Former Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said on Sunday that he expects Americans to realize that Trump’s presidency was a “failed experiment”.
Johnson, who served as Homeland Security Secretary to former President Obama, told CNN’s “Fareed Zakaria GPS” that he thinks the story will not remember Trump’s presidency and “those who kindly supported it”, even if the Senate decide not to condemn Trump for inciting Riots in the Capitol earlier this month.
“Four years ago, we engaged in a very dangerous experiment by electing someone who was totally disqualified for the job, who had no moral or legal compass and frankly had impulses for fascism and autocracy,” said Johnson.
“My hope is that, over time, Americans will realize that this was a failed experiment and that we should never try again,” he continued. “Just look at the consequences of this for the past four years.
“There is a history now in which Donald Trump
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“My hope is that, over time, Americans will realize that this was a failed experiment and that we should never try again.”
Fmr Homeland Security Sec. Jeh Johnson on impeachment, Trump’s political future and our fact-free environment – en. 2 of our conversation today: pic.twitter.com/hwKAdwlyPd
– Fareed Zakaria (@FareedZakaria) January 17, 2021
Johnson told Zakaria that he hopes the Senate will vote to condemn the president, but said that it ultimately “depends on the American electorate” to decide whether Trump can qualify as a future candidate.
The former Secretary of Homeland Security has appealed to social media to improve the policing of political content, as polls indicate that the majority of Republicans falsely believe that the president-elect Joe Biden
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Biden will open on Wednesday, two weeks after pro-Trump protesters stormed the Capitol building to try to stop Congress from certifying the victory of the President-elect’s Electoral College.
The riots forced lawmakers to flee to safe locations and chambers to interrupt the Electoral College debate, although lawmakers certified the results hours after the police secured the Capitol. Five people, including a Capitol Police officer, died as a result of the operation.
The House accused Trump last week on charges that he incited the Capitol crowd after calling for protests to march to the Capitol, “show strength” and “fight like hell” or “you will no longer have a country. “