campaign for two years and then i served in the administration for just two years as well, and it s a very hard thing to do. i think as more and more of us stand up and speak out for what s right, for what s honest, this isn t about speaking out against donald trump or trying to oust him from the party, this is about speaking up for what is right, for what s going to save the republican party and for what we truly joined this campaign to do and that s put america first. so i think as more of us speak out, maybe more of us maybe more of our former colleagues will finally do the same thing and we can accomplish those things. it s interesting to hear you say i got into this because i wanted to you know, you were buying into something, but now you say the so-called america first. what was the moment where you went from believing to thinking, no, this isn t real, this is just so-called? yeah, well, for me there were a number of red flags throughout
and you ve been very much in the middle of these developments. nick valencia live for us from atlanta. thank you. as indictments, investigations and subpoenas continue to stack up against former president trump and his allies, two former trump officials are speaking out and warning the gop that it is time to truly put america first before it s too late. joining me no you is former trump white house official gavin smith, he co-wrote this cnn op-ed that s titled to our former trump world colleagues, this is your moment to finally put america first. gavin, thank you for being with us this morning to talk about this op-ed. tell us why you re writing it now. look, i think that, you know, when i joined the trump campaign in 2016, i joined the campaign because i bought into the policies that donald trump was promoting, and that was to so-called make america great again, put america first and be the party of law and order. what have we seen since 2016 is the republican party has become a