Trump Is Corrupt As Hell, But Stop Feeling Sorry For The Monster John Brennan

There’s an odd outpouring of support right now for former CIA director John Brennan after Donald Trump revoked his security clearance. Make no mistake – Trump did it to protect himself, but that doesn’t mean we should be shedding any tears for John Brennan. Brennan was one of the architects of the Bush administration’s worst deeds and deserves to be sitting in prison, not getting sympathy from the Left. Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins discusses this.

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This has been a very interesting week here in the United States and, no, not just because of the stupid Omarosa tapes. What's really stupid right now is the fact that we have Democrats, liberals out there trying to defend the honor of a man like John Brennan. In case you're not familiar with it, earlier this week Donald Trump stripped John Brennan of his security clearance. Brennan was CIA director for many years under Barack Obama. He also worked in the National Security offices during the Bush administration. Trump revoked his security clearance this week even though Brennan had retired and was no longer part of the federal government. Yeah, he did it for political reasons because he was scared of Brennan, because Brennan was criticizing him. The way Donald Trump did this was 100% wrong and could end up getting Donald Trump in a lot of trouble. If you want to talk about the issue, that's the part you should focus on, that what Donald Trump did was unethical. He's going after his political enemies, and that's going to cause him more trouble than it's going to save him.

But that's not what a lot of liberals are out there talking about right now, and it's driving me insane. They're trying to stick up for John Brennan and say, "Oh, this is so sad. This is so horrible." Listen to me, John Brennan should be sitting in prison right now for the rest of his life, and he should have been there already for roughly 10 years. John Brennan was one of the architects of the George W. Bush administration's extradition and torture policies. That is what this man did in the Bush administration. That's why he withdrew his own name to be CIA director under Bush because he knew he'd never get to that position because of how he supported the extradition program: shipping these alleged terrorists over to black sites so we could torture them and no one would know about it. He knew he'd never get confirmed so he withdrew his name. Went to work for the National Security Agency where he didn't have to be confirmed. That's where he continued these horrible policies that ruined lives, helped make the War on Terror even worse for the United States, and ruined America's standing with the rest of the world. That is who John Brennan is. This man may not have, quote, deserved to have his security clearance revoked by Donald Trump, but he damned sure deserved to have his security clearance revoked by someone not for the reasons Donald Trump did.

Now, let's be clear. Donald Trump is probably one of the worst human beings in the United States today if not the worst. I'm sure there's probably some really horrible people out there committing atrocious crimes that are probably worse than him, but I am willing to say he's at least top five. He is a horrible human being. Does not deserve to be president of the United States, as corrupt as hell, but John Brennan is too. So can we stop with this defense of him? Can we stop acting like we forgot all of the horrible things that happened during the Bush administration? Just because Bush opposes Trump doesn't mean we suddenly embrace Bush. The same thing with John Brennan. Hell, even the GoFundMe for Peter Strzok, the fired FBI agent, that thing's almost up to $500,000. Yeah, Peter Strzok didn't deserve to be fired, but he also doesn't deserve a half a million dollars.