‘A Disservice’: Ex-DHS And NSC Officials Blast Trump For Holding Up Biden’s Formal Transition | Talking Points Memo

Former Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson and former national security adviser John Bolton on Sunday rebuked the Trump administration’s refusal to assist President-elect Joe Biden’s formal transition process, which they warned poses threats to national security.


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I just saw that interview with Bolton elsewhere and came over here to post that exact line being quoted about character.
Nice burn.
Worth a watch.

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Coming in 3.2.1
A Drumpf tweet calling out “fake news media”, untrustworthy former Obama official, a disgruntled former employee whom he fired, yada yada yada. Mixed with they spied on him and got caught, he won the election bigly.
Did I miss anything?

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When John Bolton can play the “statesman” you know things have gotten weird.

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Trump’s refusal to assist Biden’s formal transition as a disservice to Americans as well as national security.

WAIT a second… you mean Trump is supposed to be working for our good and security? That would be a surprise to Vlad, who has likely gotten a fantastic return on his investment.

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He’s just trying to put more daylight between himself and Donnie as the Trump administration enters the GOP memory-hole.

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https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/512338806306263040

https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/1199352973568151552

https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/984017894240604161

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I agree. I think it’s one more favor for Vlad before a long, dark Moscow winter sets in for him. I expect his Parkinson’s will worsen in mid-January.

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I don’t believe people appreciate the difference between an established leader of a government and a cult leader who has hijacked a government.

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Trump

Biden

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"Donald Trump is a weak man’s idea of a strong man." – George Will

"A fish flops around before it dies." – David Jolly

"Trump never was a President. He is and always has been a self-consumed asshole." – Me

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White nationalists had their “fun”. Now those days are over. A backlash to the backlash.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-11-15/biden-fills-economic-posts-with-experts-on-systemic-racism

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I can buy Trump’s statement that Bolton is one of the dumbest people in the government (if one goes beyond Trump administration itself). The problem for Trump is – he hired Bolton (as well as all other dumb and dumber people in this administration).

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It would be nice to mention the disservice this is to the 79,000,000 people who voted for Biden. We are hearing an awful lot about the whining wing of the Trump voters. Can we ignore them soon, please?

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From the article… Johnson visiting Trump Tower to tell Trump “things before he became president that I thought he’d rather hear directly from the Secretary of Homeland Security.”

Do you seriously think he remembered a word or was even paying attention?

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The term “there’s always a tweet” referring to Trumps history in Twitter will be even more operative in the coming months and years.

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Yeah. Probably too early back then for him to know you had to bring pictures and say Trump a lot.

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So, what is the legal trigger for the GSA admin; states’ certification of the vote totals or the Electoral College?

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Ex-officials say bad thing Donald Trump is doing is bad, Donald Trump says they were poopyheads and no fun at all and dopes, rinse and repeat. :roll_eyes:

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Speaking of Republican cowardice.

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