Steve Schmidt Trashes Trump Over Credentials Threat: ‘The Move of an Autocrat’

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SCHMIDT: "This is a, this is a very dangerous day for American democracy. This is the move of an autocrat, not an American president. We don’t strip security clearances for political reasons from members of the opposition party who have served all of their careers, all of their lives in defense of the country, have sworn oaths to the Constitution, not to a party, not to the leader, but, you know, this is part and parcel. Trump began politicizing the intelligence services from hour one of his administration when he went to the CIA memorial wall and talked about his inaugural crowds. This is just a culmination of his increasingly erratic behavior. And, of course, this occurs a week after he stood up next to the Russian president and took the Russian president’s side in a dispute with America’s intelligence agencies. And, of course, then forced his national director Dan coats to kowtow, publicly apologize, and essentially humiliate himself at the feet of the leader. So this is, again, this president’s continuing abuse of power, his, his, his authoritarian instinct at full use here. It is alarming to say the least."

(via Mediaite)