Chris Christie Warns That Trump’s Administration Will Be Staffed by ‘Deranged Sycophants’
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Republican presidential candidate and former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie warned conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt that a second Trump administration would be staffed by a team of “deranged sycophants” during a Monday morning appearance on Hewitt’s show.
The warning came after Hewitt mused that while the public only elects a president and vice president, the commander-in-chief makes thousands of subsequent appointments.
“Do you think we ought to have more clarity on who’s coming in with the team?” he asked Christie.
“Yes, I do” replied the candidate before calling it “important” that Trump “can’t answer that question.”
“Forty of his 44 cabinet level people have said not only that they wouldn’t work for him again, they wouldn’t vote for him. And so who’s he going to bring in?” asked Christie rhetorically. “Is this going to be the Kash Patels of the world? The Jeffrey Clarks of the world? The Michael Flynns of the world are going to be the people who are going to populate the next Trump administration, a bunch of deranged sycophants who will just do whatever the masters tell them to do regardless of the law and the Constitution?”
“He’s not going to be able to find anybody good to work for him,” he concluded.
All three of the examples of potential Trump staffers served in Trump’s first administration. Earlier this month, Patel told Steve Bannon that as a member of his second term team, “We will go out and find the conspirators, not just in government, but in the media.”
“Yes, we’re going to come after the people in the media who lied about American citizens who helped Joe Biden rig presidential elections. We’re going to come after you, whether it’s criminally or civilly. We’ll figure that out,” said Patel.
Flynn served as Trump’s National Security Advisor for less than a month at the start of Trump’s first term but resigned amidst controversy over his contact with the Russian Government.
Clark was a senior Department of Justice appointee in the Trump administration who helped perpetuate Trump’s erroneous theories of voter fraud. He was reportedly almost rewarded for that behavior with an appointment as acting attorney general.
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