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Trump just fired the head of cyber security and information security for the federal government because he pushed back on Trump’s false and baseless claims of widespread election fraud. https://t.co/D09ZFtYfmU
— Abby D. Phillip (@abbydphillip) November 18, 2020
Trump fired a government official for telling the truth so he can accelerate his lying about the election. Chris Krebs didn’t deserve to be fired. https://t.co/2vB3n7tuDa
— Ron Wyden (@RonWyden) November 18, 2020
No one ever mentions that these people have a lot of responsibilities, not just the issues Trump fires them over.Trump puts us all at risk when he fires people for revenge because he wants them to lie for him. He doesn’t care about everything else they are doing for our country. https://t.co/D0Wo3ABZ8E
— Judd Apatow (@JuddApatow) November 18, 2020
fired for lack of sufficient corruption
— ? prairie (@zoyd) November 18, 2020
3/ Krebs learned he had been fired when he read the president’s tweet this evening.
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) November 18, 2020
House Intelligence committee chairman Adam Schiff on Krebs' firing: pic.twitter.com/a00UqFrAuD
— alfred ? (@alfredwkng) November 18, 2020
An administration whose rampant corruption is unrelenting and always in your face, and yet bafflingly able to convince a staggering number of people that it's somehow acceptable.
— Pwn All The Things (@pwnallthethings) November 18, 2020
"I'm proud of the work we did at CISA," Christopher Krebs told NBC News after the firing. "I'm proud of the teammates I had at CISA. We did it right." https://t.co/fgU14RMRM2
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) November 18, 2020
Note that the Trump admin also tried to send reporters after Kreb’s reputation.
— Elissa Shevinsky (@ElissaBeth) November 18, 2020
Chris Krebs kept our election safe - Trump fired him. https://t.co/uPdf1MZF5o #chriskrebs
— Frank Figliuzzi (@FrankFigliuzzi1) November 18, 2020
Chris Krebs has been fired as director of CISA after defending the accuracy of the 2020 election. In his tweet announcing the firing, Trump repeated numerous lies about voter fraud -- several of which Krebs has been actively debunking on Twitter and on CISA's website.
— Patrick Howell O'Neill (@HowellONeill) November 18, 2020
This thing is ending in a supernova of crazy.
— David Axelrod (@davidaxelrod) November 18, 2020
https://t.co/wRsP5G8TYz
Krebs occupied a unique space in the Trump admin, earning bipartisan support for the work he was doing to protect the 2018/2020 elections while avoiding the ire of the president—until recently. Some Dems hoped he might stay on in the Biden administration. https://t.co/9eQcHMBbLE
— Dustin *Get Your Flu Shot* Volz (@dnvolz) November 18, 2020
This is sad and pathetic. Chris did an extraordinary job under impossible conditions and the country owes him a debt.
— Susan Hennessey (@Susan_Hennessey) November 18, 2020
That said, I'm not sure Trump thought this one through. Krebs is now free to speak or testify as openly as he'd like about the integrity of the election. https://t.co/3a1xVYOQsq
Thank you for protecting our election and speaking truth to power. Your job was to secure the vote not a presidency. We are grateful for your service. https://t.co/PrTsf0zFKL
— Rep. Eric Swalwell (@RepSwalwell) November 18, 2020
Honored to serve. We did it right. Defend Today, Secure Tomrorow. #Protect2020
— Chris Krebs (@C_C_Krebs) November 18, 2020
...votes from Trump to Biden, late voting, and many more. Therefore, effective immediately, Chris Krebs has been terminated as Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 18, 2020
This is what Chris Krebs, the fed gov top cybersecurity, had to say earlier today--before Trump fired him via a Tweet. Trump wants an alternative reality. He will use his power to get it. https://t.co/1RGuyPerhE
— Eric Lipton (@EricLiptonNYT) November 18, 2020
It’s not just about elections. CISA has recently responded to a number of high-profile ransomware attacks against hospitals. Firing Krebs is “an opportunity for bad cyber actors to take advantage," a fmr DHS official tells me. https://t.co/tMybEpnyUc
— Katy Tur (@KatyTurNBC) November 18, 2020
I've said this before, but I'll say it again. There aren't many in government cybersecurity who have the full trust of the community. @CISAKrebs is one of those people.
— Jake Williams (@MalwareJake) November 18, 2020
His firing has set back public-private partnership on cybersecurity by many years. 1/3 https://t.co/XGg8XWs0SM
Trump fires federal official who says the elections were safe and secure. Here was the statement that angered Trump, issued by his own Department of Homeland Security https://t.co/8KRbKgRH4N https://t.co/MmVBS9sHa5
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) November 18, 2020
On top of everything else, Krebs put up a first ballot Hall of Fame streak of subtweets this week. Historic.
