TOPLINE
Miles Taylor, the former chief of staff for the Department of Homeland Security under President Trump, on Monday signed former President Joe Biden, accused Trump of abstaining from disaster relief to blue states for political reasons and claimed to be above the law, and warned of a second term “does not hold out” when Trump is re-elected.
WASHINGTON, DC – AUGUST 17: US President Donald Trump talks to reporters as he leaves the White House … [+]
KEY FACTS
In a video for Republican voters Against Trump, a group of Republican operatives and media figures who support Biden, accused Taylor Trump of “terrible” behavior and wanted him to “use the Homeland Security department for his own political purposes and harm his own agenda.”
Taylor claimed that Trump had instructed FEMA officials to support Californians who lost their homes in a wildfire because “he was so rageful that people in the state of California did not support him, and politics was not a basis. for him. “
“Many of the times, the things he wanted to do were not only impossible, but in many cases illegal,” Taylor said, pointing to Trump’s desire for his “no tolerance” policy and family separation at the border of to renew the US-Mexico.
Trump instructed officials not to tell him when his orders were illegal, Taylor claimed, adding that “he knew he had ‘magical authorities’.”
Taylor called Trump “ill-equipped” for the presidency and warned that he would never qualify again in time, claiming that administration officials had told him that a second term for Trump would be “no hindrance, shock and fear.” we will do what we want. “
White House spokesman Judd Deere said Forbes that Taylor is a “creature of the DC swamp” who “never understood the importance of the president’s agenda or why the American people chose him and clearly just want to sign up.”
Key background
Taylor was a former National Security Adviser to the Bush administration and Republican Republicans, Taylor served in the Homeland Security Department from 2017 to 2019 and was Chief of Staff to Secretary of State Kjersten Nielsen. After leaving the administration in 2019, he joined Google to work on government issues and national security issues – a move condemned at the time by Democrats over Taylor’s role in Trump’s Muslim ban and family divorce policy.
Crucial quote
“Given what I’ve experienced in the administration, I need to support Joe Biden for president,” Taylor concluded. “Even though I am not a Democrat, although I do not agree on important issues, I am sure that Joe Biden will protect the country. And I’m sure he’s not making the same mistakes as this president. ”
Surprising fact
Taylor is not the first former Trump official – or even the first former Trump administration official Homeland Security – to speak out against the president in recent months. Following Trump’s removal of George Floyd’s protesters in June, former Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis wrote in a Atlantic Ocean said he was “angry and surprised” at Trump’s treatment of Protestants, adding, “Donald Trump is the first president in my life who does not try to unite the American people – not even pretend to try.” Former White House Chief of Staff and Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly agreed, saying “we need to take a closer look at who we elect.”
What to see
Taylor is not even the first Republican to appear for Biden on Monday; former Reporter Susan Molinari of New York and former Gov. of New Jersey, Christine Todd Whitman, will both appear next Monday at the Democratic National Convention on behalf of Biden along with Quibi CEO Meg Whitman and former Gov. Ohio, John Kasich. But they may not be the last, as several sitting GOP senators have publicly and privately voted against voting for Trump, with Senator Mitt Romney (R-Utah) explicitly excluding it.
