President Trump dismissed complaints waged by a former Pence aide, who said the president prioritized his re-election over people getting sick, calling her 'some kind of a lower-level person.'
President Trump listens as Vice President Mike Pence speaks during a coronavirus task force briefing at the White House in April.President Trump listens as Vice President Mike Pence speaks during a coronavirus task force briefing at the White House in April.President Trump on Thursday dismissed complaints from a former aide to the White House coronavirus task force as coming from a disgruntled staffer who had been dismissed with cause.
The aide, Olivia Troye, had worked for Vice President Mike Pence for two years, as a special adviser for homeland security and counterterrorism issues. On Thursday, the anti-Trump group Republican Voters Against Trump featured Troye in a new online attack ad. She said Trump's biggest concern about the coronavirus had been how it would affect his re-election, and said that he didn't care about people getting sick. She said she was a lifelong Republican who would vote for Biden.
Trump told reporters Troye was"some kind of a lower-level person" and said he doesn't remember meeting her or talking to her."She was terminated. They didn't want her," Trump said. NPR reached out to Troye through Republican Voters Against Trump, but she did not immediately respond to a request for comment.Pence told reporters:"it reads to me like one more disgruntled employee that has decided to play politics during an election year.
The White House released a letter that Troye sent to task force members and White House staff on her departure where she praised her colleagues for their dedication and work on fighting the pandemic, saying their commitment was"an inspiration to me and Americans across the nation." "Supporting the Vice President in leading all of you on this effort has been the experience of a lifetime," she said in the letter. She did not mention Trump.
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