So, unelected staff decide which directives matter? That’s a serious threat to democracy. – Citizen Watch Report

This right here is exactly why Americans have lost faith in the government. A senior DHS official openly admitting that unelected bureaucrats decide what orders get followed? That’s the deep state in plain sight. These people think they’re above elected leadership, above accountability, above the very system that pays their salaries. They don’t answer to the people, only to themselves. And now that he’s caught, they act like firing him will make the problem go away. It won’t. This isn’t about one rogue official—it’s about an entire corrupt machine that believes it runs the country, not the voters.

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