I’m on a train right now & the number of women who have tears in their eyes, including myself, is something I’m going to remember for the rest of my life.
Sad that Gen. Kellogg is telling a bald faced lie to protect the President. I resigned on my own accord & was asked to stay. He never escorted me out. He knows this. I wrote a note thanking all the colleagues who had worked so hard with me in spite of POTUS & I stand by that. 🇺🇸
Gen. Keith Kellogg in the WH briefing room said of former Task Force aide, Olivia Troye, "I fired her...I am the one that escorted her off of the compound"
It is well known that Jared Kushner/Hope Hicks were the “geniuses” behind the Lafayette Square incident. They thought “showing the protestors” & the Bible moment was a campaign win. Law enforcement were used for this political circus. Now that I’ve left the White House...(1 of 2)
The latest
@realDonaldTrump
campaign ad using Dr. Fauci’s comments out of context is pathetic. I witnessed the President & WH leadership repeatedly disrespect Dr. Fauci & ignore his advice, leading to POTUS’s colossal failure of a pandemic response.
@TimMurtaugh
HOW DARE YOU.
2/2 ...Can one of my former colleagues tell me if it’s the same chief of staff, family members & comms people who thought today’s joyride would be a winning “campaign” moment? Because once again, you put the lives of many at risk for the pomp & circumstance of a photo op.
Trump Jr thinks calling Cassidy Hutchinson the coffee girl is a win. Never mind that all of us who worked with her know better. Regardless, the “coffee girl” testified publicly under oath on what she heard & saw. Covfefe doesn’t change the facts.
Let me be clear on the White House Trump call logs, this is far from normal. Unless you’re using personal cell phones/ encrypted apps (which you shouldn’t be), every call is logged. Every single time Mike Pence called me & vice versa, several staff were made aware of it.
Republicans were furious about Hillary Clinton’s emails and personal server. Why aren’t they screaming from the rooftops outraged about the Secret Service texts exchanged on Jan 6 being purged?!
I resigned from my position as Homeland Security & Covid TF advisor to Mike Pence a year ago this week for a number of reasons, but the main one being b/c I cared about protecting the lives of Americans. I'll undoubtedly get more threats for this 🧵but I need to say it. (1/8)
As a person holding a security clearance, if I had torn up classified documents & clogged the toilet with them, the Justice Department would be knocking on my door, I would be in some serious hot water and behind bars. That's what would happen to any of us in nat'l security.
Yesterday was a shocking & heartbreaking day watching a 3 star General at the White House lie on national TV, especially someone who I served with in Baghdad, Iraq. Obviously, he did it for the President. Reminder: The oath we all take when we serve is to be loyal to our COUNTRY.
So basically Judge Cannon humiliates herself for Trump and now he's decided he won't cooperate with the special master. Classic Trump. Just ask Mark Meadows or
@MichaelCohen212
.
My recollection is quite different than Kellyanne Conway’s, especially when it comes to the 2020 crisis. I seem to recall being in the same room with her at A LOT of White House discussions w/ the former guy about supply chain shortages ranging from PPE all the way to TP…🧻
These billboards are FACT & Jared Kushner knows it. “Cuomo didn’t pound the phones hard enough to get PPE for his state-His people are going to suffer & that’s their problem.” I heard these & other comments repeatedly. Anyone in the White House who says otherwise is lying.
#vote
Lawyer for Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner threatens suit over 'defamatory' Lincoln Project billboards. The Lincoln Project, says the billboards will stay up.
Has Kevin McCarthy condemned the attempted breach at the FBI’s Cincinnati office yet? Has anyone in the GOP leadership? Have they told their supporters that violence will not be tolerated?
Still waiting for an apology from Mark Meadows, Mike Pence, Keith Kellogg & other fmr colleagues from the Trump White House who called me a liar/disgruntled employee for telling Americans the truth about Trump’s recklessness on Covid when it mattered & not saving it for a book.
