Mark Esper: “I concluded that the president was unfit for office, a national security threat and a threat to democracy.”

the country became like a runaway car barreling down the hill, with Trump behind the wheel, and his loyalists pushing down hard on the accelerator, while others in the White House ripped out the brakes and cut the seatbelts.

I want to thank you all for remaining apolitical and for honoring your oath to the constitution. Always do the right thing.

Can’t you just shoot them? Just shoot them in the legs or something?

I think that, given the events of January 6, given how he has undermined the election results, he incited people to come to D.C., stirred them up that morning, and failed to call them off, to me, that threatens our democracy.