— Patrick Howell O'Neill (@HowellONeill) November 18, 2020
BREAKING: Trump says he has fired the Department of Homeland Security official who reported that this was the most secure election ever. In typical style, he purges a truthteller and riddles the announcement with corrosive, undemocratic, dangerous lies.https://t.co/WcYZP7v9g7
— Lloyd Doggett (@RepLloydDoggett) November 18, 2020
#Trump fired him because he did his job well & kept our elections SAFE &SECURE. 45 wanted him to certify there was fraud. He wouldn’t. Because it didn’t happen. He is a man of integrity. ?Trump says DHS cybersecurity chief Chris Krebs has been terminated https://t.co/yyM34P4KtU
— Debra Messing✍? (@DebraMessing) November 18, 2020
Once again the president says the quiet part out loud. The dismissal of Krebs is explicitly because he refused to endorse the president's lies about election integrity.
— Pwn All The Things (@pwnallthethings) November 18, 2020
A source close to @C_C_Krebs says he always knew he might get in trouble for telling the truth while the president was spreading lies and conspiracy theories about the election.
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) November 18, 2020
That said...
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Looks like the WSJ edit page is really losing patience with Trump’s election claims. https://t.co/BqNX4Hf4OY pic.twitter.com/u8KkxCza9m
— Bill Grueskin (@BGrueskin) November 18, 2020
Everyone whom the President fires can immediately start conferring with the Biden transition team, helping ease this delayed transition. https://t.co/nMuhwLfAV1
— Simon Rosenberg (@SimonWDC) November 18, 2020
I'm told Krebs and others at CISA were not given a heads up that he was fired before Trump announced it on Twitter. Some CISA employees thought he might hang on because some aides in the White House were reluctant to make him a martyr. And yet. https://t.co/9eQcHMBbLE
— Dustin *Get Your Flu Shot* Volz (@dnvolz) November 18, 2020
I know Chris Krebs. I worked with Chris Krebs. Donald Trump doesn’t have a fraction of the character of Chris Krebs, and it’s why he lost the presidency. Good riddance. https://t.co/ZKQuQdfeT1
— Miles Taylor (@MilesTaylorUSA) November 18, 2020
I'm told Chris Krebs' deputy, Matt Travis, has also RESIGNED tonight after White House made clear to him he would not be taking the helm of the agency. Brandon Wales, a career official and the third-highest ranking official at CISA, is expected to now serve as acting director.
— Dustin *Get Your Flu Shot* Volz (@dnvolz) November 18, 2020
Criminal president fires official from his own administration for vouching for the integrity of a free and fair election that he has lost. Virtually every elected Republican will shrug, and those who say Trump represents no threat to democracy will sneer that this is meaningless. https://t.co/CRvSW4ZCRu
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) November 18, 2020
President Trump has fired Chris Krebs, the director of CISA, over Krebs' statements debunking various myths about 2020 election voter fraud that were advanced by President Trump and his allies. https://t.co/PWVG1pDm9G
— Breaking News (@BreakingNews) November 18, 2020
The president is explicitly firing a Homeland Security official because he undermined false claims of fraud pic.twitter.com/MCdPXm1GLy
— Chris Megerian (@ChrisMegerian) November 18, 2020
This from Trump’s top cyber official at DHS... https://t.co/ldw5e6FiFO
— Mike Levine (@MLevineReports) November 17, 2020
US Government head of cyber security at DHS, fired for sharing the facts and truth about the election despite the desire for the opposite from the president, who is pushing lies and conspiracy theories: https://t.co/1yBavm7gru
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) November 18, 2020
Chris Krebs has posted from his personal Twitter account this response to Trump firing him: https://t.co/2Gf83H9upp
— Kim Zetter (@KimZetter) November 18, 2020
It’s been an honor to work under @CISAKrebs to advance the state of election security. Election security is not political. Director Krebs should be commended for his nonpartisan approach to protecting democracy and ensuring a secure 2020 election.
— Jack Cable (@jackhcable) November 18, 2020
Trump’s inability to even posit a plausible cover story for firing Krebs sends a chilling message about just how far the loser intends to fight the election results—and it amplifies a rolling national security crisis as Trump’s loyalty purge continues.
— Garrett M. Graff (@vermontgmg) November 18, 2020
https://t.co/5VBl8j5uHj
Helping ensure our elections are secure and the public has accurate information is a fireable offense in America for 64 more days. https://t.co/ehLlpkHxLg
— Rory Cooper (@rorycooper) November 18, 2020
.@CISAKrebs = highly credible professional who previously worked in GWB admin and corporate world and places public service above partisanship https://t.co/giYkAzi2S7
— Margaret Talev (@margarettalev) November 18, 2020
Hard to find a more respected public servant in the cybersecurity space than Chris Krebs.
— Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) November 18, 2020
His ability to successfully make 2020 a free and fair election inevitably put him in the president’s crosshairs. https://t.co/RJHPtZIWqk
Chris Krebs did a lot of work this year to help state and local officials pull off remarkably free and fair elections with record turnout, under difficult circumstances. For this, he was fired by Donald Trump.
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) November 18, 2020
ICYMI: On allegations that election systems were manipulated, 59 election security experts all agree, "in every case of which we are aware, these claims either have been unsubstantiated or are technically incoherent." #Protect2020 https://t.co/Oj6NciYruD
— Chris Krebs #Protect2020 (@CISAKrebs) November 17, 2020
The recent statement by Chris Krebs on the security of the 2020 Election was highly inaccurate, in that there were massive improprieties and fraud - including dead people voting, Poll Watchers not allowed into polling locations, “glitches” in the voting machines which changed...
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 18, 2020
CISA Deputy Director Matt Travis, the No. 2 official at the agency, resigned in the wake of Chris Krebs' firing. Travis resigned after the White House and Chad Wolf made clear he would not take the helm at CISA. https://t.co/KKgI03d5n6
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) November 18, 2020
2/ That said, Krebs realized he might be fired when in recent days media organizations that tend to do the bidding of the Trump White House started taking shots at him, and word spread that the White House was going to start attacking him personally.
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) November 18, 2020
...
Trump just fired Chris Krebs (no relation), his top election security official and director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. "Highly inaccurate" Trump said of Krebs' statement that Nov. 3 election was "most secure in history." SMH. https://t.co/aLJR48EgSS
— briankrebs (@briankrebs) November 18, 2020
“President-elect Joe Biden is scheduled to receive a national security briefing from experts outside government as Trump continues to hold up a normal transition process while falsely claiming he won the Nov. 3 election.” GOP, please talk to your mascot.https://t.co/8S6u7ZHotI
— Seth MacFarlane (@SethMacFarlane) November 17, 2020
So it looks like they've decided against the White House's *fourth* superspreader event. https://t.co/HdL1idXRNh pic.twitter.com/WHsJpiHP8p
— ? damned sinker ? (@dansinker) November 18, 2020
There he goes again: Trump “terminates” top election security official for speaking truth to power. Thankfully, the American people have voted to terminate Trump. It can’t come soon enough. https://t.co/k9okpkFN05
— Martin Indyk (@Martin_Indyk) November 18, 2020
Proof of how unqualified he is - -Trump fires top election security official; Biden names senior staff #DemVoice1 https://t.co/dGQX5N2xWE
— N͜͡a͜͡s͜͡t͜͡y͜͡ N͜͡a͜͡n͜͡a͜͡ (@NanaWearsAMask) November 18, 2020
Trump is literally trying to tear down our government, our democracy, our law & order, our elections and our national security because he's too weak to deal with the fact he lost the election. He needs to be prosecuted once he's removed from office. https://t.co/9b2JVkcOyU
— John Oberlin (@OMGno2trump) November 18, 2020
BREAKING: Trump fires top U.S. election security official, who called November election secure despite president's claims https://t.co/cvnoS0xGay
— JM Rieger (@RiegerReport) November 18, 2020
Raffensperger deputy on Graham call confirms his boss’s account of conversation by @AmyEGardner https://t.co/XPUdhoC9us
— Matea Gold (@mateagold) November 17, 2020
A top deputy to Georgia’s Secretary of State, on the call between his boss and Lindsey Graham, confirmed Tuesday that he heard Graham suggest that Raffensperger should try to discard whole counties’ worth of absentee ballots, including legal ones https://t.co/o7kOdWGxFk
— Mark Berman (@markberman) November 18, 2020
Biden transition live updates: Trump says top election security official Chris Krebs is out; Biden names senior staff... https://t.co/sc4OKbwd68
— Robert Costa (@costareports) November 18, 2020
Trump fires top election security official, who report there was No Fraud.
