'Cloaking themselves in cowardice': Ex-Trump aide Cassidy Hutchinson shames Republican men

Cassidy Hutchinson shamed Republican men who won't speak out against Donald Trump despite their concerns about his fitness to serve another term as president.

The former White House aide testified against Trump during the House select committee's investigation, and she has joined that panel's ranking Republican, Liz Cheney, in endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris in November's election, but she noted on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" that few GOP men have joined them.

"It's something that perplexes me frequently," Hutchinson said. "I don't know why so many Republicans, specifically the men, are still cloaking themselves in cowardice, especially in the face of Donald Trump and J.D. Vance. The Republican Party is something that is completely unrecognizable from what it was, but we do have faith in our leaders like Liz Cheney, who has stepped forward, and Adam Kinzinger. There are good Republicans trying to salvage what is left of the party, but we need more people to step forward. We need more people like Mitt Romney who would be willing to make a decision to endorse vice president Harris for the presidency."

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Hutchinson described her experience working for the former president and why she became a disillusioned opponent.

"I believed in Donald Trump," she said. "I knew he had a temper, but I believed he was authentic in his character to the American people. The shift between believing that wholeheartedly and seeing how quickly he devolved into madness and complete chaos, his injured pride, how willing he was to throw people under the bus and completely throw away any principles he had in pursuit of power, that's not what leadership is. So I think looking at all of this, you know, out of all the lessons this has taught me, it's taught me that we are stronger when we are united. We are stronger when we're not looking at our nation as us-versus-them mindset, as Donald Trump propagates."

"He needs the fear and control in order to keep people in his realm and supporting him, but a divided nation cannot stand," Hutchinson added. "That's why I'm grateful to leaders like Liz Cheney who have not only stepped forward but showed us that, in the face of political cowardice, it's possible to do the right thing, even when it is the hard thing to do."

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