Former Pence Aide: Rhetoric Under Trump Admin About Afghans ‘Hurtful’ and ‘Offensive’

A former aide for former Vice President Mike Pence, Olivia Troye, is opening up about the rhetoric under the 🏛️Trump administration about Afghans, calling it “hurtful” and “offensive.”

CNN’s Brianna Keilar noted during “New Day” Monday Troye sat in on meetings about getting Afghans who are eligible for relief who helped U.S. troops through the system.

She asked Troye, “What would Stephen Miller say in these meetings as he argued against relief for these individuals?”

Troye responded, “Well, it was really hard to hear his statements and they were said very openly in front of cabinet-level people, in front of every senior staff people. And he would say, ‘Well what do you guys want. Do you want a bunch of little Iraqs and stans across the country, across the United States?’ It was hurtful to hear that and offensive to many of us in the room who had served on the ground in both countries.”

She continued, “These were the people that helped keep us alive, helped navigate us around the country, and to hear this naive, hateful rhetoric being said in cabinet-level discussions when we’re making decisions specifically on items like the refugee ceiling and what was going to happen on that, to hear that kind of rhetoric, we knew what we were up against.”

Check out her comments below:

The former Pence aide proceeded to explain how the Special Immigrant Visa process that Afghans have to go through was made more difficult under the 🏛️Trump administration