 posts)lindysalsagal
(20,440 posts)So much can happen in just a week.
obamanut2012
(25,911 posts)Or even W or Rice.
We shall see.
Mike 03
(16,616 posts)I'm also wondering if Kirstjen Nielsen will come out.
Miles Taylor was her chief of staff. She seems to have a lot to say, and it seems like she's been the source for some explosive stories.
crickets
(25,896 posts)Condi Rice? That would be interesting. Though given her fondness for W, she may follow his lead and remain silent.
Evolve Dammit
(16,632 posts)LuvNewcastle
(16,820 posts)Rove to assist them. I don't know what exactly he's doing for them. They probably won't listen to him, anyway.
Evolve Dammit
(16,632 posts)lindysalsagal
(20,440 posts)If he really cares as much as he claims, he'll endorse Biden.
Le Roi de Pot
(744 posts)5X
(3,971 posts)He didn't name names, but he was calling out the administration.
vlyons
(10,252 posts)Trying to salvage a little bit of their reputation.
usaf-vet
(6,094 posts)brewens
(13,397 posts)Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(107,087 posts)Illumination
(2,458 posts)start a chain reaction of more people having the courage to speak up about this president. About this presidency & about the direction of the country...And some of the damage that's been done by D.T. & why we need to repair it".... Let's hope reality & conscience will replace other's loyalty & stupidity. Let's also hope there's many more Republicans voting for Joe!
MontanaMama
(23,239 posts)It really is...I dont think the WH panics about anything.
ananda
(28,783 posts)Rats can vote for Biden, sure.
The more the merrier.
Let's do a rat dance!
ooky
(8,885 posts)Still waiting to see it run in NC.
Social Security ads are ramping up though.
panfluteman
(2,054 posts)And then, REPAIR will get its highest profile recruit to date.
greenjar_01
(6,477 posts)VA_Jill
(9,854 posts)on the verge of sleep, "The rats are leaving because the sink is shipping." To which spouse replied, "Can we get a tracking number for that?"
NoRoadUntravelled
(2,626 posts)For some, anything but Fox is fake news.
MFGsunny
(2,356 posts)catbyte
(34,170 posts)MFGsunny
(2,356 posts)I agree with you about CNN being real journalism.
LiberalLovinLug
(14,154 posts)* apologies to those offended by the p word. I wouldn't normally use it, even as a quote, but I think it would have way more impact using his actual words......"made flesh". I will edit it if someone thinks even repeating Trump's words is too offensive to see on DU.
Poiuyt
(18,087 posts)Historic NY
(37,449 posts)they were then people just decided to resign. Watching, waiting, biding time,.