Miles Taylor Is Sick of Hearing About the Deep State
The former DHS official says there’s still good people left in the Trump administration, and we need them now more than ever
Miles Taylor doesn’t think every Trump administration official should follow his example. In fact, he said in a phone interview this week, that it would be “fucking stupid.”
Taylor, the former chief of staff of the Department of Homeland Security, became the one of the most prominent former Trump administration officials to back Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden last week. In an advertisement for the group Republican Voters Against Trump and an accompanying op-ed in the Washington Post, Taylor offered a blistering critique of the president he served for over two years. He described Trump as “actively doing damage to our national security.”
In a wide-ranging interview with GEN, Taylor shared his belief that others concerned about Trump should stay in the administration as long it was tenable, reflected on his role in controversial policies like family separation, and addressed whether he, as Trump supporters have charged, was part of the “deep state.”
GEN: What do you make about acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf getting formally nominated to be…