Thinking about all the people they’ve likely infected the last few days-Secret Service, the staff at rallies, cleaning crews, Air Force2 staff, military aides & the additional people who will get it when
@VP
Pence & staff who have been exposed-continue traveling this week. 1of2
BIG news today! This will be an important U.S. Senate race & the one to watch. Utah Democrats voted to not run a candidate & are backing Independent
@EvanMcMullin
in the race against seditionist GOP Sen. Mike Lee. Americans coming together for the greater good—Let’s go!🇺🇸
🧵There were cabinet mtgs about this during the Trump Admin where Stephen Miller would peddle his racist hysteria about Iraq & Afghanistan. He & his enablers across gov’t would undermine anyone who worked on solving the SIV issue by devastating the system at DHS & State.(1/7)
My aunt is currently in hiding at Cielo Vista Mall in El Paso, TX, as this active shooter scenario is still unfolding. She survived the 2019 Wal-Mart El Paso shooting thanks to someone who pulled her to safety. What is it going to take to enact change?!
When someone tells you they want to abolish the constitution…and they’re a wanna be dictator, believe them.
And when Republicans refuse to condemn it, believe what that means as well.
I was kind to Kayleigh when she started as
#WhiteHouse
@PressSec
I try to be supportive of other women in the workplace. I remember thinking she’s a highly educated woman-perhaps she gets it. I regret ever thinking she’d do the job well & with integrity.
#WhiteHousePressBriefing
The damage Jack Teixeira has caused is exponential for our national security. He should be prosecuted to the fullest extent. No coddling. He espoused conspiracies that law enforcement was in on the Buffalo shooting. He was an anti-semitic racist. He also spoke of law enforcement…
Ukraine is undergoing a horrifying assault. Ted Cruz sits on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee but instead, he's focused on traveling to Mar-A-Lago to kiss the ring & talking about "Peppermint Patty" at CPAC.
Like many Americans-I waited & stayed up until midnight to see if somehow in his alternate universe
@realDonaldTrump
would sign it-He didn’t. Millions lost their
#unemploymentbenefits
A week’s worth of benefits is a big deal to a family trying to survive. But hey, there’s golf..
"I have no explanation for why these briefings and the scientific evidence just doesn't seem to click." -Olivia Troye, former member of the White House Coronavirus Task Force on why Donald Trump says false and absurd things about the spread of the virus
The gravest nightmare for many of us in national security in the Trump Admin was the danger he posed when it came to Top Secret classified/compartmentalized information & the potential for it to end up in a foreign adversary’s possession. Nuclear info would top the list.
@MikeSington
@sandibachom
It's not the Trump effect. It's the fact that when it mattered, Jerome Adams remained silent, especially as a medical professional, during a massive pandemic that was being recklessly mismanaged.
Mike Pence should do America a favor & cooperate. He should release the stark photos of the reality he faced on January 6 displaying what Trump & Trumpism really means for our democracy when a President is capable of inciting an attack against his own Vice President. Furthermore-
In response to the President’s tweet today comparing the flu to Covid: I was in the room when he was briefed by the doctors. He asked-is this worse than the flu?Their response-YES! It’s deadlier & more contagious. POTUS was concerned-yet he still continues to misinform Americans.
I’ll never forget how upsetting it was-especially for those of us who served in Iraq-when news broke about this brazen act of hostility on innocent Iraqi civilians.
#Trump
pardoning the
#Blackwater
guys sends an awful message to the world about the U.S. & undermines our military.
Just drove for 6 days/4300 miles from
#DC
to
#ElPaso
& back to bring mom home with me. Protect your loved ones-The
#Covid
pandemic will be the worst it’s ever been in the coming months. We need to fight this virus TOGETHER-as Americans-regardless of who we each voted for.
#MaskUp
I was in the room for the weekly Covid calls with Governors, the bullying & the spiteful remarks made about you for standing strong-
@GovWhitmer
The President knows exactly what he’s doing with his dangerous rhetoric. No American should fool themselves into thinking otherwise.
This is exactly the rhetoric that has put me, my family, and other government officials’ lives in danger while we try to save the lives of our fellow Americans. It needs to stop.
So now the White House gift records from foreign leaders for Trump & Pence are apparently incomplete/missing...Were they flushed down the toilet? Did Melania hold another auction? Anyone check Don Jr's texts? eBay?🤷♀️The sedition & grift runs deep. Just wondering.
I waited for the President & the White House to condemn white supremacists the day after the mass shooting in El Paso, my hometown. Never happened. Last night Trump doubled down-energizing white supremacists once again-while claiming he supports “law & order”. He is one sick man.
