A former 2020 Trump campaign staffer posted to his Twitter account on Tuesday he was fired from his new job because a client to the company found out he worked on President Trump's reelection efforts.
Dawson Buchanan worked as a contract coordinator, which handles the conducting and coordinating of Trump's rallies, and had established a rapport with Private Jet Services, a private jet company. He says he was hired in January and then fired after the National Hockey League found out about his past work experience.
According to Buchanan, the NHL threatened to cancel its contract with PJS unless they let him go.
"I was upset and disappointed, but I didn’t initially blame them for this decision. I wish they had stood up for me...they didn’t. I didn’t have any animosity towards PJS, until they tried to bully me into silence," Buchanan said.
1) A couple of hours ago, I tweeted out that this tweet referred to me. Shortly after, I deleted that tweet. After much introspection, and talking with friends and family, I feel obligated to reveal why I deleted it. https://t.co/fQ4FRgY7qM
— Dawson Buchanan (@dawsonbuchanan_) January 13, 2021
3) But after thinking about it, and discussing my rights of free speech with advisors, I will not be bullied into silence. I’m now going to raise my voice louder.
— Dawson Buchanan (@dawsonbuchanan_) January 13, 2021
5) After receiving a laptop, establishing a work email, and even purchasing additional work clothes, I prepared to travel to Raleigh, NC today for training. Yesterday evening, around 7 PM, PJS called and fired me without explanation.
— Dawson Buchanan (@dawsonbuchanan_) January 13, 2021
7) I called the owner of PJS and asked for any explanation, and he told me very bluntly: the @NHL found out I worked for the Trump campaign and threatened to cancel the contract with PJS unless they fired me.
— Dawson Buchanan (@dawsonbuchanan_) January 13, 2021
9) I was upset and disappointed, but I didn’t initially blame them for this decision. I wish they had stood up for me...they didn’t. I didn’t have any animosity towards PJS, until they tried to bully me into silence.
— Dawson Buchanan (@dawsonbuchanan_) January 13, 2021
11) I can’t begin to thank all of the people who helped me through this, and have reached out to me on Twitter, LinkedIn, and by email to help. Thank you all so much! I look forward to continuing to voice the truth so this never happens to a conservative again.
— Dawson Buchanan (@dawsonbuchanan_) January 13, 2021
In a profile of him from the Watauga Democrat, Buchanan said he became a supporter of Trump "since the day he descended the escalator in Trump Tower in 2015. However, he likely never expected that one day he would end up working for him."
A call and voicemail message left to PJS to confirm the details of Buchanan's story was not returned in time for publication.