"I took an oath to the president, and I take that oath very seriously."
This declaration was offered as a pious summation civic duty by former White House Political Director Sara Taylor. She stated this without irony or self-awareness. Clearly, she was someone who had been immersed in a culture of Fhrerprinzip, in which there was no allegiance higher than loyalty to the Grand and Glorious Decider.
Senator Patrick Leahy quite correctly reminded Miss Taylor that even though "the president refers to the government being his government — it’s not," and that her "paramount" duty was to the Constitution:
