Former Trump Official Says She ‘Has to Put Policy Aside’ and Vote for Biden Because Ex-President ‘Will Not Uphold the Constitution’
Former White House Deputy Press Secretary Sarah Matthews flamed former boss Donald Trump and the Republican politicians who support him after they previously criticized the ex-president.
MSNBC’s Jen Psaki kicked off Monday’s Inside with Jen Psaki by airing clips of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu, former Attorney General Bill Barr, and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell criticizing Trump in harsh terms, only to come around and endorse his candidacy in the 2024 election.
Trump is the presumptive GOP nominee and will face President Joe Biden in a rematch of the 2020 election, which Trump falsely claims was rigged against him.
“What goes through your head when you see people who clearly know better defending Trump, as they just did?” Psaki asked Matthews.
“It’s really frustrating because, as you noted, some of the things they’ve said publicly about Donald Trump are horrible and then they’re going on and endorsing him,” Matthews replied. “So, I can only imagine the things they say privately. I’ve talked with a lot of Republicans high up elected officials and things like that, who will bash him privately, but many of them will not even say it publicly.”
“And once bashed him publicly,” Psaki noted.
Matthews replied:
And a lot of times what they often say is that they’re supporting him because of the policies, that they want the conservative agenda. And where I get frustrated is that they’re treating this like it’s a normal election, a normal Republican candidate, and a normal Democratic candidate. Well, this couldn’t be anything further from the case.”
With Donald Trump, you have a candidate who tried to overturn the last election, who spread conspiracy theories because he couldn’t accept the fact that lost the last election. And then those theories help inspire an insurrection on our nation’s Capitol.
And to this day, Donald Trump refuses to admit that he lost that election and has not shown any remorse for what happened on January 6th. So, of course, I would love for us to be having a debate of policy ideas in the 2024 action. But, when we have a candidate on the ballot who will not uphold the Constitution, then I feel like I have put policy aside and I want to support the person who is best suited to defeat Donald Trump.
Trump is currently under criminal indictment in two jurisdictions for his attempts to overturn the 2020 election.
Watch above via MSNBC.
