An aide who worked in the White House during the Trump administration, Olivia Troye, told MSNBC’s Chris Hayes that she was warned by a colleague after playing Taylor SwiftTaylor Alison SwiftThe Hill’s 12:30 Report: Biden taps Obama official as FDA chief just ahead of deadline Danny Goldberg: Politically active celebrities helped defeat Trump McAuliffe releases ad hitting Youngkin over his latest call for audit of voting machines MORE in the White House.
Troye, who worked as an aide for former Vice President Mike PenceMichael (Mike) Richard PenceTrump CDC official: No ‘public health reason’ for border closure, Title 42 The Hill’s 12:30 Report: Biden taps Obama official as FDA chief just ahead of deadline Trump dismisses rioters’ calls to hang Pence: ‘People were very angry’ MORE and served on the administration coronavirus task force, said on “All in With Chris Hayes” Tuesday that she felt angry following an argument related to the COVID-19 pandemic that occurred during a meeting and retreated to her office, where she began loudly playing Swift’s music.
She said a colleague then knocked on her office door and asked her, “Are you trying to get fired?”
The question confused Troye, she said, so she asked for clarification, inquiring if the colleague was asking because she was blunt at meetings. She said he replied, “I don’t think she’s a fan of Trump’s” — meaning Swift — “and if someone hears that … you should really watch your back. You should be careful on that.”
Troye told Hayes this was “astonishing” to her, and that she had replied to the colleague that it was “late and I’m allowed to listen to whatever music I want.”
Her story comes after the publication of an article in The Atlantic on Tuesday by Jonathan D. Karl, the chief Washington correspondent for ABC News, which recounted a related incident.
He wrote that former President TrumpDonald TrumpFormer Chicago-area CEO sentenced to 30 days in prison for role in Jan. 6 attack Noem formally launches reelection campaign Overnight Health Care — Presented by Rare Access Action Project — Biden unveils FDA pick MORE‘s chief of staff, Mark MeadowsMark MeadowsSteve Bannon indicted by federal grand jury The Hill’s 12:30 Report: Biden taps Obama official as FDA chief just ahead of deadline Meadows defies Jan. 6 committee, risking contempt charges MORE, requested that a top staffer at the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) call him because Meadows had heard that an assistant in the department had liked one of Swift’s instagram posts, in which she encouraged people to vote and expressed support for then-presidential candidate Joe BidenJoe BidenFederal appeals court affirms stay on Biden vaccine mandate for businesses Why Democrats’ prescription drug pricing provision would have hurt seniors Tennessee governor signs law restricting COVID-19 mandates MORE.
“We really can’t have our people liking posts promoting Joe Biden,” Meadows said to Hughes, per to Karl’s…