More than 70 former National Security officials who have served under Republican administrations signed Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden
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The officials have served under President Trump and former Republican presidents George W. Bush, George HW Bush and Ronald Reagan.
The group includes former Homeland Security chief of staff Miles Taylor, who in recent days has received attention for going public with his accounts of his interactions with Trump, as well as former CIA director Michael Hayden and former National Intelligence director John Negroponte .
‘While we – like all Americans – had hoped for that Donald Trump
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For various reasons why the group supports Biden, they said Trump “undermined the rule of law” and “disrespected our army, intelligence agencies, and diplomats.”
The group said they “believe Joe Biden has the character, experience and temperament to lead this nation.”
“While some of us have policy positions that differ from those of Joe Biden and his party, the time will come later to debate policy differences. “For now, we need to stop Trump’s attack on the values and institutions of our nation and re-establish the moral foundations of our democracy,” she added.
Their letter comes as the Democratic National Convention this week sought to highlight Republican support for Biden.
On Monday, the group of Republican voters against Trump released an ad in which Taylor called the Trump presidency “terrible” and said he felt compelled to vote for Biden this November “seeing what I experienced in the administration.”
The president blurted out in response, calling Taylor a “formerly DISGRUNTLED WORK … that I do not know.” The former official responded by posting a photo of himself with Trump in the Oval Office.
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