Rice is on the shortlist to be Joe Biden’s VP pick and she needs to show she can attack Trump – traditionally the VP role is the one who attacks for the Presidential candidate – to stay in the hunt.
“Everybody in the senior national security team gets this briefing six out of seven days a week. So, even if the president doesn’t read his PDB, as it’s known, which apparently he doesn’t often do, then surely somebody around him would come in with this information and make sure that he was aware,” Rice said about the Russia bounty story.
“You know, the job of the national security adviser, not to mention the director of national intelligence, secretary of defense, any number of other officials, is to tell the president the hard truths that he may not want to hear. And produce a plan to address them. That’s the job,” she said.
“If those people are not doing it, then they all should be run out of the White House and the rest of the agencies,” Rice said.
“And if they did do it, which is what I believe is more likely the case, then again, we have evidence of a president utterly unwilling to stand up for American interests and rather serving Vladimir Putin’s interests.”
“It’s very hard to digest,” Rice said.
“Either President Trump acted in a fashion that is profoundly disloyal to the United States of America and our men and women in uniform, or he has abdicated his responsibility as commander in chief and is presiding over the most dysfunctional and ineffective national security apparatus in American history that leaves American troops vulnerable to Russian attack.”
Susan Rice later told CNN Trump was being derelict in his duties. Enter Lindsey Graham:
“Susan Rice accusing anyone of being derelict in their duties – especially when it comes to national security – is a bit rich,” Lindsey said.
“Susan Rice is the one who went on five national TV shows, lied about the level of security at our Benghazi consulate and tried to blame the attack on videos coming out of Egypt.”
Susan Rice accusing anyone of being derelict in their duties - especially when it comes to national security - is a bit rich.https://t.co/28FVWZrsUM— Lindsey Graham (@LindseyGrahamSC) July 2, 2020
Susan Rice is the one who went on five national TV shows, lied about the level of security at our Benghazi consulate and tried to blame the attack on videos coming out of Egypt.— Lindsey Graham (@LindseyGrahamSC) July 2, 2020
