ABC News anchor and former Bill Clinton stooge George Stephanopoulos has claimed that America's deep state is „stuffed with patriots.“
Appears in Tuesday edition scenery To promote his latest book, Stephanopoulos made claims about the deep state, a form of shadow government that wields enormous power regardless of who is in the White House.
A record of the interaction follows.
Alyssa Farrar Griffin: This book is very good. My favorite part was interviewing the Situation Room staff. I have always said that the authors of history are the nameless White House staff. they teach us so many things.
Stephanopoulos: „That's my favorite thing about writing this book. I interviewed about 100 on-duty officials from the White House, and they came from every branch of the government, the CIA, the DIA, the Department of Defense, the military. These are relatively young people who have come from here.
Some people prefer to call these people the deep state. Now, the big thing I learned from reading this book is that the deep state is full of patriots. They go to work every day, they're on the front lines of the most serious crises facing this country, they serve their country, they're not the president, they're the ones who hold the office. They don't care about political parties. They are there to serve the presidency and the organization.
Sunny Hostin: And they're doing it anonymously.
STEPHANOPOULOS: That's right. As one of them told me…we serve in silence.
According to the media, the deep state was once a right-wing conspiracy theory.
Now George Stephanopoulos is gleefully proclaiming on The View that „the deep state is full of patriots.“
pic.twitter.com/NQ4hRtZmij— Greg Price (@greg_price11) May 14, 2024
At another point in the interview, Stephanopoulos also mentioned the upcoming presidential election, making a not-so-subtle pitch for Biden's reelection.
„It's a close margin at the moment, but I think (Trump) is leading in the most important states in the polls,“ Stephanopoulos said. „The main reason for this is that President Biden has gained more support from young voters and black voters than last time. That's because they haven't.“
„I think the most important thing for people to understand about this election is how far from normal it is,“ he continued. „No former president or presidential candidate has ever been impeached and then indicted for trying to overturn an election. That has never happened in our history.“
In March, Donald Trump sued Stephanopoulos was charged with defamation after he falsely referred to himself as a rapist during an interview with South Carolina Representative Nancy Mace. Considering the seriousness of the accusation and the lack of evidence for his claims, it could prove to be a costly mistake.