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catbyte

(34,170 posts)
Fri Sep 18, 2020, 08:26 AM Sep 2020

'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 Trump’s 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 Troye’s 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/
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'The WH is panicking':Ex-Trump official says president is freaking out about latest defection (Original Post) catbyte Sep 2020 OP
There will be more. C_U_L8R Sep 2020 #1
"Don't Tick Tock At Me! I Banned Tick! And Tock! So There!!!" nt smb Sep 2020 #25
"Tik tok tantrum" will be trending shortly C_U_L8R Sep 2020 #33
Tulsa Trip Tweaks Tweetolini, Triggering TikTok Tantrum nt smb Sep 2020 #40
Cool! lunatica Sep 2020 #52
I hope any and all people of good conscience UpInArms Sep 2020 #2
"Fake news! " the WH is panicking", one of those every day now, and it don't matter, they don't care Baclava Sep 2020 #3
Sadly true. cwydro Sep 2020 #13
I get so tired of these headlines too LiberalLovinLug Sep 2020 #48
+10 nt reACTIONary Sep 2020 #57
Yep. nt reACTIONary Sep 2020 #58
Eddie Haskell Pence tried to deflect with a "mere coffee girl" defense. bullwinkle428 Sep 2020 #4
They got her a new label "Disgruntled former aide" then "traitor", then "drain the swamp!" Baclava Sep 2020 #9
Yes PatSeg Sep 2020 #12
That was very telling about Pence's level of staff treatment. Just quieter than the orange one. Evolve Dammit Sep 2020 #19
His loyalty and commitment PatSeg Sep 2020 #21
He Has A New Mango Messiah smb Sep 2020 #26
That is pure blasphemy. I'm offended by Ilsa Sep 2020 #31
It really is offensive PatSeg Sep 2020 #34
One doesn't need to be particularly Ilsa Sep 2020 #37
Exactly PatSeg Sep 2020 #39
What Bible? - The Prosperity Gospel? keithbvadu2 Sep 2020 #53
One Bible verse says it all I_UndergroundPanther Sep 2020 #61
I'm disgusted by it as well... AZ8theist Sep 2020 #46
I'm not a Christian PatSeg Sep 2020 #54
+10000 AZ8theist Sep 2020 #56
Whoa PatSeg Sep 2020 #32
Abomination nt smb Sep 2020 #41
Yep PatSeg Sep 2020 #43
"Make the Gospel Great Again" LiberalLovinLug Sep 2020 #49
Yeah, for sure. You could be absolutely right about the whole Rapture crap. Evolve Dammit Sep 2020 #44
I think with Pence it is possible PatSeg Sep 2020 #47
Amazing that people follow this thinking. Just amazing how well they're indoctrinated (brainwashed) Evolve Dammit Sep 2020 #63
I am always amazed PatSeg Sep 2020 #65
Trump makes the swamp swampier. Zing Zing Zingbah Sep 2020 #51
Good Analogy! maddiemom Sep 2020 #30
Lots of time in the next 30 days for more rats to jump ship lindysalsagal Sep 2020 #5
I am really wondering if Mattis or Tillerson may come out for Biden obamanut2012 Sep 2020 #11
Mattis and Tillerson seem to have spoken to Woodward. Mike 03 Sep 2020 #20
W is happily painting puppies. I'd be surprised if he pokes his head up over the wall. crickets Sep 2020 #35
Gee maybe Rummy, Cheney and Turdblossom? Nah. They're rich. They'll vote Cheeto. Evolve Dammit Sep 2020 #45
I read that the Trump bunch have gotten LuvNewcastle Sep 2020 #55
They will extract all the Turd Blossom juice they can, to be sure (whatever that is) Evolve Dammit Sep 2020 #64
W's not endorsing magat, that is already news. lindysalsagal Sep 2020 #38
Maybe some WH staff is ..DON is too stupid to know. Le Roi de Pot Sep 2020 #6
Fauci backed up and validated what Troye said in this clip. 5X Sep 2020 #7
The smart ones are fleeing the sinking ship vlyons Sep 2020 #8
No kamikaze pilot like volunteers in the Trump administration. usaf-vet Sep 2020 #10
! Marcuse Sep 2020 #18
Good one, but a blue parachute would be better. n/t brewens Sep 2020 #60
Heckuva job Trumpy Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Sep 2020 #14
Like this quote from Miles Taylor RE: Olivia Troye"Think of her as a domino that's going to Illumination Sep 2020 #15
While Olivia's ad is great... MontanaMama Sep 2020 #16
Rats are jumping the sinking ship. ananda Sep 2020 #17
Great ad. ooky Sep 2020 #22
I Fear That Wray's Head Will Go to the Chopping Block. panfluteman Sep 2020 #23
He's cunning enough to know that it's a devastating ad greenjar_01 Sep 2020 #24
As I said last night VA_Jill Sep 2020 #27
Here's to hoping he appears on Fox, too. NoRoadUntravelled Sep 2020 #28
Better link. Better/real journalism MFGsunny Sep 2020 #29
"Real journalism?" I happen to think CNN *IS* "real journalism." catbyte Sep 2020 #36
Somehow I failed to communicate I guess. MFGsunny Sep 2020 #42
I wish some graffiti artist would do this to it LiberalLovinLug Sep 2020 #50
I'm still waiting to hear from John Kelly, Max Tillerson, Dan Coats, James Mattis, etc. Poiuyt Sep 2020 #59
And he thought he had his leaks plugged, Historic NY Sep 2020 #62

UpInArms

(51,252 posts)
2. I hope any and all people of good conscience
Fri Sep 18, 2020, 08:37 AM
Sep 2020

Come forward ... make a stand ... and help us save our once great nation.

