Mike Pence’s Former Lead Staffer On COVID-19 Just Endorsed Biden In Devastating New Ad

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As election day rapidly closes in on Donald Trump and his band of cronies in the White House, more and more people have decided to make the switch to team Biden ahead of November. Truth be told, a slew of various issues have led to many of these decisions, even from some of the staunchest of Republicans, but it’s certainly safe to say that nothing has swayed voters quite like the Trump administration’s pathetic response to the coronavirus pandemic that’s now claimed upwards of 200 thousand American lives.

Frankly, Trump’s downright deadly response to COVID-19 is virtually impossible to ignore, even to some of those closest to the administration.

A bombshell new report from the Washington Post has now revealed that a former aide to Vice President Mike Pence has found herself on Team Biden thanks wholly to the actions and travesties committed by Trump and his people throughout the pandemic.

Olivia Troye, who worked as homeland security, counterterrorism, and coronavirus adviser to Vice President Pence for two years said that Trump’s response to the pandemic showed a “flat out disregard for human life” because his “main concern was the economy and his reelection.”

Troye stated in an interview, “The president’s rhetoric and his own attacks against people in his administration trying to do the work, as well as the promulgation of false narratives and incorrect information of the virus have made this ongoing response a failure.”

The former aide to VP Pence is the first former employee of the Trump administration, who specifically worked on the government’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, to publicly speak out against Donald Trump and his botched handling of the deadly virus.

Unsurprisingly so, the Trump White House quickly labeled Troye as a disgruntled employee, with Pence’s national security adviser Lt. General Keith Kellogg saying in a statement, “Ms. Troye is a former detailee and a career Department of Homeland Security staff member, who is disgruntled that her detail was cut short because she was no longer capable of keeping up with her day-to-day duties. Ms. Troye directly reported to me, and never once during her detail did she every express any concern regarding the Administration’s response to the Coronavirus to anyone in her chain of command. By not expressing her concerns, she demonstrated an incredible lack of moral courage.”

The former Pence employee went so far as to appear in an ad backing the Democratic nominee:

The Post’s report on Troye’s decision to back the Democratic nominee takes a deeper dive into the former White House employee’s experiences within the Trump administration, working closely on the coronavirus response.

Troye’s move simply serves as further proof that this country, under the reign of Donald Trump, has truly and officially reached an unacceptable state. Even for those closest to the people on the inside.

You can read the full report here.

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