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No, rather what you are reflecting is a kind of intellectual superiority, which is what the left is selling today. They divide the world into good guys and bad guys, and if you are a leftist it is because you are one of the good guys, while the others are racist, sexist, conspiranoid and in this particular case that you comment, that there are 80 million people who are assholes and do not realize how well the country is doing with the economy and how positive mass immigration is.

Are all this Republicans that worked in Trumps first administration leftists also?

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October 24, 2024

Yesterday, General John Kelly- a retired four-star general and Donald Trump's former White House Chief of Staff - told the American people what those of us who served in the Trump Administration have seen up close: Donald Trump is increasingly unstable, unfit to serve, and his second term would be more dangerous.

The revelations General Kelly brought forward are disturbing and shocking. But because we know Trump and have worked for and alongside him, we were sadly not surprised by what General Kelly had to say.
This is who Donald Trump is.

Donald Trump's disdain for the American military and admiration for dictators like Hitler is rooted in his desire for absolute, unchecked power. This is a man who threw his own Vice President - Mike Pence - at a violent mob in a desperate bid to hold on to power. When Donald Trump says he wants to be a "dictator" on "day one" and deploy the military against American citizens he deems "the enemy from within" - he means it.

General Kelly noted he is speaking out because of Trump's recent comments about using the military against our fellow Americans Trump deems the "enemy from within." General Kelly highlighted Trump's dreams of being an authoritarian, saying Trump "certainly prefers the dictator approach to government" and that Trump fits "into the general definition of fascist." General Kelly also made sure to emphasize Trump's infatuation with Adolf Hitler, saying that Trump "commented more than once that, 'You know, Hitler did some good things, too."'

We applaud General Kelly for highlighting in stark details the danger of a second Trump term. Like General Kelly, we did not take the decision to come forward lightly. We are all lifelong Republicans who served our country. However, there are moments in history where it becomes necessary to put country over party. This is one of those moments.

Everyone should heed General Kelly's warning. We have witnessed, up close and personal, how Donald Trump operates and what he is capable of. The American people deserve a leader who won't threaten to tum armed troops against them, won't put his quest for power above their needs, and doesn't idealize the likes of Adolf Hitler. Donald Trump demonstrates every day he is not capable of being commander in chief of this great nation.

In a second term, those who once tried to prevent Donald Trump from his worst impulses will no longer be there to rein him in. For the good of our country, our democracy, and our Constitution, we are asking you to listen closely and carefully to General Kelly's warning. We unfortunately know all too well how serious and dire it is.

Brooke Vosburgh Alexander
Former Executive Assistant to Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross

Kevin Carroll
Former Senior Counselor to Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly

Alyssa Farah Griffin
Former Press Secretary for the Vice President and Special Assistant to the President

Stephanie Grisham
Former White House Press Secretary

Mark Harvey
Former Special Assistant to the President

Peter Jennison
Former Director for Preparedness, National Security Council

Sofia Kinzinger
Former Deputy Assistant Secretary, Dept. of Homeland Security

Sarah Matthews
Former Deputy White House Press Secretary

Elizabeth Neumann
Former Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security

Robert Riley
Former Ambassador to Micronesia

Anthony Scaramucci
Former White House Director of Communications

Miles Taylor
Former Chief of Staff, Dept. of Homeland Security

Olivia Troye
Former National Security Advisor to the Vice President

If you actually read the letter, do you think that both of the following can be true:

- This letter is accurate
- A Trump second term would mean America is more free than a Harris victory