Ex-Bush aide Nicolle Wallace uses his own words in passionate 'public plea' for Harris
MSNBC host Nicolle Wallace was once the White House communications director for George W. Bush, but over the years, her opinions have changed as she left her life in Republican politics in protest of Donald Trump.
Years later, as the 2024 election approaches, the host of "Deadline: White House" is reaching out to her former boss once more to implore him to act.
At the top of her Friday show, Wallace played the clip of Trump telling former Fox News host Tucker Carlson that Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) should see what it's like to have nine "guns trained on her face," suggesting a firing squad for her.
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Wallace said Bush typically likes to speak with actions and not words. This time, however, she wanted an answer. So, she called Bush's office and asked if he would remain silent after Trump's comments about Cheney.
"An adviser said he's not going to insert himself into this political moment, but in light of the violent nature of the threat toward his former vice president's daughter during the time she served him, and as a dad whose own daughter just last week bravely entered the political fray, campaigning for Kamala Harris, I thought today it was important to share some of George W. Bush's past statements about what America does and what Americans do when they face threats."
Hundreds of Republicans and alumni of GOP administrations are standing with Harris and against Trump.
She played Bush's own words back to him — words that encouraged Americans to fight for freedom and liberty or a generation hearing history's call.
"So today," Wallace continued, "we have a right to hope that those who have stood for freedom and celebrated those who have protected it might have a last-minute change of heart in the closing hours of this campaign. And because I once had the job of trying to convince President George W. Bush to sometimes do things he didn't want to do, I say this."
She paused, recalling a 2004 moment on a tarmac in Air Force One while he did local news interviews.
"George W. Bush turned to me and the other communications staffers and said this, 'Whatever happens, Nicolle, at least we will know we left everything on the field,'" Wallace recalled. "I make this public plea to President George W. Bush in the spirit of doing what he taught me to do, leave everything I know how to do in service of our democracy and freedoms, the things he taught us to cherish, on the field."
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