Thread by @DaShanneStokes, Republican leaders and experts have warned that @realDonaldTrump is a "one-man crime [...]

Republican leaders and experts have warned that @realDonaldTrump is a "one-man crime wave," "liar," "racist," "sexist," "fraud," and "blowhard" who "doesn't know what it means to be president." This isn't about Dems, a hoax, or "deep state." It's about Trump.

You can argue about Democrats until you're blue in the face, Trump supporters, but you can't argue against the words of your own party leaders and experts.

"Here's what I know: Donald Trump is a phony, a fraud. His promises are as worthless as a degree from Trump University. He's playing members of the American public for suckers."
--Mitt Romney (R) https://www.cnn.com/2016/03/03/politics/mitt-romney-presidential-race-speech/index.html

Mitt Romney: Donald Trump is a 'phony, a fraud' - CNNPolitics

Mitt Romney delivered a sweeping broadside against Donald Trump on Thursday, laying into the Republican presidential front-runner with a sharper attack than any of the party's 2016 contenders have...

https://www.cnn.com/2016/03/03/politics/mitt-romney-presidential-race-speech/index.html

“So often, the president would say here’s what I want to do and here’s how I want to do it and I would have to say to him, ‘Mr. President I understand what you want to do but you can’t do it that way. It violates the law."
--Rex Tillerson (R) https://www.cnbc.com/2018/12/07/rex-tillerson-says-he-pushed-back-on-illegal-trump-demands.html

Trump calls Tillerson 'dumb as a rock' after former secretary of State said the president encoura...

President Donald Trump called former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson "dumb as a rock" a day after Tillerson said the president encouraged him to break the law while he was in the administration.

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/12/07/rex-tillerson-says-he-pushed-back-on-illegal-trump-demands.html

Trump Cabinet member, Betsy DeVos (R): 'Yes,' Trump's leaked tape comments describe sexual assault https://www.cnn.com/2017/01/17/politics/betsy-devos-donald-trump-sexual-assault/index.html

DeVos: 'Yes,' Trump's leaked tape comments describe sexual assault

Donald Trump's pick for education secretary, Betsy DeVos, said at her confirmation hearing on Tuesday night that she would consider actions the President-elect described on a 2005 hot mic tape...

https://www.cnn.com/2017/01/17/politics/betsy-devos-donald-trump-sexual-assault/index.html

The long list of Trump administration officials turned critics https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/04/politics/officials-who-criticized-donald-trump/index.html

The long list of Trump administration officials turned critics

Having overseen the highest turnover rate in presidential history, President Donald Trump was bound to have a few disgruntled ex-aides.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/04/politics/officials-who-criticized-donald-trump/index.html

Former senior Trump administration official endorses Joe Biden https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/08/17/former-trump-official-endorses-biden-calling-trump-dangerous-america/3385844001/

Former senior Trump administration official endorses Joe Biden

Miles Taylor, who served as chief of staff to former Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, was featured in a video, saying what he saw from Trump was "terrifying."

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/08/17/former-trump-official-endorses-biden-calling-trump-dangerous-america/3385844001/

50 @GOP national security experts warned that Trump is “dangerous” and “would put at risk our country’s national security and well-being.” https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/08/08/us/politics/national-security-letter-trump.html

A Letter From G.O.P. National Security Officials Opposing Donald Trump

Dozens of the nation’s most senior Republican national security officials, many of them former top aides or cabinet members for President George W. Bush, have signed a letter saying they will not...

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/08/08/us/politics/national-security-letter-trump.html

"This guy (Trump) doesn’t know what it means to be President. “I don’t like him. I don’t know much about him, but I know he’s a blowhard. And I’m not too excited about him being a leader.”
--President George W. Bush (R) https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/george-bush-donald-trump-doesn-t-know-what-it-means-be-president-a8037136.html

George W Bush just took down Trump

Current leader also criticised by senior Bush, who calls him a ‘blowhard’

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/george-bush-donald-trump-doesn-t-know-what-it-means-be-president-a8037136.html

“The root of the problem,” the author writes, “is the president’s amorality... He is not putting country first... This coward should do the right thing and resign."
--Trump Senior Official https://www.cnbc.com/2018/09/05/i-am-part-of-the-resistance-anonymous-trump-white-house-official-writes-in-extraordinary-nyt-op-ed.html

'I am part of the resistance,' anonymous Trump administration official writes in extraordinary NYT...

The New York Times made a highly unusual decision to publish an op-ed while protecting the identity of its author, whom the newspaper identified only as "a senior official in the Trump administrati...

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/09/05/i-am-part-of-the-resistance-anonymous-trump-white-house-official-writes-in-extraordinary-nyt-op-ed.html

Trump is a "one-man crime wave."
--Gov. William Weld (R) https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/439789-gop-primary-challenger-trump-is-a-one-man-crime-wave

GOP primary challenger: Trump is a 'one-man crime wave'

President Trump's first GOP primary challenger, former Massachusetts Gov. William Weld, is calling the president a "one-man crime wave" a day after the release of special counsel Robert Mueller's

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/439789-gop-primary-challenger-trump-is-a-one-man-crime-wave

Trump made "textbook definition of a racist comment."
--Former House Speaker Paul Ryan (R) https://www.pbs.org/weta/washingtonweek/web-video/paul-ryan-trump-made-textbook-definition-racist-comment

Paul Ryan: Trump made "textbook definition of a racist comment"

House Speaker Paul Ryan delivered a harsh rebuke of the recent comments made by presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump about an Indiana-born judge with Mexican heritage who is

https://www.pbs.org/weta/washingtonweek/web-video/paul-ryan-trump-made-textbook-definition-racist-comment

“As a husband and father, I was offended by the words and actions described by Donald Trump... I do not condone his remarks and cannot defend them."
--Gov. Mike Pence (R) https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/headline-republicans-react-trump-comments-objectifying-women

Here's the list of GOP responses to Trump's vulgar comments about groping women