The timing of Tony Ornato’s departure from the Secret Service is certainly interesting. What Trump entity is he going to work for? Looking forward to the Jan 6 Committee resuming its hearings in the coming weeks. Lots of texts to talk about.
I witnessed President Trump & WH leadership routinely sideline & discredit Dr. Fauci. I placed the calls to Fauci when they didn’t want him in the WH Press briefing room. He’s too “honest”-“Too grim”-“Can’t have him talking” & now they try to use his name?! My response. ⬇️
#vote
NEW AD:
@OliviaTroye
Knows the Truth
@realDonaldTrump
sidelined and trashed Dr. Fauci privately and publicly.
Airing digitally and nationally on Fox and Friends.
Looking forward to seeing everyone on
@TheView
tomorrow! My first live TV appearance. I’m new to this whole media thing so I’m telling myself...deep breath...you can do this. You’ve got this. Breathe...breathe...
I just want to say-Thank you
@GaSecofState
Brad Raffensperger. The
#Truth
matters. Standing with integrity- no matter what the cost- while the entire world watches our current President challenge our democracy & many
#Republican
leaders continue to cower- matters.
#TrumpTapes
My former boss
#MikePence
will have the opportunity to discuss just how much he & Trump don’t see eye to eye on the day the Capitol was attacked when he testifies before a
#Jan6Commission
.
Dr. Fauci warned the President & WH leadership last Spring that we needed to curve the spread of Covid this summer, or we would face a very hard winter. They ignored him & told you everything is fine. We are now again at >50k cases daily. It’s going be a long & sad winter.
#vote
"Deep State"-they use this term whenever an inconvenient truth surfaces about them. Fine. Keep calling us that. We're Americans who are pro-democracy & taking a stand against dangerous
#Republicans
who have proven themselves to be unfit for office.
Some keep telling me to go back to Mexico. It’s what happens when a fmr President cranks up his ugly anti-immigrant rhetoric again. I was born here. My mom & family immigrated here. She became an American citizen. They worked their asses off as migrant farm workers, long distance…
If anyone knows how to negotiate with the Justice Department & being granted immunity in exchange for testifying against Donald Trump, it’s certainly Kash Patel. After all, he worked in DOJ’s NatSec office. He also knows classified documents mean jail time. This is MAJOR news.
If I had taken very luxurious vacations & had surrounded myself w/ exorbitant wealth & an unexpected lifestyle during my tenure as an intel officer, I would have been questioned & polygraphed. The questions would have implied-how does this affect my loyalty to our country? Can…
Cassidy Hutchinson told the truth. The facts/evidence related to the Secret Service presented during the latest January 6th Committee hearing corroborated her testimony. Proud of her strength & courage.
Anyone heard from Tony Ornato? Still waiting for that testimony under oath…
Once again Trump evades the rule of law. Given the resignation letter of the Manhattan prosecutor on the case stating “Trump is guilty of numerous felonies…It is a failure of justice not to prosecute,” the question is—
What’s the real story on District Attorney Alvin Bragg?
This is the moment. The President just flat out told us he isn’t leaving if he loses. Every single American should be gravely concerned. He just announced our transition from a democracy to his dictatorship.
"In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger.”
--John F. Kennedy, Inaugural Address, 1961
You’re a prime example of Republican failure
@Jim_Jordan
-You make a living out of bullying & elevating yourself. You may be ok with Americans dying from
#Covid
like many of your
#GOP
colleagues &
#Trump
- But Dr.
#Fauci
will always have the science & actual credibility behind him.
There is no excuse for your ongoing negligent behavior. As Republican officials-
@HouseGOP
-you know better. Your actions are part of what enabled this
#COVID19
pandemic & you have the power to help change it. Protecting the lives of Americans shouldn't be a political issue. (8of8)
I received this as a gift from Gen Kellogg & as you can see I appreciated it! This gift is not the action of someone who did what Kellogg claims he did.
During my tenure on the task force, I saw senior White House political staff actively undermine the doctors by attempting to manipulate scientific data on the virus & force changes to CDC guidances. I know my former task force colleagues are still fighting for what’s right today.
Tony Ornato sure seems to deny conversations he’s apparently had. First this one with Keith Kellogg in “I Alone Can Fix It” & now he’s denying the story he told Cassidy Hutchinson. Those of us who worked w/ Tony know where his loyalties lie. He should testify under oath.
