At what point will these people start to go on the record? Trump and Republicans constantly attack anonymous sourcing, which gives him just enough wiggle room to act like it's all fake. That...
"There was a constant undercurrent in the Trump administration of [senior staff] who were genuinely horrified by the things they saw that were happening on these calls," one former White House official—who spoke on the condition of anonymity—told the Post.
"Phone calls that were embarrassing, huge mistakes he made, months and months of work that were upended by one impulsive tweet," the official added.
At what point will these people start to go on the record? Trump and Republicans constantly attack anonymous sourcing, which gives him just enough wiggle room to act like it's all fake. That strategy is part of the reason his numbers stay locked at around 42% and why so many more are on the fence about impeachment. Now that Democrats are going forward with an impeachment inquiry, it should be time for these "horrified" staffers to come forward and put their name on these statements.
Off-topic, but can we make an effort to avoid posting links from aggregators like this and stick to the original source? That was fast. (Off-off-topic, it's sad that Newsweek has pretty much become an aggregator. I still have their last print edition somewhere in storage, where the EIC at the time promised that Newsweek would still provide quality reporting)
Kinda burying the lede here, but:
So he uh....promised the Saudis entry into the G7....
This is uh...wow.
At what point will these people start to go on the record? Trump and Republicans constantly attack anonymous sourcing, which gives him just enough wiggle room to act like it's all fake. That strategy is part of the reason his numbers stay locked at around 42% and why so many more are on the fence about impeachment. Now that Democrats are going forward with an impeachment inquiry, it should be time for these "horrified" staffers to come forward and put their name on these statements.
Off-topic, but can we make an effort to avoid posting links from aggregators like this and stick to the original source?That was fast. (Off-off-topic, it's sad that Newsweek has pretty much become an aggregator. I still have their last print edition somewhere in storage, where the EIC at the time promised that Newsweek would still provide quality reporting)Looks like they are starting to go on the record:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/whistleblowers-attorney-says-team-now-representing-multiple-officials/2019/10/06/18b48fec-e83d-11e9-9306-47cb0324fd44_story.html