Miles Taylor worked as Donald Trump’s chief of staff at the Department of Homeland Security before he declared himself part of the “resistance” against the former president.
Now, Taylor has a warning for people living in blue states: If a natural disaster strikes in your state, you may have trouble getting badly needed federal aid.
More from Taylor:
“When Trump would see disaster strike around the country, it’s the President’s job sign these disaster declarations and send federal aid.. but if a disaster happened in a blue state, Trump saw an opportunity because he was like ‘this is the state where the governor doesn’t like me, people who didn’t vote for me, maybe I don’t sign that disaster declaration or maybe I call up the governor and see if he’s willing to cut me a deal.’ That was his mindset and we saw that happen in several circumstances. We talked him off of it but it’s the type of thing that will happen in a second term.”
Taylorpenned the 2018 anonymous op-ed in The New York Times titled “I Am Part of the Resistance Inside the Trump Administration.”
Our journalism needs your support. Please subscribe today to NJ.com.
Matt Arco may be reached at marco@njadvancemedia.com. Follow him on Twitter at @MatthewArco.