 

Baclava

(12,047 posts)
3. "Fake news! " the WH is panicking", one of those every day now, and it don't matter, they don't care
Fri Sep 18, 2020, 08:38 AM
Sep 2020

Lie, deny, brush it off, attack anyone who opens their mouth, the same as the last 1000 such headlines

LiberalLovinLug

(14,154 posts)
48. I get so tired of these headlines too
Fri Sep 18, 2020, 03:49 PM
Sep 2020

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.

PatSeg

(46,804 posts)
21. His loyalty and commitment
Fri Sep 18, 2020, 10:28 AM
Sep 2020

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.

Ilsa

(61,675 posts)
31. That is pure blasphemy. I'm offended by
Fri Sep 18, 2020, 11:28 AM
Sep 2020

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)
34. It really is offensive
Fri Sep 18, 2020, 11:39 AM
Sep 2020

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)
37. One doesn't need to be particularly
Fri Sep 18, 2020, 12:26 PM
Sep 2020

religious or spiritual, past or present, to be offended or insulted by it.

PatSeg

(46,804 posts)
39. Exactly
Fri Sep 18, 2020, 01:16 PM
Sep 2020

Just being relatively decent should be more than enough. I'm not religious and I found that sign extremely offensive.

keithbvadu2

(36,367 posts)
53. What Bible? - The Prosperity Gospel?
Fri Sep 18, 2020, 06:20 PM
Sep 2020

What Bible?

The Prosperity Gospel?

Trump is the caliber of Christian that Pence follows and believes in.

PatSeg

(46,804 posts)
54. I'm not a Christian
Fri Sep 18, 2020, 06:39 PM
Sep 2020

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.

LiberalLovinLug

(14,154 posts)
49. "Make the Gospel Great Again"
Fri Sep 18, 2020, 04:00 PM
Sep 2020

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.

PatSeg

(46,804 posts)
47. I think with Pence it is possible
Fri Sep 18, 2020, 03:47 PM
Sep 2020

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.

PatSeg

(46,804 posts)
65. I am always amazed
Sun Sep 20, 2020, 10:08 AM
Sep 2020

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.

Mike 03

(16,616 posts)
20. Mattis and Tillerson seem to have spoken to Woodward.
Fri Sep 18, 2020, 10:20 AM
Sep 2020

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)
35. W is happily painting puppies. I'd be surprised if he pokes his head up over the wall.
Fri Sep 18, 2020, 11:41 AM
Sep 2020

Condi Rice? That would be interesting. Though given her fondness for W, she may follow his lead and remain silent.

LuvNewcastle

(16,820 posts)
55. I read that the Trump bunch have gotten
Fri Sep 18, 2020, 07:57 PM
Sep 2020

Rove to assist them. I don't know what exactly he's doing for them. They probably won't listen to him, anyway.

lindysalsagal

(20,440 posts)
38. W's not endorsing magat, that is already news.
Fri Sep 18, 2020, 12:34 PM
Sep 2020

If he really cares as much as he claims, he'll endorse Biden.

5X

(3,971 posts)
7. Fauci backed up and validated what Troye said in this clip.
Fri Sep 18, 2020, 08:47 AM
Sep 2020

He didn't name names, but he was calling out the administration.

 

Illumination

(2,458 posts)
15. Like this quote from Miles Taylor RE: Olivia Troye"Think of her as a domino that's going to
Fri Sep 18, 2020, 09:44 AM
Sep 2020

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!

ananda

(28,783 posts)
17. Rats are jumping the sinking ship.
Fri Sep 18, 2020, 10:05 AM
Sep 2020

Rats can vote for Biden, sure.

The more the merrier.

Let's do a rat dance!

panfluteman

(2,054 posts)
23. I Fear That Wray's Head Will Go to the Chopping Block.
Fri Sep 18, 2020, 10:39 AM
Sep 2020

And then, REPAIR will get its highest profile recruit to date.

VA_Jill

(9,854 posts)
27. As I said last night
Fri Sep 18, 2020, 11:12 AM
Sep 2020

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?"

LiberalLovinLug

(14,154 posts)
50. I wish some graffiti artist would do this to it
Fri Sep 18, 2020, 04:21 PM
Sep 2020




* 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.

Historic NY

(37,449 posts)
62. And he thought he had his leaks plugged,
Sat Sep 19, 2020, 12:39 AM
Sep 2020

they were then people just decided to resign. Watching, waiting, biding time,.

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