The difference is that Biden's lawyers cooperated & reached out to the National Archives upon discovering the classified documents, unlike Trump & his circle obstructing the investigation into the classified docs at Mar-A-Lago. Regardless, the right will distort this & use it.
Looks like former President Trump got the memo that holding a “press conference” on January 6, the one year anniversary of the insurrection he incited, is a bad idea. It’s hard to live down those 187 minutes of inaction and silence. The walls of truth are closing in…
I don’t know who needs to hear this...But, you can do this.
@VP
Others will follow. You’ve already been voted off his island. There’s no coming back.
@Mike_Pence
Do the right thing for our country. The entire world is watching.
#25thAmendmentNow
And then there were two. Thank you
@AdamKinzinger
&
@Liz_Cheney
for continuously taking a stand in pursuit of the truth & voting to approve the Jan 6 select committee. The threat is real, and this investigation is necessary.
From the attacks on Fauci in 2020, to bullying doctors in mtgs, to his attempts to overturn the election & Jan 6, Peter Navarro was one of the most deranged people working in the Trump White House & everyone knew it. People died. He wrote a book. The pattern repeats itself.
Everyone should read the January 6th Committee's transcript of Cassidy Hutchinson. A first-hand account of how the Trump world operates, it is essentially like the mob. So many of these names are still prominent in GOP circles. Remember them when they seek to be in power again.
Having worked for several U.S. cabinet officials throughout my career, never in my life have I ever been so aware of my outfit, my make up, my hair—worrying about the possibility of being openly judged or humiliated during a mtg, until mtgs with President Trump.
@MilesTaylorUSA
The polls show
@realDonaldTrump
losing badly with women. He’d be doing worse if they saw the misogyny I witnessed inside the Trump Administration. *A short thread.*
Not surprising that Judge Kathryn Mizelle struck down the travel mask mandate. She is after all the wife of Chad Mizelle, who was one of Stephen Miller's most loyal & biggest allies in the White House and at DHS during the Trump Administration.
Bussing people across the country like they're livestock as part of a political stunt devoid of any real policy solutions, then exacerbating supply chain issues making the lives of truckers & all Americans harder & somehow, Greg Abbott thinks this is good governing.
US Capitol Police Officer Sgt Gonell, who suffered significant injuries on Jan 6, was honored today as an Outstanding American By Choice. The initiative recognizes the outstanding achievements of naturalized U.S. citizens. Well deserved
@SergeantAqGo
!
Dear Nikki Haley,
The party affiliation of the person who asked you a pretty simple question about the civil war…doesn’t matter. Your inability to say slavery because of fear of pissing off Trump & his base is also not Joe Biden’s fault. It’s your malleable moral compass &…
The Republican rebuttal to Joe Biden’s State of the Union speech—delivered by a woman sitting in the kitchen representing exactly where many of these men in the GOP think all women belong…
Kevin McCarthy—after the death threats many of your elected colleagues have endured for telling the truth about Jan 6 & all of your hypocrisy towards Liz Cheney as you continuously lead the GOP to kowtow to Trump—everyone knows you’re a liar. There are tapes.
#Maddow
Trump should be worried. Out of any of these people from the Mike Pence team, Greg Jacob’s integrity is unwavering. Glad to see he met with the Jan 6 Committee today. He was never one to do Trump’s bidding & he’s always known what’s at stake for our country.
2of2-Also thinking about when
@KamalaHarris
did the responsible thing & paused her travel after a possible exposure in order to not put lives at risk. But here we are-VP Pence’s COS has the virus. Pence insists on traveling-Leadership or lack of leadership by example here.
#VOTE
Ronna McDaniel has done grave damage to our country with her lies. While she now states that she doesn't condone violence & attacks on law enforcement--would love to hear her explanation regarding the fundraising text messages she authorized that went out from the RNC attacking…
Holding Trump
#Republican
Sen. Ron Johnson accountable is critical to protecting our democracy. He's been a key insurrection enabler as lead Chief Disinformation Officer in Congress. His ongoing rhetoric fans the flames of dangerous movements that are a
#homelandsecurity
threat.
#EmilyMurphyGSA
#Trump
appointee “declines to sign letter authorizing Biden transition.” Emily-people are dying.
