“Creemos que [la vicepresidenta Harris] posee las cualidades esenciales para servir como presidenta y Donald Trump no. Por lo tanto, apoyamos su elección como presidenta”.
Más de 100 ex funcionarios republicanos de seguridad nacional y política exterior que desempeñaron altos cargos en administraciones presidenciales y en el Congreso han hecho pública una carta de respaldo a la vicepresidenta Harris para presidenta.
En su respaldo, esta coalición de republicanos subrayan que la vicepresidenta es el tipo de “líder firme”, y “de principios serios” que necesita nuestro país, afirmando que “la vicepresidenta Harris ha demostrado su compromiso con la defensa de los ideales que definen a nuestra nación: libertad, democracia y el Estado de Derecho” y que “ha demostrado que puede tomar decisiones en materia de seguridad nacional de una manera disciplinada, sin el constante drama y rotación del gabinete presidencial como la Administración Trump”.
Los funcionarios también adviertieron sobre el peligro que supone Donald Trump si es reelegido, citando la oposición de Trump a aceptar los resultados de las elecciones de 2020 y su papel en la incitación a un ataque violento el 6 de enero.
En su carta, se dirigen directamente a sus compañeros republicanos: “Cualquier posible preocupación [por apoyar al Partido Demócrata] palidece en comparación con el comportamiento caótico y poco ético demostrado por Donald Trump y su desprecio por los principios de gobierno constitucional de nuestra República, que se han comprobado a largo plazo”.
La lista incluye a William Webster, director de la CIA y del FBI bajo los presidentes Reagan y George H.W. Bush; John Negroponte, director de inteligencia nacional bajo George W. Bush; y Robert Zoellick, vicesecretario del ministro de relaciones exteriores y representante de Comercio de EE. UU. bajo George W. Bush y jefe adjunto de personal de la Casa Blanca bajo George H.W. Bush. El grupo también incluye nuevos respaldos de antiguos miembros republicanos del Congreso centrados en cuestiones de seguridad nacional y asuntos exteriores, entre ellos: Charles Boustany de Luisiana, Dan Miller de Florida y Bill Paxon de Nueva York.
La semana pasada, más de una docena de republicanos que trabajaron bajo Reagan respaldaron a la vicepresidenta Kamala Harris. Se unieron a otros líderes recientes que anteponen el país al partido, entre ellos 230 antiguos miembros del personal republicano en administraciones republicanas y campañas presidenciales; el ex vicepresidente Dick Cheney; la ex congresista Liz Cheney; el hijo del difunto senador John McCain, Jim McCain; la ex secretaria de prensa de la Casa Blanca de Trump, Stephanie Grisham; y el ex vicegobernador de Georgia, Geoff Duncan.
La carta original completa aquí
Traducción en español
Declaración de apoyo de exlíderes republicanos de seguridad nacional a la vicepresidenta Harris
Somos exfuncionarios de seguridad nacional y política exterior que prestamos servicios en las administraciones de los presidentes Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, George W. Bush y/o Donald Trump, o como miembros republicanos del Congreso. Hemos prestado servicios en la Casa Blanca, los Departamentos de Defensa, Tesoro, Estado, Justicia, Seguridad Nacional, Comercio y otras agencias, y en el Congreso.
Creemos que el presidente de los Estados Unidos debe ser un líder serio, firme y con principios que pueda promover y defender la seguridad y los valores estadounidenses, fortalecer nuestras alianzas y proteger nuestra democracia.
Contemplamos estar en desacuerdo con Kamala Harris en muchos temas de política interna y exterior, pero creemos que ella posee las cualidades esenciales para servir como presidenta y Donald Trump no. Por lo tanto, apoyamos su elección para ser presidenta.
Nos oponemos firmemente a la elección de Donald Trump. Como presidente, promovió el caos diario en el gobierno, elogió a nuestros enemigos y socavó a nuestros aliados, politizó a las fuerzas armadas y menospreció a nuestros veteranos, priorizó su interés personal por encima de los intereses estadounidenses y traicionó nuestros valores, la democracia y los documentos fundacionales de este país.
En nuestra opinión, al incitar el violento ataque al Capitolio el 6 de enero de 2021 y defender a quienes lo cometieron, ha violado su juramento del cargo y ha traído peligro a nuestro país. Como ha dicho el ex vicepresidente Pence, «cualquiera que se ponga a sí mismo por encima de la Constitución nunca debería ser presidente de los Estados Unidos».
