The Philadelphia Inquirer's Editorial Board on Sunday slammed Donald Trump’s attempt to return to the White House — but offered up voices stronger than the writers’ own to make the case.
The editorial relied on the words of Trump’s own former allies and colleagues.
“TheInquirer Editorial Board has 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,” the newspaper’s editors wrote.
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Among those cited are Trump's 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 White House communications aide Alyssa Farah Griffin, former Trump White House lawyer Ty Cobb, and former U.S. Congresswoman Liz Cheney (R-WY)
“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.
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.'
"And Cobb has said Trump 'has never cared about America, its citizens, its future or anything but himself.'"
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The Inquirer praised, "Some Republican officials who know Trump best,” for putting “the country ahead of their party.”
But it has barbed criticism for others.
“House Speaker Mike Johnson wrote in 2015 that Trump is 'unfit' and 'dangerous.' Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell called Trump’s actions on Jan. 6 a 'dereliction of duty.'
Both now both publicly back the candidate.
“Sen. Ted Cruz called Trump a 'bully,' a 'sniveling coward,' a 'pathological liar,' and 'utterly amoral.' That was before the impeachments, indictments, and insurrection.
“In January, Texas’ junior senator endorsed the former president.”
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