'There's a real tell there': Ex-official says Trump aide's firing may have been about race

Former State Department spokesperson Ned Price told MSNBC he fears that the firing of Alex Wong, the principal deputy national security advisor, could be a result of a far-right activist who has the ear of President Donald Trump.

"I fear, Alex, that the real fireable offense in all of this will be the word of Laura Loomer," Price told host Alex Witt about the activist. "It is what she has told the president about Mike Waltz. And I think there's a real tell here. It's not just Mike Waltz, it's also his deputy, Alex Wong. And I say that because Alex Wong, because of his background, and, I think, because of his ethnicity, has really been in Loomer's crosshairs and the crosshairs of other fringe conspiracists."

Price said that Wong was "near the top of the list that she brought to Trump the other week."

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After Loomer's visit in early April, three national security officials were fired. They included, "Brian Walsh, a director for intelligence and a former top staffer for now-Secretary of State Marco Rubio on the Senate Intelligence Committee; Thomas Boodry, a senior director for legislative affairs who previously served as [national security adviser Mike] Waltz’s legislative director in Congress; and David Feith, a senior director overseeing technology and national security who served in the State Department during Trump’s first administration," CNN reported.

Having Loomer be so influential in determining the staffing of the top officials is a "dangerous" place for America to live, Price said.

"And again, just within weeks, we're seeing both Mike Waltz and Alex Wong out. The fact that someone like that can have such sway over the most sensitive epicenter of our foreign policy and national security decision-making process — again, it's a dangerous development that should be a concern to all of us," warned Price.

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