Criticism from ex-Trump officials piles up ahead of Election Day

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

70% : A Marist College poll published last week found Harris leading Trump by 5 percentage points nationally.
59% : In that poll, the vice president drew support from 6 percent of Republicans, while Trump garnered support from 4 percent of Democrats.
47% : Matthews, in an interview with The Hill, argued Kelly's comments in particular should carry weight with voters because of his military background and the fact that, as chief of staff, Kelly would have worked with Trump more closely than most.
33% : During a Univision town hall, a voter named Ramiro Gonzalez told Trump he was a former registered Republican who wanted to give the former president a chance to win his vote back.
32% : When I fire a John Bolton or when I fire any of these people -- he was terrible -- but when I fire people, they go out and say -- if I didn't fire people, they wouldn't say it," Trump responded.
29% : While very few of the officials have endorsed Vice President Harris, their warnings feed into her campaign's efforts to court moderates and Republicans who are skeptical of backing Trump in November.
25% : But some strategists are skeptical that the criticism will break through given voters' views of Trump are so entrenched.
22% : "Mark Esper, who served as Trump's secretary of Defense for 16 months, has spoken out in recent weeks about how Trump might use the military for political purposes in a second term.
20% : "President Trump has always honored the service and sacrifice of all of our military men and women, whereas Kamala Harris has completely disrespected the families of those who gave the ultimate sacrifice, including the Abbey Gate 13."Kelly is far from the only former administration official to offer a public warning about the dangers of electing Trump again.
20% : Trump gave a lengthy answer in which he described Jan. 6 as a "day of love" and dismissed the former officials criticizing him as disgruntled ex-employees.
19% : Sarah Matthews, a former deputy press secretary in the Trump White House who resigned on Jan. 6, 2021, has appeared at multiple events in Pennsylvania this month to speak about her opposition to Trump.
18% : Milley, who served as head of the joint chiefs of staff from October 2019 until September 2023, has previously said he worried Trump posed a threat to democracy.
10% : The New York Times on Tuesday published an interview in which Kelly said Trump met the definition of a fascist and recalled the former president expressing admiration for Adolf Hitler.
6% : "Former chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley told Bob Woodward that Trump was a "fascist to the core," and multiple press aides have hit the campaign trail in recent days to warn that Trump is unfit to serve as president.

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