Trump ousts Homeland Security cyber chief Chris Krebs, who called election secure

[George II]

Source: AZ Central

The Department of Homeland Security's cyber chief, who presided over an elaborate election security effort guarding against foreign interference and fraud, was ousted by President Donald Trump on Tuesday as part of a continuing post-election purge of top national security officials.

Trump announced the dismissal in a tweet Tuesday night.

The dismissal of Christopher Krebs, director DHS's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, follows the agency's declaration that the general election was the most secure in U.S. history.

The statement served as a pointed rebuke to the president who continues to make unsubstantiated allegations of voting fraud while Trump's legal team pursues multiple legal challenges in battleground states.

Read more: https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/2020/11/17/trump-ousts-homeland-security-chris-krebs-called-election-secure/6276676002/

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This man is fucking insane!!!!

The tweets:

Link to tweet

[bluestarone]

1. Gonna be really hard (impossible) for the SC to even think about

Getting involved with this election after what's been happening!

[OAITW r.2.0]

5. Agreed.

No way will they overthrow the obvious results. They will let the lower courts stand on this election. Unless, of course, they really want to start a 2nd Civil War.

[bluestarone]

6. Exactly

It won't be good if they get involved! (TOTAL CIVIL WAR)

[dchill]

2. Trump fires the best people.

[Iliyah]

3. At this point in time, it would be too obvious of the intent of firing . . .

The elections is over and Biden/Harris is the winner.

[sandensea]

4. And who, moreover, worked hard to make sure it was

Precisely what Cheeto did not want.

Neither did Vlad and Bibi.

[onecaliberal]

7. It's not disputed it's a lie.

[soothsayer]

8. What a jackass

[pfitz59]

9. Shooting the messanger

once again.... I expect to see a "corrected" statement by the newly installed cyber flunky.

[raccoon]

10. What kind of ratfuckery is this?? Nt

[Evolve Dammit]

11. Just get this insane man OUT OF OUR HOUSE.

[rustysgurl]

12. There should be a badge or medal

for everyone who was fired by this administration.

[George II]

13. Anderson Cooper on CNN just said exactly that "to be fired at this point should be a badge of honor"

[rustysgurl]

20. Great minds ... lol n/t

[Stallion]

14. Looks Good on a Resume

[Renew Deal]

15. Krebs is highly respective

He will make a fortune if he wants to. The real loss is to the US.

[mdbl]

16. Trump's an asshole. Fire the guy that does the job the best.

Just because his nose isn't up trump's behind.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

17. Trump fires anyone who won't kiss his humongous ass

[Grimelle]

18. He answered

Honored to serve. We did it right. Defend Today, Secure Tomorrow. #Protect2020

[dhill926]

19. he is going to continue to deteriorate day by day...

as his support drips away. It will be something to behold. Just hope he doesn't kill too many of us in the meantime...

[Cha]

21. We knew the Whiny weinie would do that..

Maybe Biden can hire him back?

[IsItJustMe]

22. If this does not tell you that we are two shakes from a dictatorship

than I don't know what will. And 73M people voted for this.

[Sapient Donkey]

23. I didn't know about this guy until recently when I saw him being retweeted by a bunch of people

I don't know if he was expecting to be fired at that point, but when I read what he was saying I knew that would trigger Trump. Then next day I saw tweets of rumors about the likelihood of him being fired. It's pathetic how predictable and unstable Trump is.

[rickyhall]

24. Mean spiteful old man.

[Lithos]

25. Wow - Krebs is highly respected

https://krebsonsecurity.com

[JohnnyRingo]

26. I'll bet he hates getting tagged as a liar.

He might not say anything, but we know it bothers him. Next he'll fire everyone at Twitter.

[LuckyLib]

27. Drumpf has no idea what "improprieties" means. And he certainly can't spell it. Who is writing

these rants? Kelly Anne? The Barbie press secretary?

[ailsagirl]

28. Tonight Lawrence O'Donnell said that Krebs did an outstanding job of keeping our elections safe

I hope Biden re-hires him-- he needs to be on our team.