First, they warned you
Before they served him, they told the country who he was. These are their own words, since deleted, walked back, or simply left behind.
Before he was Vice President
“America’s Hitler.”
J.D. Vance · Vice President
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Before he was Secretary of State
“A con artist.”
Marco Rubio · Secretary of State
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Before he served him
“A pathological liar.”
Ted Cruz · U.S. Senator, Texas
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Before he ran the health department
“Barely human… probably a sociopath.”
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. · Secretary of Health and Human Services
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As a 2020 candidate against him
“Corrupt. Unfit.”
Tulsi Gabbard · Former Director of National Intelligence
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Before he fell in line
“Unelectable. He needs to step aside.”
Mike Lee · U.S. Senator, Utah
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Then they carried it out
Others never pretended otherwise. Their case is the record itself, what they have said and done in office.
As Secretary of Defense
He shared U.S. attack plans in a group chat. Twice.
Pete Hegseth · Secretary of Defense
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The architect of mass deportation
“Without deportation you have no nation… no future.”
Stephen Miller · White House Deputy Chief of Staff
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In her own memoir
“I hated that dog.”
Kristi Noem · Former Secretary of Homeland Security
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At his confirmation hearing
“I’m his lawyer. Was his lawyer. Now I’m the deputy attorney general.”
Todd Blanche · Acting Attorney General
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As FBI Director
He wrote an enemies list, swore he wouldn’t use it, then used it.
Kash Patel · Director of the FBI
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On the 2020 election
He rallied 126 Republicans behind a bid to overturn it.
Mike Johnson · Speaker of the House
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His own record
Indicted nine years. Impeached by his own party.
Ken Paxton · Attorney General of Texas
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As Treasury Secretary
“The United States has never been more secure.”
Scott Bessent · Secretary of the Treasury
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On the drilling agenda
“America’s big stick… for world peace.”
Doug Burgum · Secretary of the Interior
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Taking a second cabinet job
“Time to take over space. Let’s launch.”
Sean Duffy · Secretary of Transportation
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