— jespanol (@nypapajoe) November 18, 2020
Trump fires the Gov. official in charge of Securing our Election from Foreign intervention, who Reported this Election was Not Compromised nor any Fraud by Domestic Players. https://t.co/urZ4BPHUdy
Trump’s fired Krebs, the Elections & Cyber Security Top Official who stated the Election was done correctly w/no voter fraud! Is this a a Banana Republic or democracy?#OneV1 #DemCast
— Luanna Downs Sheridan (@LuannaSheridan1) November 18, 2020
Trump fires top election security official; Biden names senior staff https://t.co/UszPbwS6DR
A Republican-led pressure campaign is mounting in Maricopa County, where officials are being urged to recount every vote by hand before finalizing the results. But the GOP-dominated Board of Supervisors intends to move ahead to meet a Monday deadline. https://t.co/gD689CkxDJ
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) November 17, 2020
“Live updates: Trump fires top election security official; Biden names senior staff.”
— Tim Matheson (@Tim_Matheson) November 18, 2020
Getting fired by the Orange Buffoon will be perceived as a badge of honor in the future. https://t.co/afYyClgpcd
? Trump announced on Twitter that Christopher Krebs, head of the DHS’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, has been fired effective immediately for telling the truth, there was no rigged election. #TrumpMeltdown#ONEV1 #DemVoice1 #Dems4GA https://t.co/8AdO4PJUCu
— ?????? ??? ? ?? ???????? ? (@SadieMaeTN) November 18, 2020
Krebs should be proud of himself - honor and integrity count! Being fired by Traitor Tot is not going to reflect poorly, rather it will be an asset to his reputation.
— Granny Laurel ?#CareTakers #TimeToUnify (@GrannyLaurel) November 18, 2020
Trump says he fired top cybersecurity official Christopher Krebs https://t.co/QquazwdBHS
トランプが国土安全保障省サイバーセキュリティ・インフラストラクチャ庁長官のクリス・クレッブスを解雇したとツイートしました。同庁は外国政府の干渉から選挙を守るためにファクトチェックプロジェクトを行っていました。これが気に入らなかったようです。https://t.co/M44IEz1eet
— アメリカ政治 (@America_seiji) November 18, 2020
"Honored to serve. We did it right. Defend Today, Secure Tomrorow. #Protect2020," Krebs tweeted Tuesday evening from his personal account following the news of his termination. https://t.co/yrrZ4km6EX
— Progressive Push (@progressivepush) November 18, 2020
BREAKING: Trump tweeted that Christopher Krebs, head of the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, has been fired effective immediately.https://t.co/vrl3VYVZ3J
— Axios (@axios) November 18, 2020
So even until the end, Trump fires people who
— Andrew Miller #WearAMaskSaveALife (@mill123and) November 18, 2020
A. Tell the truth, you don’t do that in his administration
B. Disagree with him , which given his narcissism is 99.9% of the world #ONEV1
Trump says he fired top cybersecurity official Christopher Krebs https://t.co/XW0u84GDhY
BREAKING: Trump says he has fired the Department of Homeland Security official who reported that this was the most secure election ever. In typical style, he purges a truthteller and riddles the announcement with corrosive, undemocratic, dangerous lies.https://t.co/WcYZP7v9g7
— Lloyd Doggett (@RepLloydDoggett) November 18, 2020
#Trump administration announces troop level cuts in #Afghanistan and #Iraq https://t.co/fvqQGmA13t
— Tariq Ghazniwal (@TGhazniwal) November 18, 2020
If it weren't for your smooth-brain, you'd know that the actual wrestlers made the accusations.
— You Block You Lost?☠️ (@need2burn) November 17, 2020
Adam DiSabato is a liar? Is that what you're saying? And the others? Liars too, I assume?https://t.co/MazQlna6sS
Time for the country to descend on Lindsey and this story. There is no room for this. None. https://t.co/Y9cSdQu8mb
— TurningOverTables (@OverTables) November 17, 2020
This is real bullshit... this needs to be kept alive... national focus... national attention... Georgia, Republican SoS... as someone else tweeted... "if this is true... Lindsey Graham should resign... immediately"... they should audit SC... who's SC SoS...https://t.co/zSpO5X6Kc4
— Dave Kelley (@DaveKelley6) November 17, 2020
Trump fires anyone who is 'insufficiently loyal.' Isn't that the definition of dictatorship? And the opposite of truth?https://t.co/iIHeN2D6KB
— HowNowMagazine (@hownowmag) November 18, 2020
"Trump says he fired cybersecurity chief Chris Krebs after he disputed election fraud claims"@realDonaldTrump
— Aim High ... Fly, Fight, WIN !!! (@CriticaSinMiedo) November 18, 2020
Mr. President Sir...
TWO MORE TO GO !!!
