{"id":118385,"date":"2024-10-26T00:32:50","date_gmt":"2024-10-25T17:32:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=118385"},"modified":"2024-10-26T00:32:50","modified_gmt":"2024-10-25T17:32:50","slug":"more-lifelong-republican-former-trump-aides-denounce-ex-president-in-letter-us-elections-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=118385","title":{"rendered":"More \u2018lifelong Republican\u2019 former Trump aides denounce ex-president in letter | US elections 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">A fresh group of \u201clifelong Republican\u201d former aides to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/donaldtrump\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Donald Trump<\/a> added their voices on Friday to the chorus of criticism of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/republicans\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Republican<\/a> nominee\u2019s character and fitness for the White House, speaking out in support of John Kelly, who earlier this week called his old boss a fascist.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\u201cThe 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,\u201d a letter from more than a dozen staffers who worked in Trump\u2019s administration says, as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/10\/25\/never-trump-former-officials-back-kelly-warning-00185435?nname=playbook&amp;nid=0000014f-1646-d88f-a1cf-5f46b7bd0000&amp;nrid=00000168-5c87-d6fb-a77d-fdb72f6a0000&amp;nlid=630318\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">first reported<\/a> by Politico.<\/p>\n<figure data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.NewsletterSignupBlockElement\" class=\" dcr-173mewl\"><a data-ignore=\"global-link-styling\" href=\"#EmailSignup-skip-link-2\" class=\"dcr-jzxpee\">skip past newsletter promotion<\/a><\/p>\n<aside aria-label=\"newsletter promotion\" class=\"dcr-av5vqf\">\n<div class=\"dcr-10et71f\">\n<p class=\"dcr-rsfwa\">Sign up to <span>The Stakes \u2014 US Election Edition<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"dcr-1xjndtj\">The Guardian guides you through the chaos of a hugely consequential presidential election<\/p>\n<p><gu-island name=\"SecureSignup\" priority=\"feature\" deferuntil=\"visible\" props=\"{&quot;newsletterId&quot;:&quot;the-stakes-us-election-edition&quot;,&quot;successDescription&quot;:&quot;The Guardian guides you through the chaos of a hugely consequential presidential election&quot;}\"\/><span class=\"dcr-1eusqlu\"><strong>Privacy Notice: <\/strong>Newsletters may contain info about charities, online ads, and content funded by outside parties. For more information see our <a data-ignore=\"global-link-styling\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/help\/privacy-policy\" rel=\"noreferrer\" class=\"dcr-1rjy2q9\">Privacy Policy<\/a>. We use Google reCaptcha to protect our website and the Google <a data-ignore=\"global-link-styling\" href=\"https:\/\/policies.google.com\/privacy\" rel=\"noreferrer\" class=\"dcr-1rjy2q9\">Privacy Policy<\/a> and <a data-ignore=\"global-link-styling\" href=\"https:\/\/policies.google.com\/terms\" rel=\"noreferrer\" class=\"dcr-1rjy2q9\">Terms of Service<\/a> apply.<\/span><\/aside>\n<p id=\"EmailSignup-skip-link-2\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"after newsletter promotion\" role=\"note\" class=\"dcr-jzxpee\">after newsletter promotion<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<figure id=\"5a33d3dc-9322-48a8-a1a3-daa8ea061ce3\" data-spacefinder-role=\"richLink\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.RichLinkBlockElement\" class=\" dcr-1your1i\"><gu-island name=\"RichLinkComponent\" priority=\"feature\" deferuntil=\"idle\" props=\"{&quot;richLinkIndex&quot;:3,&quot;element&quot;:{&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.RichLinkBlockElement&quot;,&quot;prefix&quot;:&quot;Related: &quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Stacey Williams says Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein \u2018coordinated\u2019 groping incident&quot;,&quot;elementId&quot;:&quot;5a33d3dc-9322-48a8-a1a3-daa8ea061ce3&quot;,&quot;role&quot;:&quot;richLink&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2024\/oct\/25\/stacey-williams-trump-epstein&quot;},&quot;ajaxUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/api.nextgen.guardianapps.co.uk&quot;,&quot;format&quot;:{&quot;design&quot;:0,&quot;display&quot;:0,&quot;theme&quot;:0}}\"\/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Among those who signed the letter is Kevin Carroll, a former senior counselor to Kelly, the former military general who was Trump\u2019s longest-serving chief of staff during the Republican\u2019s one-term presidency.