A call for former high-level Trump appointees to speak out

The Republican Accountability Project's Sarah Longwell joins Morning Joe to discuss what several of Trump's former high-level appointees are warning about a second term for Trump and why she says those former appointees need to keep speaking out.


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A call for former high-level Trump appointees to speak out

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[greenspiritarts]

They can and should speak up and do it as much as possible. REAL Republicans still care about this nation and now is the time for them to speak up. They can support the nation and the Presidency while speaking honestly about how dangerous it would be to have DT anywhere near the White House ever again. LISTEN to this woman!!! Support her work!

[jeanponton]

Retired military leaders took an oath to the Constitution. Being retired doesnt absolve one from continuing to uphold their oath to preserve, protect and defend

[Pigeon]

Sarah Longwell is someone to follow. Love her clarity!

[MrPv]

Today, the GOP voters in NH are likely to vote to support a man who in 2020 took no personal responsibility for the deaths or economic damage of the pandemic when he was president and who in his current stump speeches is taking full credit for the robust economy and record stock market prices! There's no logical explanation for this.

[RonnieMinh]

"The time to hesitate is through" Where are the Generals, the business leaders, the religious leaders? It's time for them all to state the danger we are in and who is for Democracy and who is for anarchy.

[DougBrown-hn]

She's got a good point - time for them to step up and help save the country from ruin.

[goodgraydragon]

President Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) was a general. If he was on the ballot now, he’d call tRump a Madman!

[anitazuck]

So smart, Sarah, thank you. Great article, great analysis and an inspiring call to action!

[nyerineu]

"Those who stand for nothing, fall for anything" - Alexander Hamilto

[artatheart]

Make it a PANEL of a number of these people similar to the committee and run it like a panel in a conference---to give information and be questioned by the audience.

[brendamorris]

This is not politics as usual. This is defending our democracy and our constitution.

[tonyrossbackinthedaymusicv]

I agree with Sarah Longwell 100%, Republicans Speak Up.

[greatspottedwoodpeck]

Great stuff from Sarah Longwell. Let's hope the generals hear her message loud and clear and do everything possible to kick Trump out of the race.

[laredo]

I keep hoping someone with a spine who worked in the trump administration, will start screaming about how incompetent he is. I’ve lost faith that there’s anyone with a spine.

[biondna]

I'm with Sarah. Military leaders have a credibility, due to the sobriety of their life experiences, which the rest of us just don't have.

[keithwald]

If that long list of former staffers made ads with their message, and those ads were blanketed across the media, I suspect that would keep Trump out. Sure, most Republican voters will still vote for him in the general, but this is a numbers game. It's only the few on the fence in the middle that need to be tipped away for Trump to lose handily, .

[paulvang]

Exactly what I want to hear from, thanks

[melissaweyrick]

I wonder how many do
not speak out because
they know their lives
would be at stake.

[Davett]

John Bolton could have, ....but didn't because he wanted write his book. He could have done something, and for a war wimped out.

[atimtambaby]

In sales, you learn that it usually takes five attempts to get a sale. General Kelly, you can't show-up, throw-up and expect people to immediately pony-up. Gotta repeat the message over and over.