Former Trump Communications Director Warns Republicans on Weaponization
Former Trump Communications Director Warns Republicans on Weaponization: “Once You Let That Toothpaste Out of the Tube, the Left is Going to be Able to Use That Same Expansion of Power on Policies You Don’t Like”
On CNN last night, former Donald Trump communications director Alyssa Farah Griffin warned Republicans and conservatives that the President’s push to expand executive power that can be abused against his political rivals poses long-term risks when they are out of power.
Farah Griffin cautioned Republicans saying:
“Donald Trump has always had an expansive view of the authority of the Executive Branch. I think in the first term, he adhered a lot more to a more conservative, constitutional conservative, sort of idea that there were separations of powers, there were some checks in place. He had people around him who, I think, affirmed that. I think now he's going to push it to the limit. This was something that was laid out when he ran for president. Advisers around him support it, and we've seen it in many, many ways.
“But the caution I give Republicans and people who may love everything that Donald Trump is doing is, once you let that toothpaste out of the tube, the left is going to be able to use that same expansion of power on policies you don't like when they take back the White House. Once you expand the executive, there's no shrinking that again, and that's what concerns me, just as much as what he may be doing in office, but the precedent sets down the road.”