La susceptibilidad de Donald Trump a los halagos y la manipulación de Vladimir Putin y Xi Jinping, la afinidad inusual con otros líderes autoritarios, el desprecio por las normas de comportamiento decente, ético y legal y la caótica toma de decisiones en materia de seguridad nacional son cualidades peligrosas, como han testificado con frecuencia muchos honorables colegas republicanos y oficiales militares que ocuparon altos cargos de seguridad nacional en su administración.
No es apto para volver a ejercer como presidente, ni para ocupar ningún cargo de confianza pública.
La vicepresidenta Harris ha demostrado su compromiso con la defensa de los ideales que definen a nuestra nación: libertad, democracia y estado de derecho. Su experiencia como fiscal general de California y su liderazgo en el Comité Selecto de Inteligencia del Senado y como vicepresidenta la han ayudado a prepararse para ser presidenta.
Estamos preparados para apoyarla como presidenta porque: ha defendido constantemente el estado de derecho, la democracia y nuestros principios constitucionales; se ha comprometido a “garantizar que Estados Unidos siempre tenga la fuerza de combate más fuerte y letal del mundo” y a honrar y respetar a quienes visten el uniforme; se ha comprometido a firmar el paquete bipartidista de seguridad fronteriza, redactado bajo el liderazgo del senador republicano James Lankford y otros republicanos, que contrataría a 1.500 nuevos funcionarios de Aduanas y Protección Fronteriza y proporcionaría más recursos para la aplicación de la ley, pero al que se opuso Donald Trump para evitar darle al presidente Biden cualquier ventaja política; ha apoyado una OTAN fuerte para hacer frente a Rusia y proteger la seguridad europea y estadounidense y se ha mantenido firme en su apoyo a Ucrania;
ha declarado su intención de garantizar que Estados Unidos esté a la altura de la competencia económica y militar con China.
Declaró su intención de “defender siempre el derecho de Israel a defenderse” y “tomar todas las medidas que sean necesarias para defender nuestras fuerzas y nuestros intereses contra Irán y los terroristas respaldados por Irán”.
Demostró que puede participar en la toma ordenada de decisiones sobre seguridad nacional, sin el drama constante y la rotación del Gabinete de la Administración Trump; y se comprometió a nombrar a un republicano en su Gabinete para alentar una diversidad de puntos de vista y restaurar una medida de bipartidismo y cortesía en nuestra política interna.
Apreciamos que muchos republicanos prefieren a Donald Trump antes que a Kamala Harris, por diversas razones. Reconocemos y no menospreciamos sus posibles preocupaciones, incluidas algunas de las posiciones defendidas por el ala izquierda del partido demócrata. Pero cualquier posible preocupación palidece en comparación con el comportamiento caótico y poco ético demostrado por Donald Trump y su desprecio por los principios probados por el tiempo de gobernanza constitucional de nuestra República.
Su naturaleza impredecible no es la virtud negociadora que ensalza. Por el contrario, en materia de seguridad nacional, su comportamiento invita a un comportamiento igualmente errático por parte de nuestros adversarios, lo que amenaza irresponsablemente con consecuencias globales temerarias y peligrosas.
En resumen, no se puede confiar en que Donald Trump “apoye y defienda la Constitución de los Estados Unidos contra todos los enemigos, extranjeros y nacionales… y mantenga una verdadera fe y lealtad hacia ella”. Creemos que Kamala Harris puede hacerlo, e instamos a otros estadounidenses a que se unan a nosotros para apoyarla.
Firmantes
Admiral Steve Abbot
USN (Ret.), Former Deputy Homeland Security Advisor, George W. Bush Administration
Kenneth Adelman
Former Director, Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, Reagan Administration
Dr. Carol C. Adelman
Former Assistant Administrator, United States Agency for International Development, Reagan Administration
Major General John Barry
USAF (Ret.), Former Military Assistant to the Secretary of Defense
Richard C. Barth
Former Assistant Secretary, Department of Homeland Security, George W. Bush Administration
Christopher Barton
Former Director, National Security Council Staff
John Bellinger
Former Legal Adviser, National Security Council, George W. Bush Administration
Admiral Kenneth Bernard
Former Special Assistant to the President, George W. Bush Administration
Mark E. Bitterman
Former Special Assistant to the Secretary of Defense, George H.W. Bush Administration
Robert D. Blackwill
Former Deputy National Security Advisor and Ambassador to India, George W. Bush Administration
William Bodie
Former Assistant to the Secretary of the Air Force, George W. Bush Administration
Christian M.L. Bonat
Former Deputy General Counsel, Dept. of Defense, George W. Bush Administration and Obama Administration
Richard Boucher
Former Assistant Secretary of State, George W. Bush Administration
Charles W. Boustany, Jr.
