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Friend,

Welcome to our weekly “Trumptastrophe” email series that serves to remind
us of the destructive policies, decisions, and actions we encountered
during the Trump presidency and the threats that he and others in the MAGA
movement still pose – and to keep those moments clear in our memory as we
fight to defeat Republican extremists during the upcoming elections.

This week’s "Trumptastrophe" focuses on how some of those who worked most
closely with President Trump during his first term are now sounding the
alarm about the dangers of a potential second term if he is reelected this
November.

In late October 2019, Trump and his supporters began a smear campaign
against Alexander Vindman, who [ [link removed] ]testified before House impeachment
investigators about Trump’s demand that the Ukrainian government
investigate his political rival, Joe Biden, as a [ [link removed] ]condition of future
U.S. support.

Vindman, whose family fled the Soviet Union when he was a young child, had
served as a U.S. Army officer for more than two decades. At the time of
the investigation, he was director of European affairs at the National
Security Council. He testified that he believed it was improper for the
president to pressure a foreign government to investigate a U.S. citizen,
and he reported his concerns to his superiors. The Trump administration
responded by [ [link removed] ]retaliating against Vindman and his [ [link removed] ]brother, a
lieutenant colonel who was also working on the National Security Council.

Trump’s attempt to pressure a vulnerable U.S. ally into interfering in the
2020 election, and his attacks on people who challenged him, remind us why
Trump is too dangerous to wield the power of the presidency. He is willing
to subvert U.S. national interests for his own personal benefit. And he
will abuse his power to try to destroy truth-tellers and honest critics.

That is why [ [link removed] ]so many of the people who worked most closely with
Trump are refusing to support his return to power—and why so many of them
are sounding the alarm about the threat he poses to our freedom and
democracy.

“As Donald Trump seeks the presidency for a third time, he is being
vigorously opposed by a vocal contingent of former officials who are
stridently warning against his return to power and offering dire
predictions for the country and the rule of law if his campaign succeeds,”
[ [link removed] ]reported AP’s Michelle Price earlier this year.

Here’s just a sampling of the dozens of people who worked with and for
Trump—and are now warning Americans not to let him back in power:

* Retired Marine Gen. John Kelly, the longest-serving chief of staff in
the Trump White House, [ [link removed] ]told the New York Times this month that
Trump is a fascist with no understanding of the Constitution or
concept of the rule of law, and warned that Trump admires dictators
and would govern like one if allowed to. Trump’s threats to use the
military against Americans he considers the “enemy within” were so
dangerous, Kelly told the Times, that he had to speak out.
* Elizabeth Neumann, former deputy chief of staff of the Department of
Homeland Security and assistant secretary for threat prevention and
security policy, agrees with Kelly, citing Trump’s [ [link removed] ]“authoritarian
tendencies” and “ultra-nationalism.”
* Former Defense Secretary [ [link removed] ]Mark Esper calls Trump “a threat to
democracy” and “unfit for office,” saying, “He puts himself before
country.”
* Former National Security Adviser John Bolton calls him “unfit to be
president.”
* Former Vice President [ [link removed] ]Mike Pence: “Anyone who puts himself over
the Constitution should never be president of the United States.”
* Former Attorney General [ [link removed] ]Bill Barr says Trump “shouldn’t be
anywhere near the Oval Office.”
* [ [link removed] ]Cassidy Hutchinson, an aide to Trump’s final chief of staff: “I
think that Donald Trump is the most grave threat we will face to our
democracy in our lifetime, and potentially in American history.”

“The American people should listen to what these folks are saying because
it should be alarming that the people that Trump hired to work for him a
first term are saying that he’s unfit to serve for a second term,”
[ [link removed] ]said former White House Deputy Press Secretary Sarah Matthews.

These are people who saw Trump in action in his first term.

Just imagine how much more dangerous Trump would be in a second term now
that the MAGA justices on the Supreme Court have trashed the
constitutional principle of checks and balances by making up a broad new
theory of presidential immunity. They’ve told Trump that he won’t have to
worry about the courts holding him accountable for lawbreaking he engages
in as president.

That’s terrifying. Let it also be motivating. We have just days to take
whatever action we can to prevent the disaster of tyrant Trump.

These are just some of the reasons we need YOU in this
fight. So, find your
favorite way to unwind after reading through this week’s recap, and then
make a plan for how you will fight back this week, this month, this
election cycle.

For members who are interested in sharing the weekly Trumptastrophe
series, [ [link removed] ]you can find all previous editions on our website! This post
will be published by Thursday so you can share with your friends and
family and remind them of the importance of ensuring that Trump is
defeated again this November.

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Thanks for all that you do to defeat MAGA Republicans.

– People For the American Way

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