Asked by CNN’s John Berman if she would feel safer today if Trump resigned and Vice President Mike Pence took over, Farah replied, “I would.”
“I think this is something (Trump) should seriously consider,” she said. ‘I do not think it is necessary to pursue an indictment of an indictment – if you only have a few days left.
In a speech Wednesday, Trump called on the crowd of his supporters who gathered at the National Mall and told them, “we are going to walk down to the Capitol” and that “you will never take back our country with weakness, you must show power. ‘
Hours later, the president offered only light reprimands in posts on social media that have since been removed. He told rioters to “go home now” but added “we love you” and “you are special” while still expressing his unfounded allegations about the election. He later appeared to justify their actions in a tweet.
Farah argued on CNN on Friday that the president should have issued a ‘powerful condemnation’ of the riots and urged his supporters to ‘stand still’.
“When the moment asked for leadership, he did not do the right thing, and lives were therefore lost,” she said.
She told CNN she’s leaving the administration because she’s a growing concern about the fact that I feel we are misleading the public with this attempt to say that the election was stolen. ‘
“It has become very clear that we just did not win,” she said, adding that Trump’s repeated lies to his supporters “do them a huge disservice, and it has caused this madness and this kind of mob that we at the Capitol seen, worked up. and that is just unacceptable. ‘
Pressed by CNN on why it took her so long to speak, Farah said she believes in Trump’s policy agenda, but she knows: “I could not influence the results when this runaway train stole the ‘election’ wind underneath. have not received. “
Asked by CNN if she would support Trump for the election again, Farah said, “I would not.”
“We can stick to the policy, but at this stage we can not stand by the man,” she said.
An increasing number of former Trump officials have blamed Trump’s rhetoric for the violence that has erupted. Two of Trump’s cabinet secretaries resigned, along with a number of White House and Trump officials, following Wednesday’s riots.
Farah argued on CNN that the house should be focused on the coronavirus pandemic and getting help to millions of Americans.
“Pence stepped in as the right leader,” she said.
This story has been updated with additional comments and background information.
CNN’s Betsy Klein, Kevin Liptak, Jeremy Diamond and Maegan Vazquez contributed to this report.