Former Member of Congress, Louisiana
Charles R. Bowers
Former U.S. Ambassador to Bolivia, George H.W. Bush Administration
Greg Brower
Former Assistant Director, Federal Bureau of Investigations, Obama and Trump Administrations
Christopher Buckley
Former Chief Speechwriter, Office of Vice President George H.W. Bush
James R. Bullington
Former U.S. Ambassador to Burundi, Reagan Administration
Richard Burt
Former U.S. Ambassador to Germany, Reagan Administration
Gahl Hodges Burt
Former Assistant to the Secretary of State, Reagan Administration
Rear Admiral Fred Byus
U.S. Navy (Ret.)
Jack C. Chow
Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, George W. Bush Administration
James W. Cicconi
Former Assistant to the President & Deputy to the Chief of Staff, The White House, George H. W. Bush Administration
Peggy Cifrino
Former Deputy Chief of Staff to Secretary of State Colin L. Powell, George W. Bush Administration
Eliot A. Cohen
Former Counselor of the Dept. of State, George W. Bush Administration
Benedict S. Cohen
Former General Counsel, Dept. of the Army, George W. Bush Administration
William Cohen
Former Secretary of Defense, Clinton Administration, and U.S. Senator, Maine
Joseph J. Collins
Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, George W. Bush Administration
Barbara Comstock
Former Member of Congress, Virginia
Cindy Courville
Former Ambassador to the African Union and Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs for Africa, George W. Bush Administration
Chester A. Crocker
Former Assistant Secretary of State, Reagan Administration
Patrick M. Cronin
Former Assistant Administrator, United States Agency for International Development, George W. Bush Administration
Stephen W. DeVine
Former Deputy Legal Advisor, National Security Council, George W. Bush Administration
Charles Djou
Former Member of Congress, Hawaii
Michael Donley
Former Secretary of the Air Force, George W. Bush Administration and Obama Administration
Raymond F. DuBois
Former Acting Under Secretary of the Army, George W. Bush Administration
Martha E. Duncan
Former Senior Executive Service, Dept. of Defense, George W. Bush Administration and Obama Administration
Lewis A. Dunn
Former Assistant Director, Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, Reagan Administration
Eric S. Edelman
Former Under Secretary of Defense, George W. Bush Administration
Mickey Edwards
Former Member of Congress, Oklahoma
Richard A. Falkenrath
Former Deputy Assistant to the President, George W. Bush Administration
Jendayi E. Frazer
Former Ambassador to South Africa and Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, George W. Bush Administration
Aaron L. Friedberg
Former Deputy Assistant to the Vice President, George W. Bush Administration
William Gaches
Former Director of Counterterrorism, National Security Agency, George W. Bush Administration
Janice Gardner
Former Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, George W. Bush Administration
Stuart M. Gerson
Former Acting Attorney General of the United States, George W. Bush Administration
James K. Glassman
Former Under Secretary of State, George W. Bush Administration
Jon D. Glassman
Former Deputy National Security Advisor to the Vice President and Ambassador to Paraguay, George H.W. Bush Administration
David Gordon
Former Director, State Dept., Policy Planning, George W. Bush Administration
Sen. Chuck Hagel
Former Secretary of Defense, Obama Administration, and former U.S. Senator, Nebraska
Christopher Hankin
Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State; Reagan, George H.W. Bush, and Clinton Administrations
Mark Harvey
Former Special Assistant to the President, Trump Administration
General Michael V. Hayden
Former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency and the National Security Agency, George W. Bush and Obama Administrations
Carla Hills
Former U.S. Trade Representative, George H.W Bush Administration
Seth Hurwitz
Former Counsel, President’s Intelligence Oversight Board, George H.W. Bush Administration
Peter Keisler
Former Acting Attorney General of the United States, George W. Bush Administration
James A. Kelly
Former Assistant Secretary of State, George W. Bush Administration
Adam Kinzinger
Former Member of Congress, Illinois
Sofia Kinzinger
Former Deputy Assistant Secretary, Dept. of Homeland Security, Trump Administration
Kenneth J. Krieg
Former Under Secretary of Defense, George W. Bush Administration
James R. Kunder
Former Deputy Administrator, United States Agency for International Development, George W. Bush Administration
Brigadier General George Landis, USA, Ret.
Former commander, United States Personnel Information Systems Command
Frank Lavin
Former Ambassador to Singapore and Former Under Secretary of Commerce, George W. Bush Administration
Peter Lichtenbaum
Former Assistant Secretary of Commerce, George W. Bush Administration
Rear Admiral David M. Lichtman, MD, USN (Ret.)
