#Cassidy Hutchinson

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I am always lothe to elevate the voices of Republicans who voluntarily worked for and repeatedly voted for Donald Trump—especially those who somehow still believe that America was just hunky dory until Trump came along and ruined everything—but it’s getting down to the wire and hopefully hearing their voices will change some hearts and minds prior to the next election. x

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Frank Vyan Walton at Dark Skies on the Horizon:

Among the many MAGA myths, this may be one of the most enduring and at the same time the most ridiculous.  Even though they have deliberately chosen not to watch the January 6 hearings, they have plenty of opinions about them.  Antifa implemented the attack, it was part of a false-flag plot by the FBI using informants, it was all Nancy Pelosi’s fault because she didn’t call the National Guard. And the hearings are a “Which Hunt” with a “Narrative.” They have no regrets for the Insurrection, they have no apologies to give. They think that they are the ones who have been wronged, they believe that they were justified. [Even though they totally weren’t.] [...]

There is no way that Trump didn’t know that these people did not “Stay” peaceful, thousands of them weren’t peaceful at all.  This was part of him constructing a narrative, he had said at the ellipse we're going to “peacefully march” but that was bullshit because he already knew there were weapons in the crowd.  He already knew how angry they were. His saying “Stay peaceful” here was part of his plot to blame that violence on Antifa, or whoever — which he did during a phone call with Kevin McCarthy — and pretend that his supporters didn’t enter the Capitol and didn't fight with police. But they did.  Trump supporters were the ones who gave Officer Fanone a concussion, a heart attack and tased him repeatedly.  They were the ones who attacked Sgt Gonell and gave him a permanent shoulder injury. They were the ones who caused Officer Sicknick to have a stroke, and several other officers to commit suicide. They were the ones who injured 150 Officers leading to five of them dying, and also four protestors dying during the attack.

This is the final straw, with this statement he made it clear that he was on the same side as the rioters.  And they were on his side. He initiated the rally.  He instigated the attack.  He picked the time, date and place. He used the people and the MAGA members of Congress as tools in his two-pronged assault on democracy. He didn't care that they were armed and dangerous.  He didn't lift a finger to *stop* the attack while it was in progress until he was satisfied that they had stopped the vote and couldn't accomplish anything more. He said “Peacefully” just to cover his ass and set up the narrative that the violence was from someone else. But then if it really was Antifa, why is it that he’s since offered to pardon and offer a governmental apology to the rioters if he gets re-elected. Why would he do that for the “Violent Leftists?”

And he’s not just offering this pardon to the people who were actually “peaceful” and stood outside the Capitol. [Even though just being past the sidewalk and on the Capitol grounds was a crime, since the facility was closed to the public at that time.]  He wants to pardon the people who are currently in jail for violent acts, who fought with the police, who vandalized the building and smashed their way inside, who were trying to hunt down and kill Nancy Pelosi, who wanted to “Hang Mike Pence.”  This is a reward, and those the people he wants to give it too. He’s on the side of the worst of the crowd, the Proud Boys, the Oath Keepers, the III Percenters, the racists and the domestic terrorists. And they’re on his side. This was not a boating accident. None of this happens, not the rally, not the march, not the attack, not the attempt to implement the fake electors, without Trump being behind all of it.  Every step of the way.

Frank Vyan Walton debunks the myths MAGA extremist spew out in regards to the Donald Trump-incited January 6th Insurrection.

[tomorrowusa]

Today is January 1st. There are just 309 days until Election Day.

We can't rely on a clever legal gimmick or some preternatural force to prevent a Trump victory. We have to do it ourselves with our organizing and our votes.

Three young women who worked in the Trump White House had a conversation with ABC's Jonathan Karl before the end of 2023. Sarah Matthews, Cassidy Hutchinson, and Alyssa Farah Griffin went on to testify before the House January 6th Committee. The trio said that a second Trump term would be even worse than the first.

Former aides warn of 'running out of time' to prevent Trump re-election

All three gave testimony to the US House committee investigating Trump’s efforts to overturn his 2020 election defeat as well as the 6 January 6 Capitol attack staged by his supporters. And they warned in an unprecedented television interview on Sunday that time was short to prevent a second Trump administration in which they insist his behavior would be much worse. “People in general have short memories, and might forget the chaos of the Trump years,” Sarah Matthews, a former deputy White House press secretary who resigned on the day of the deadly Capitol riot, said on ABC’s This Week. “They also might not just be paying attention to what he’s saying now – and the threat to democracy that exists. It does really concern me if he makes it to the general [election] that he could win. I’m still hopeful that we can defeat him in the primaries, but we’re running out of time.” [ ... ] Hutchinson, ex-aide to Trump’s chief of staff Mark Meadows, said voters needed to believe Trump when he said he would be a dictator on his first day back in the White House. “The fact that he feels that he needs to lean into being a dictator alone shows that he is a weak and feeble man,” she said. Matthews, meanwhile, said Trump had already signaled what his second administration would look like. “We don’t need to speculate because we already saw it play out,” she said.

