Miles Taylor, a former Department of Homeland Security chief of staff in the Trump administration, announced his departure from the Republican Party on Monday.
Taylor made waves in 2018 after publishing an anonymous op-ed in the New York Times titled, “I Am Part of the Resistance Inside the Trump Administration.”
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He later admitted to authoring the story, as well as an anonymous book titled, A Warning, which argued against the reelection of former President Donald Trump.
In a Tuesday tweet, he wrote, “I’m done. I no longer believe the Republican Party can be saved. The vitriolic rhetoric is inspiring violent radicals. I’m quitting the GOP. And I hope more do the same.”
I’m done.
I no longer believe the Republican Party can be saved. The vitriolic rhetoric is inspiring violent radicals.
I’m quitting the GOP. And I hope more do the same.
— Miles Taylor (@MilesTaylorUSA) May 17, 2022
In a subsequent tweet, he linked an article he penned Monday for NBC News.
“In the wake of the mass shooting in Buffalo on Saturday, it’s become glaringly obvious that my party no longer represents conservative values but in fact poses a threat to them — and to America,” he wrote.
“This is not the Republican Party I signed up for,” he said, referencing what he called fringe and conspiratorial beliefs taking root in the party’s leadership.
Within the article, he referenced Rep. Liz Cheney’s (R-WY) tweet following the tragedy in Buffalo.
“The House GOP leadership has enabled white nationalism, white supremacy, and anti-semitism. History has taught us that what begins with words ends in far worse. @GOP leaders must renounce and reject these views and those who hold them,” she wrote.
The House GOP leadership has enabled white nationalism, white supremacy, and anti-semitism. History has taught us that what begins with words ends in far worse. @GOP leaders must renounce and reject these views and those who hold them.
— Liz Cheney (@Liz_Cheney) May 16, 2022
He contrasted Cheney’s words with those of Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY), who he said echoes “extremist sentiments in her own campaign ads.”
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In response to a Washington Examiner request for comment, Republican National Committee press secretary Emma Vaughn said, “Who?”
Neither Trump nor Taylor responded to the Washington Examiner’s requests for comment.
