Cassidy Hutchinson shames Bill Barr for 'egregious form of partisanship' over Trump 2024
Cassidy Hutchinson, the former aide to White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, told MSNBC's Jen Psaki that former Attorney General Bill Barr needs to think again when it comes to who he plans to vote for in 2024.
A Washington Post report was published Monday revealing some male Republican staffers of former President Donald Trump were trepidatious about coming forward against the ex-president because they didn't want to be labeled a Democrat.
Incorrectly, however, the Post claims that former Trump staffers have "blanketed the airwaves, giving scathing speeches, testifying on camera in front of congressional committees and penning books..." While the Trump White House women have been willing to come forward and speak out consistently, the men continue to hide behind their bylines or on high-brow panel discussions. Barr will pop up occasionally on conservative media, but he's been mostly blacklisted from the pro-Trump conservative world.
Gen. John Kelly opts to put his message out in the New York Times or speaking to attendees at an Aspen Institute event. It's something former Republican Tim Miller said is woefully inadequate.
Psaki explained, "Many of these aides [the Post] spoke with don't want Trump to be president again. They are loath to be helping a Democrat. And members of this group, including former Attorney General Bill Barr, have argued that Trump is both unfit, of course, to serve, has probably committed crimes, but they may still vote for him over a Democrat."
Hutchinson told Barr to get a clue.
"There was a point that I felt that way too. I am not proud of that. But what I will say to that is that it is an egregious form of partisanship," she said of Barr. "Donald Trump is not a Republican. Yes, maybe by name, he considers himself a Republican. But Donald Trump cares more about the authoritarian role than he does the rule of law."
She then blasted Trump for not caring about the U.S. Constitution.
"He cares about leveraging it for his own power and his own gain," she continued. "So, when you look at this next election, you need to think about if you want our democracy to survive, who'd reelect that we can fit in the Oval Office that has the character, integrity, and grit to be able to carry our country through this moment in time. And that person isn't Donald Trump."
Hutchinson went on to say that her door was completely shut to voting for Donald Trump. She said she's hopeful Trump isn't the nominee, but "what I will say is that I think everyone should vote for Joe Biden if they want our democracy to survive."
Among the other things she explained is that people have to stop talking down to Republican voters. Yes, she conceded, there are a number of Republican Trump supporters who will never change. However, there are others that will. Attacking Trump's character flaws makes them defensive about him.
"And I know that because that is how I used to feel," she explained. "It wasn't really until, you know, I went through the trials with the committee the first few times that eventually switched legal counsel from Trump-funded legal counsel to my own independent legal counsel — and it wasn't really until I retained my own independent legal counsel when I was finally free of everything Trump where my horizon began to open."
Until that point, she felt like she was being talked at, and she had to come to the realization herself that "his character flaws make him uniquely unsuited for the Office of the Presidency and should be nowhere near the Oval Office ever again."
Hutchinson said that she intends to use her role to speak out about her experience with Trump to explain to voters why he is not the right person for the job.
See the clip of the interview below or at the link here.
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