The three former staffers know that Trump's dictator and vermin rantings are not just talk. Sarah Matthews, Cassidy Hutchinson, and Alyssa Farah Griffin should be taken more seriously than some blowhard on Fox News who's attempting to dismiss Trump's Hitlerian references.

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Outside the oval. What kind of wild nonsense were they planning?

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Thank goodness that a very frightened Cassidy Hutchinson had a change of heart and got rid of Passantino, the “Trump world” lawyer she was provided with at no cost by third parties whose identities were kept from her.

However, think of all the Republicans who were in deep with “Trump world,” and who had “memory problems” in their Jan. 6th committee testimonies. 

One such “Trump world” Republican was Anthony Ornato (Secret Service agent/ White House deputy chief of staff), whom Hutchinson had claimed, under oath, had told her about what happened when Trump got angry in the car on Jan. 6th. Well, according to The New York Times,

The committee’s report said Mr. Ornato, when questioned by the panel, said that he had no memory of the conversations recounted by Ms. Hutchinson and the other witness, and that “he had no knowledge at all about the president’s anger.” [emphasis added]

Really? No memory at all?

Why is this not considered to be perjury? 

I think that anyone testifying to a Congressional committee who has a “memory problem” about important conversations should be required to have a full neuropsychological evaluation to determine if they have true memory problems that would interfere with their recollections to that extent. They should also be required to have such an evaluation if they are still working for the government, because that level of memory deficiency should preclude them from doing anything that requires significant episodic memory. 🤦🏻‍♀️

For those who don’t subscribe to The Washington Post, I used a “gift link” for the above linked opinion column by Ruth Marcus about Hutchinson’s deposition testimony, so everyone can access it. It is well worth reading, because, as Marcus writes:

If Hutchinson’s live testimony before the select committee was riveting, her deposition testimony, taken several months later and released Thursday, is a page-turner: The Godfather meets John Grisham meets "All the President’s Men." Before, we could only imagine how frightening the situation must have been for the 20-something Trump staffer. Now, we can read of her frantic search for help, and her terror as she contemplated telling the truth. [emphasis added]

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Good onya Cassidy

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Trump Aides Explain How He Becomes a Dictator

Vote Blue for our Democratic Republic

"Donald Trump showed us who he is and he's told us who he is for a long time."

"At the end of his administration he talked about implementing Schedule F where he could fire up to 50,000 civil servants and replace them with loyalists. To stack the government with employees that are not tenured and are loyal to Donald Trump."

"He is still facing 91 criminal indictments - they would be underway in the next election cycle. OR they could be settled and his first act would be a self pardon."

- Cassidy Hutchinson, former White House aide who served as assistant to Chief of Staff Mark Meadows during the Trump administration.

Me: Trump's Schedule F would remove years of experience from government departments.

We are talking about analysts that are willing to skew data, climate change deniers in charge at NOAA, records clerks willing to disappear records, HR staff that choose loyalist new hires.

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Feeling Snarky ... Gee, I Wonder Why?

I think tonight’s a good night for some snarky snippets … got some steam building up that needs an outlet! One step forward … oops, no wait, turn around and go back.  Four years ago in 2020, largely in response to the murder of George Floyd, the BlackLivesMatter movement, and the awareness that racism is still very much alive and well, Shenandoah County in Virginia renamed two of the schools in…

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Walter Einenkel at Daily Kos:

Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign has released a new ad that highlights the many "best people" Donald Trump hired while president who have spoken out against his latest campaign, saying the convicted felon “is not fit to be president again.” Titled "Unstable threat," the ad features quotes from former Vice President (and MAGA target) Mike Pence, former Defense Secretary Mark Esper, former national security adviser John Bolton, and the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, retired Gen. Mark Milley. [...] The Harris campaign’s latest ad comes on the heels of former Trump White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson publicly endorsing the Democratic nominee. Hutchinson, whose testimony in front of the House Jan. 6 committee was damning, appeared on MSNBC’s “The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell” and “Morning Joe” to explain why she is willing to vote against her own political party.

Kamala Harris delivered yet another top notch ad called “Unstable Threat”, featuring former Trump Administration personnel including Mike Pence, John Bolton, and Mark Milley all calling Donald Trump unfit to lead. #HarrisWalz2024

Ad:

[tomorrowusa]

« Jim Jordan can't be trusted with the Constitution. »

— Former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson at Pod Save America and repeated at CNN (below).

Before going to work at the Trump White House, Cassidy Hutchinson held several positions at the Capitol. She became the star witness at the House January 6th Committee hearings in 2022.

Gym Jordan and Steve Scalise are running for Speaker of the House. While there isn't a lot of ideological space between them, Jordan is essentially an unindicted co-conspirator regarding the attack on the Capitol by pro-Trump terrorists. In fact, GOP former Speaker John Boehner referred to Jordan as a "legislative terrorist". He's basically Matt Gaetz on decaf – and without a jacket.

Having Jordan as House Speaker would be the Capitol Hill equivalent of Trump in the White House.