#Covid
is winning right now. Please do the right thing & let the
#BidenTransition
team get to work. Our country would appreciate it. Thank you.
Trump’s comments about the raid at Mar-a-Lago were calculated—purposely painting himself as a martyr to undermine the FBI & DOJ—all while signaling a call to arms to his supporters. Fox News & many in the GOP are emboldening it. Far-right social media is buzzing w/ violence.
Elon Musk is attacking Dr. Fauci. Is Mike Pence going to defend Fauci, who served the American people for decades & was one of his lead Covid Task Force advisors? Or does Pence's moral malleability prohibit him from defending Fauci while pandering to Musk for future votes?
Having worked w/ Cassidy Hutchinson, I know she was very dedicated to her role while working for Mark Meadows in the Trump White House. She has nothing to hide & no reason to lie about those who knew what they were doing was wrong & sought pardons. Americans should believe her.
Still trying to understand how a Trump aide uploaded classified documents onto a laptop & a thumb drive--and then claimed they were unaware they were classified. Did the SECRET or TOP SECRET classification markings at the top not raise a red flag? This is so reckless & dangerous.
To people like Ben Domenech, JD Vance & others who are making blanket statements & pushing narratives of convenience on Afganistan-especially on the SIV/allies issue-please, just stop. Your comments are uninformed & also hurtful. We see right through you.(7/8)
2020 was one of the hardest years of my life. I know this was the case for many. But it taught me that we are all much stronger than we think & we are even stronger, when we come together to stand up for our country. To all of you-Thank You.
#HAPPYNEWYEAR
Vijaya Gadde
@vijaya
, head of legal, policy, trust & safety at Twitter was reportedly fired by Elon Musk today. Having worked w/ her & her team along the way on national security efforts, I just want to thank her & her team for their commitment to trying to make a difference.
Mom & I watched
@maddow
together for the first time tonight. She is now praying the rosary for Susan & Rachel. We have all felt this way, when one by one, our family members get
#Covid
. It’s heartbreaking to watch people we love suffer. Protect each other.
@MaddowBlog
#MaskUp
Maddow: Don't get this thing. Do whatever you can to keep from getting it.
Rachel Maddow reveals that her partner, Susan, tested positive for Covid-19 and is still recovering, and implores viewers to consider their loved ones when they calculate their own Covid-19 risk.
PSA from the desk of Ringo & Stevie to all the pups out there: you are welcome in our RINO household any time, without fear of execution in a gravel pit.
It’s true. These phone calls to the the White House Task Force doctors & experts were some of the hardest for me to make; knowing exactly what was happening behind the scenes. Dr. Fauci deserved way better & the Trump Campaign ad trying to use Fauci’s name now is a farce.
“I was the one that actually had to sometimes make the call ... and say, ‘Dr. Fauci, you’re not going to be needed today,'" says ex-Covid Task Force official
@OliviaTroye
on the WH blocking Fauci. “I was disrespecting his time when he was already on his way to the White House."
Given the latest news in regards to Smirnov--the extent to which Russian intelligence services have successfully used Republican pundits & elected officials as their assets and stooges is gravely concerning.
One of our supporters snapped this pic of our Thank You Rep. Liz Cheney billboard! Thank you all for helping us support those who took a stand for our constitution!
#CountryOverParty
@AccountableGOP
Adam Kinzinger & Liz Cheney have unwaveringly stood up for truth & our democracy. Absolutely the right decision for Speaker Pelosi to have these two serve on the Jan. 6 select committee. Let the obstructionists continue to show their true colors. The truth will prevail.
Quite the week between the Manhattan prosecutor's truth bomb resignation letter stating it's a failure of justice not to prosecute Trump; Justice Thomas' wife Ginni's Q/coup texts & the GOP's theatrics during the SCOTUS nom hearing. One thing's for sure. The sedition runs deep.
No-
@GOPLeader
McCarthy-It's not "unprincipled" for a Republican to take a Jan 6 committee appointment from Pelosi. What's unprincipled is your commitment to lying to the American people, your continuous undermining of our democracy & the betrayal of your oath to the constitution.
Tomorrow night, you’ll hear from all of us, together. We have witnessed President Trump's failures in moments of national crisis first hand. It is our patriotic duty to speak up & do everything we can to put a stop to this madness.
@jaketapper
#CountryOverParty