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PFAW Member,

Over 15,000 PFAW members like you have spoken out in opposition to Trump's
renomination of Rep. John Ratcliffe as Director of National Intelligence –
and there is good reason to be concerned.

[ [link removed] ]Add your name today and join the thousands of other PFAW members urging
the Senate to REJECT RATCLIFFE! >>

While serving as a loyal lapdog to Trump and his administration, Rep.
Ratcliffe continues to demonstrate a shocking level of disdain for the
intelligence community, that, if Ratcliffe is confirmed he would be in
charge of overseeing!

New reporting from our team at Right Wing Watch covered recent comments
Rep. Ratcliffe gave to the CPAC conference just days ago where he again
took an opportunity to criticize the intelligence community:

[ [link removed] ]Right Wing Watch: Intelligence Chief Nominee John Ratcliffe Dissmisses Intel
on Russia and Ukraine as 'Hoax'

From RWW:

Ratcliffe took aim at the intelligence community he has been nominated
to lead, saying that Trump was correct to complain of the actions of the
FBI and the Department of Justice regarding surveillance that revealed
contacts between the Trump campaign and agents of the Russian Federation
government.

“President Trump was right when the law enforcement community and the
intelligence community didn’t get it right on all of those respects,”
Ratcliffe said. [...] Ratcliffe also repeated the debunked claim that
Biden demanded the firing of Ukraine prosecutor Shokin because the
prosecutor was investigating Burisma, the Ukrainian energy firm on whose
board Hunter Biden, the Democrat’s son, sat.^1

For a position of great importance like the DNI, we cannot afford to have
such a partisan sycophant in charge of our nation's intelligence
communities. There is far too much at stake with growing outside threats
to entrust a Trump loyalist for this role.

[ [link removed] ]Demand that the Senate votes "NO" on Ratcliffe >>

Thank you,

-- Zach, PFAW

 

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[ [link removed] ]Tell the Senate: Reject John Ratcliffe! Add my name

PFAW Member,

After a failed nomination just last fall, President Trump has decided to
RENOMINATE one of his favorite political lackey's: Rep. John Ratcliffe, to
be Director of National Intelligence – a role he is completely unqualified
to fill.

After recent high-profile clashes with the U.S. intelligence community,
Trump has decided he would prefer someone as DNI who is loyal to him above
all else and he decided he'd select the same person who faced bipartisan
rejection just months ago after being nominated for the same job.

[ [link removed] ]Sign the petition today and demand that the Senate REJECT Trump lackey
John Ratcliffe as the country's next intel chief >>

An ardent supporter of Trump, Ratcliffe doesn't miss an opportunity to
come to his defense, including doing everything he could to de-legitimize
the impeachment proceedings when the House was conducting their
investigations.

Even some Republicans question Ratcliffe's credentials for the job,
including the fact that he has been known to over-exaggerate his national
defense and security expertise! Many fear Ratcliffe would continue to
politicize the intelligence community, which is of particular concern
when, as now, our nation is especially vulnerable to ongoing election
interference from foreign adversaries – a threat Trump continues to
downplay.

In fact, Trump is so desperate to deflect attention to Russia that he
became irate with former acting DNI, Joseph Maguire, when he learned that
Maguire gave a briefing to members of Congress regarding the ongoing
interference campaign that Russia is waging in the 2020 election. Trump
became so angry about the briefing that he FIRED Maguire over the briefing
– alleging that he had given the Democrats “political ammo” to defeat him
in November.

When the security of our nation (including its elections) are at-risk from
foreign adversaries, we should resoundly reject anyone who would be a
political loyalist rather than someone who is loyal first and foremost to
the country.

[ [link removed] ]Tell the Senate to reject Ratcliffe!>>

Thank you,

- Zach, PFAW

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[1] [ [link removed] ]"Intelligence Chief Nominee John Ratcliffe Dismisses Intel on
Russia and Ukraine as ‘Hoax’" Right Wing Watch, 3/3/20

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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