A former intelligence officer cautioned on MSNBC Thursday afternoon against Donald Trump as president, saying he disqualified himself.
Sue Gordon was among those who briefed Trump when she served in his administration. Her final position was as the fifth principal deputy director of National Intelligence, and she's spoken since then about Trump's causal relationship with national security.
She told MSNBC host Nicolle Wallace that some in the intelligence community are concerned Trump could do to the CIA what he promises to do with the military — and turn them against "the enemy from within."
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"Because if you remove the guardrails, if you replace the civil servants, who really, it's my experience that every day, trying to come in and do the best they can for the American people, who are trying to preserve that intention, if you take all that away and you decide that none of those things matter, you can do a lot of harm," she cautioned.
Wallace asked who she was voting for, but Gordon seemed reluctant to endorse anyone. She said she didn't want to tell any American "how to think." When pressed, she agreed to say that she would implore people to vote against Trump.
"I believe he has disqualified himself from office because I don't believe he believes in the system that has created this nation, has preserved it, and has made it the beacon," said Gordon. "Albeit a little tattered, going forward. America is going to do what it does. America will decide whether [the candidates] are fit."
She added: "I want them to understand that it is worse than fool's gold to put your hope in a singleton," she said. "Put your hope in who we are. Put your hope in our ability to resolve these issues. Put your hope in your ability to decide who should represent you going forward."
Gordon noted that for 30 years, she's taken the U.S. oath to uphold and defend the Constitution.
"The more times I say it, the more difficult it is to get through without crying because of the power of the words and the responsibility it conveys," Gordon described. "And I think that, to me, it is where the most damage comes in that we have a candidate and a former president who has felt the weight of that office, who suggests through his actions and his deeds that it is not something he intends to adhere to."
She closed the interview cheering on, "go America."
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