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Others who signed the letter include the former White House deputy press secretary Sarah Matthews, the former assistant secretary of homeland security Elizabeth Neumann, the former White House communications director <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/anthony-scaramucci\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Anthony Scaramucci<\/a> and the former chief of staff at the Department of Homeland Security Miles Taylor, who turned out to be the author of the book Anonymous that warned of the dangers of Trump\u2019s wild and undemocratic behavior relatively early on in his chaotic administration.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Other signatories include the former White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham, the former press secretary to then vice-president Mike Pence Alyssa Farah Griffin, and the former national security adviser to the then vice-president Olivia Troye.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"e628e0ae-09b0-4a8b-95ab-ba1261087bc0\" data-spacefinder-role=\"richLink\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.RichLinkBlockElement\" class=\" dcr-1your1i\"><gu-island name=\"RichLinkComponent\" priority=\"feature\" deferuntil=\"idle\" props=\"{&quot;richLinkIndex&quot;:7,&quot;element&quot;:{&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.RichLinkBlockElement&quot;,&quot;prefix&quot;:&quot;Related: &quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;\u2018Fascist\u2019, \u2018conman\u2019, \u2018predator\u2019, \u2018cheat\u2019: what 11 former Trump staffers say about him now&quot;,&quot;elementId&quot;:&quot;e628e0ae-09b0-4a8b-95ab-ba1261087bc0&quot;,&quot;role&quot;:&quot;richLink&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2024\/oct\/25\/election-trump-staffers-john-kelly&quot;},&quot;ajaxUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/api.nextgen.guardianapps.co.uk&quot;,&quot;format&quot;:{&quot;design&quot;:0,&quot;display&quot;:0,&quot;theme&quot;:0}}\"\/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">The letter follows an interview in which Kelly told the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2024\/oct\/24\/trump-fascist-reaction-john-kelly\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">New York Times<\/a> that Trump fitted the description of a fascist. This was shortly after the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/politics\/archive\/2024\/10\/trump-military-generals-hitler\/680327\/\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Atlantic<\/a> magazine published a story detailing former Trump advisers\u2019 accounts of the then president expressing a wish for \u201cthe kind of generals that Hitler had\u201d. The article also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2024\/oct\/23\/us-presidential-election-trump-harris-updates\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">quoted Kelly<\/a> describing Trump\u2019s consistent pattern of demeaning members of the military. The Trump campaign <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2024\/oct\/23\/trump-harris-insults-georgia-rally\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">has denied these accounts<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">It also follows <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2024\/oct\/25\/election-trump-staffers-john-kelly\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">dire warnings<\/a> about Trump\u2019s extremism, erraticism and disregard for the US constitution from the likes of Gen Mark Milley, the former chair of the joint chiefs of staff, and the former Trump defense secretaries James Mattis and Mark Esper, to the ex-national security adviser John Bolton, the ex-secretary of state Rex Tillerson and Trump\u2019s own vice-president, Mike Pence, and others.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">The letter, released to Politico, continues: \u201cWe 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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/republicans\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">Republicans<\/a> 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\u2019s warning.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2024\/oct\/25\/election-former-officials-denounce-trump\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A fresh group of \u201clifelong Republican\u201d former aides to Donald Trump added their voices on Friday to the chorus of criticism of the Republican nominee\u2019s character and fitness for the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=118385\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8629],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-118385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-u-s","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118385","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=118385"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118385\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=118385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=118385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=118385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}