All The Former Trump Officials Who Have Endorsed Joe Biden

Topline

Olivia Troye, a former coronavirus adviser to Vice President Mike Pence, became the latest in a growing list of former Trump administration officials to back Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden.

Key Facts

Key Background

Biden has been endorsed by hundreds of former Republican officials and other major conservative political figures, including former Ohio Gov. John Kasich, 2016 presidential candidate Carly Fiorina, Secretary of State Colin Powell and the family of the late Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.).

Crucial Quote

At a fundraiser on Thursday, Biden said his GOP backers have endorsed him “not because they believe the same policy positions that I believe,” but because they “know this is a front attack on our democracy, on our integrity of our institutions.”

Chief Critic

The White House has consistently dismissed the importance and loyalty of officials who have broken with Trump. White House spokesperson Judd Deere dismissed Taylor as a “creature of the D.C. Swamp” who “never understood the importance of the President’s agenda or why the American people elected him and clearly just wants to cash-in,” and called Troye a “disgruntled former detailee.”

What To Watch For

Several other Trump officials have spoken out publicly against him and may endorse Biden before the election. Former Defense Secretary Jim Mattis slammed Trump’s response to George Floyd protests, calling the decision to teargas protesters outside the White House to clear the way for a church photo-op an “abuse of executive authority” and a “mockery of our Constitution.” Former National Security Advisor John Bolton made numerous damning allegations in his book The Room Where It Happened and said his goal is to make Trump a “one-term president.”