Inquirer Editorial Board: The 'dyed-in-the-wool Republicans' who’ve made their case against Trump
The Philadelphia Inquirer's Editorial Board, in a Sunday morning op-ed, note that the board itself has already "deemed a second Trump presidency a clear and present danger, but some dyed-in-the-wool Republicans who worked with Trump make an even stronger case."
Former Trump allies, such as his own ex-Vice President Mike Pence, former Trump Attorney General Bill Barr, former Defense Secretaries James Mattis and Mark Esper, former Trump Chief of Staff John Kelly, former Trump assistant Alyssa Farah Griffin, former Trump White House lawyer Ty Cobb, and Liz Cheney, former US congresswoman and daughter of ex-Vice President Dick Cheney — all have condemned the ex-president," the Inquirer editors note.
"What’s going on in the country that a single person thinks this guy would still be a good president?" Kelly has asked.
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Ex- Attorney General Bill Barr "has called Trump a 'consummate narcissist' and a 'fundamentally flawed person,' while Griffin has said, "A second Trump term could mean the end of American democracy as we know it."
Cobb, who the Inquirer notes "defended Trump during the Russian election interference probe," said the MAGA hopeful "has never cared about America, its citizens, its future or anything but himself."
The Inquirer writes, anti-Trump group Lincoln Project co-founder Jennifer Horn "and some Republican officials who know Trump best have put the country ahead of their party," asking, "Will enough voters heed their warning?"
Despite Trump's "impeachments, indictments, and insurrection," the board points to several prominent GOP leaders like House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), and Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX), who've all denounced the former president in some way, calling Trump "dangerous" and a "bully."
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However, the Inquirer emphasizes, "they know Trump is a danger, but still support him."
The Inquirer's full editorial is available here.