Former Commander, National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, George H.W. Bush and Clinton Administrations
Winston Lord
Former U.S. Ambassador to China, Reagan and George H.W. Bush Administrations
Steven R. Mann
Former Ambassador to Turkmenistan and Former Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary in the State Dept., Clinton and George W. Bush Administrations
Colonel John W. McDonald
Former Deputy Under Secretary of the Army
P. Michael McKinley
Former Ambassador to Peru and Acting Ambassador to the European Union and Mozambique, George W. Bush Administration; Former Ambassador to Peru, Colombia, Afghanistan, and Brazil, Obama Administration
Dan Miller
Former Member of Congress, Florida
John M. Mitnick
Former General Counsel, Dept. of Homeland Security, Trump Administration
Allen Moore
Former Under Secretary of Commerce, Reagan Administration
Alberto Mora
Former General Counsel, U.S. Information Agency, George H.W. Bush Administration; Former General Counsel, Dept. of the Navy, George W. Bush Administration
Kenneth Mortensen
Former Associate Deputy Attorney General, George W. Bush Administration
Vice Admiral Charles L. Munns
U.S. Navy (Ret.), George W. Bush Administration
John D. Negroponte
Former Director of National Intelligence and Former Deputy Secretary of State, George W. Bush Administration
Elizabeth Neumann
Former Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security, Trump Administration
Sean O’Keefe
Former Secretary of the Navy, George H.W. Bush Administration; Former NASA Administrator, George W. Bush Administration
Bill Paxon
Former Member of Congress, New York
William R Piekney
Former CIA Chief of Station, Reagan Administration
Daniel M. Price
Former Deputy National Security Advisor, George W. Bush Administration
Alan Charles Raul
Former Vice Chairman, White House Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board, George W. Bush Administration
Victor Reis
Former Director, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, George H.W. Bush Administration
Robert Annan Riley
Former Ambassador to Micronesia, Trump Administration
Paul Rosenzweig
Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security, George W. Bush Administration
Charles O. Rossotti
Former Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense; Former Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, Clinton and George W. Bush Administrations
Nicholas Rostow
Former National Security Council Legal Adviser, Reagan and George H.W. Bush Administrations
Kori Schake
Former Deputy Director of Policy Planning, State Dept., George W. Bush Administration
Dr. Wayne A. Schroeder
Former Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, George W. Bush Administration
Gregory L. Schulte
Former Senior Director, National Security Council Staff and Ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency, George W. Bush Administration
Robert Shanks
Former Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Reagan Administration
Rep. Christopher Shays
Former Member of Congress, Connecticut
John Simon
Former Senior Director, National Security Council Staff and Ambassador to the African Union, George W. Bush Administration
Stephen Slick
Former Senior Director, National Security Council Staff, George W. Bush Administration
Mark C. Storella
Former U.S. Ambassador to Zambia, Obama Administration
William H. Taft IV
Former Deputy Secretary of Defense and Ambassador to NATO, George W. Bush Administration
Miles Taylor
Former Chief of Staff, Dept. of Homeland Security, Trump Administration
Larry D. Thompson
Former Deputy Attorney General, George W. Bush Administration
Jack Thomas Tomarchio
Former Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Homeland Security, George W. Bush Administration
Olivia Troye
Former Special Advisor to the Vice President, Trump Administration
Robert Tuttle
Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom, George W. Bush Administration
John K. Veroneau
Former Deputy U.S. Trade Representative and Former Assistant Secretary of Defense, George W. Bush and Clinton Administrations
Colonel Terry Virts, USAF (Ret.)
Former NASA Astronaut, Former Commander of the International Space Station
Dr. Thomas G. Ward, Jr.
Former Director of Threats, Ballistic Missile Defense Organization, Reagan and Clinton Administrations
Matthew C. Waxman
Former Principal Deputy Director, State Dept. Policy Planning, George W. Bush Administration
William H. Webster
Former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency and Federal Bureau of Investigations, Reagan and George H.W. Bush Administrations
William F. Weld
Former Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division, Reagan Administration
J. Robinson West
Former Assistant Secretary of Interior, Reagan Administration
Wendell L. Willkie II
Former General Counsel, Dept. of Commerce, George H.W. Bush Administration
Philip Zelikow
Former Counselor of the Dept. of State, George W. Bush Administration
Robert B. Zoellick
Former Deputy Secretary of State and U.S. Trade Representative, George W. Bush Administration; White House Deputy Chief of Staff, George H.W. Bush Administration
