Former White House chief of staff John Kelly said Friday he agrees with former Defense Secretary James Mattis’s blistering rebuke of President Trump and his handling of protests in the aftermath of George Floyd’s death.
“I agree with him,” Kelly said during an interview with former Trump communications director Anthony Scaramucci.
“He’s quite a man, Gen. Jim Mattis, and for him to do that tells you where he is relative to the concern he has for our country,” Kelly added.
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“I think we really need to step back. I think we need to look harder at who we elect,” he said.
“What is their character like? What are their ethics?” he continued. “Are they willing, if they’re elected, to represent all of their constituents, not just the base, but all of their constituents? And then look at the politics.”
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Kelly, asked what his counsel on the clearing of protesters on Monday would have been, said he would have considered whether the White House had the legal authority to act and whether it was “good for America.”
“I would argue that the end result of that was predictable,” he said. “The jury’s still out on tear gas and who got hit… but I would’ve argued against it. Recommended against it.”
Kelly became the latest military figure to back Mattis or criticize the president in the wake of Monday’s chaos.
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