✔ Gina Cheri Haspel - @CIA
✔ Christopher Asher Wray - @FBIhttps://t.co/0dDA5zRuEJ pic.twitter.com/dQ5exwyROV
Trump fires head of US cybersecurity agency that refuted voter fraud claims https://t.co/vS6CAum4Xx
— Diane Marie (@DianeMariePosts) November 18, 2020
Krebs OUT - Its almost like we were told this was going to happen… NCSWlC
— Copious MQ (@LtlM55) November 18, 2020
Trump fires director of US cybersecurity agency that refuted voter fraud claimshttps://t.co/Sikko3WYXe
Worth considering:
— Nick???? (@nicktolhurst) November 18, 2020
The difference between firing the director of cybersecurity agency for correctly refuting voter fraud claims.....
...and installing a director of cybersecurity agency to facilitate voter fraud....is really just one of degree.https://t.co/7L4p3WzvCF
Trump appointee @C_C_Krebs helped make this election the most secure in history. He also refuted Trump's claims of widespread voter fraud. So Trump just fired him. https://t.co/70ppYjk9Ot
— Mark Elliott (@markmobility) November 18, 2020
Trump fires head of US cybersecurity agency that refuted voter fraud claims https://t.co/z45MZnXBNj
— Lenore Taylor (@lenoretaylor) November 18, 2020
Chris Krebs kept our election safe - Trump fired him. https://t.co/uPdf1MZF5o #chriskrebs
— Frank Figliuzzi (@FrankFigliuzzi1) November 18, 2020
①
— Tomo (@Tomo20309138) November 18, 2020
トランプ大統領、「今回の大統領選はアメリカ史上最も頑健で、大規模な不正はなかった」とする政府報告書を発表したクリス・クレブス長官を「解任」。
（続）https://t.co/k5N2OhqHsV
Chris Krebs kept our election safe from hackers so I fired him. https://t.co/auaeCuf9Qp
— Donald J. Drumpf (@RealDonalDrumpf) November 18, 2020
As Chairwoman of the Homeland Security Appropriations Committee, I am baffled that the President has fired @CISAKrebs for simply doing his job and debunking baseless, false claims of voter fraud spread by the President and his party. https://t.co/rjA3e25Eoj
— Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard (@RepRoybalAllard) November 18, 2020
Georgia secretary of state stands by comments about Sen. Graham seeking invalidation of legally cast ballots by @WPJohnWagnerhttps://t.co/gaXuEruEmi
— Matea Gold (@mateagold) November 17, 2020
I discussed my concerns around Chris Krebs’ dismissal with @ComputerWeekly. Check it out below. https://t.co/CowPBsUWE5
— Chloé Messdaghi (@ChloeMessdaghi) November 19, 2020
This is a ridiculous and petty, yet sadly predictable, move - thank you, Chris, for your leadership, and for the whole election security team at DHS for your professionalism in protecting our election systems during these turbulent times. https://t.co/4CLNB7NIgf
— Scott Shackelford (@CyberPeaceProf) November 18, 2020
Get this dangerous demagogue out of office. He lost. The people have spoken.
— Adam Hayden (he/him) (@adamhayden) November 18, 2020
There is no other argument, either you support democratic principles or you’re more loyal to a single man than you are to the country. Where’s the patriotism in that?https://t.co/WKmUdai9w3
Follow Chris Krebs here @C_C_Krebs now that he has been “terminated” from his role as Director of CISA in the US. Not unexpected but telling nonetheless. History will remember how he debunked various myths put forward to delegitimise 2020 election. https://t.co/dE6gN2nJBE
— Alan Woodward (@ProfWoodward) November 18, 2020
Isn’t there a word for a leader who fires anybody who disagrees with them? https://t.co/1M9kVExr8F
— MisreadBible✍? (@misreadbible) November 18, 2020
バイデン側の政権移行チームに集計機スマートマチックの社長、そして政府内にはその導入（おそらく）と、公正性を喧伝し続けて最近クビになったサイバーセキュリティ庁のチーフ
— entradiko (@entradiko) November 19, 2020
これは黒い…https://t.co/TawDXTAwG7 https://t.co/N7e7o4UbJk
Trump fired Chris Krebs by tweet. Krebs was in charge of cyber security...https://t.co/OKuKQ3ISuX
— Special Agent Nunya .007 ??????? (@Nunya_Bizznizz) November 18, 2020
#Trump fired him because he did his job well & kept our elections SAFE &SECURE. 45 wanted him to certify there was fraud. He wouldn’t. Because it didn’t happen. He is a man of integrity. ?Trump says DHS cybersecurity chief Chris Krebs has been terminated https://t.co/yyM34P4KtU
— Debra Messing✍? (@DebraMessing) November 18, 2020
BREAKING: Trump fires the man who stopped Russia from hacking our election https://t.co/egAmbabRA9
— The Daily Edge (@TheDailyEdge) November 18, 2020