Miles Taylor, once known for an anonymous New York Times op-ed about his time in the Trump White House, said in a recent interview that House Speaker Kevin McCarthy privately thinks Donald Trump is "a buffoon" despite supporting him publicly.
Taylor previously worked as a staffer in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from 2017 to 2019 under former President Trump, including a brief stint as DHS chief of staff. In 2018, his anonymous column, "I Am Part of the Resistance Inside the Trump Administration," was published by the Times and garnered widespread attention for its criticism of Trump from within his government,
Since departing the Trump White House in 2019, he has remained a vocal critic of the former president as he has continued to remain a leading force in Republican politics. On Tuesday, Taylor was interviewed by The Guardian to promote his latest book, Blowback: A Warning to Save Democracy from the Next Trump. In it, he touched on many issues facing the country as Trump leads the polls for the 2024 GOP presidential nomination, among them the fact that many party leaders have continued to support him publicly, despite opposing his influence in private.
Taylor called out McCarthy in particular, claiming that the Speaker of the House once called Trump a "danger" to him directly.
"He thought Trump was a buffoon and a danger and I'm sure Kevin still thinks that privately," Taylor said. "Those people publicly, because they're...
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