Former Secretary of State Colin Powell said Sunday that he will be voting for Joe Biden in the upcoming election. He states that Trump has “drifted away” from the constitution, and adds that Trump is also a liar.
“We have a Constitution, and we have to follow that Constitution. And the president has drifted away from it. I’m so proud of what these generals and admirals have done, and others have done,” Powell said in an interview with Jake Tapper.
Powell then said that he plans on voting for Biden in the upcoming election, stating that “I’m very close to Joe Biden on a social matter and on a political matter. I worked with him for 35, 40 years, and he is now the candidate and I will be voting for him.”
When asked why he thinks Trump should not be re-elected, Powell called out Trump for being a pathological liar. “He lies. He lies about things. And he gets away with it because people will not hold him accountable,” said Powell.
The former secretary of state also told Tapper he thinks the United States’ moral standing in the world has been severely affected by Trump.
“They’re looking at these demonstrations. They see that these are demonstrations that are justified. And not to be criticized. They see that George, as the President called him, was murdered and the President comes out and says, ‘Well, George is looking down from heaven and blessing what I’m doing.’ How can you expect anybody to believe things like that?” Powell asked.
Trump took to Twitter to fire back at Powell after the interview.
“Colin Powell, a real stiff who was very responsible for getting us into the disastrous Middle East Wars, just announced he will be voting for another stiff, Sleepy Joe Biden. Didn’t Powell say that Iraq had ‘weapons of mass destruction?’ They didn’t, but off we went to WAR!”