Appearing on CNN's "New Day," the deputy managing editor of the Weekly Standard tore into White House Chief of Staff for enabling President Donald Trump's worst tendencies and said that, instead of reining in a chaotic White House, Kelly has become part of it.
With rumors of more firings to come, longtime staffers leaving on their own, and Kelly reportedly asked to force Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump out the White House, Kelly Jane Torrance of the Standard explained that she is appalled at what has transpired during Trump's presidency.
"You know, Donald Trump won election as an anti-establishment outsider candidate, and he thinks he can govern that way, too," Torrance began. "I think he and the people around him are discovering that doesn't always work. Remember when John Kelly was brought in to stamp out the chaos in the White House? Now he himself has become part of it."
Torrance then equated the job Kelly has done with Trump's ineffectiveness, saying, "I wonder if Trump hires people that are like him and have the same sort of lackadaisical attitude for the way things are done as he does or do people change after working for Donald Trump and end up becoming apologists for him."
Noting Kelly's botched handling of security clearances inside the White House, including hanging onto former aide Rob Porter after it was revealed he had had a history of spousal abuse and allowing Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner access to to secret documents, Torrance wondered if Kelly was criminally culpable.
"John Kelly himslef admits that they mishandled how they mishandled how they dealt with clearances," Torrance explained. "I'm waiting for the chants of 'lock him up' to be heard here in Washington."
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