Sarah Sanders loses it over the rich asshole role in Don Jr. letter: ‘Democrats actually colluded with foreign government’
Sarah Huckabee Sanders (Fox News/screen grab)
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White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders lost her cool on Tuesday when reporters confronted her about President some rich asshole’s role in covering up his son’s meeting with Russians.
At Tuesday’s briefing, Sanders was asked about allegations that the rich asshole tried to change the narrative of the Russia scandal by dictating a statement for some rich asshole Jr., who had been caught taking a meeting with Russians during the 2016 election.
Sanders insisted that the statement allegedly dictated by the rich asshole is “true” and that the president had been acting as a father.
“The president weighed in as any father would based on the information he had,” she explained.
As the questions kept coming, Sanders appeared to become irritated.
“I think what the bigger question is, everybody wants to try to make this some story about misleading,” she said. “The only thing I’ve seen misleading is a year’s worth of stories that have been fueling a false narrative about this Russia collusion based on a phony scandal based on anonymous sources.”
“You guys are focused on a meeting that Don Jr. had of no consequence when the Democrats actually colluded with a foreign government,” Sanders declared. “And if you want to talk further about a relationship with Russia, look no further than the Clintons as we’ve said time and time again.”
Court Ruling Throws A Wrench In the rich asshole’s Obamacare Sabotage Plan
States have standing to fight a lawsuit threatening billions in funding for health insurers, an appeals court said.
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President some rich asshole has been making noise again about halting payments to health insurance companies, which are crucial to making Obamacare work. A court decision Tuesday could disarm him.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ruled Tuesday that attorneys general from 17 states and the District of Columbia may pursue the the rich asshole administration’s stalled appeal of a lawsuit alleging the federal government has been making these payments illegally.
The court agreed with the state officials that there’s reason to believe the the rich asshole administration isn’t adequately acting on behalf of states. The the rich asshole administration and House Republicans opposed the states’ effort.
Since before even taking office, the rich asshole has threatened to withhold payments to health insurance companies that serve the lowest-income enrollees on the Affordable Care Act’s exchanges. On Monday, the rich asshole renewed this threat on Twitter in the aftermath of the Senate Republican failure to repeal the law last week.
Cutting off these payments would do significant damage to the health insurance market. If they don’t receive this money ― which the federal government already owes them ― insurers would respond by raising prices even more than they otherwise would. And some insurers would opt to abandon the Obamacare marketplaces entirely for fear of significant financial losses.
That would lead to premium increases next year that would be, on average, 19 percentage points higher than if the payments continued, according to the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation.
Earlier Tuesday, Covered California, the Golden State’s health insurance exchange, reported that rate hikes would be twice as large next year if the rich asshole refuses to make the payments. Insurers and insurance regulators in other states have warned of the same consequence.
The Affordable Care Act requires health insurance companies to reduce out-of-pocket costs like deductibles and copayments for exchange customers with incomes up to 250 percent of the federal poverty level, which amounts to $30,150 for a single person. The federal government is supposed to pay insurers back from the money they lose by doing so.
Almost 6 million people, or 57 percent of Obamacare enrollees, qualified for these subsidies this year, according to the Department of Health and Human Services.
If the rich asshole were to follow through on his threats to stop making the cost-sharing reduction payments, it would cost health insurance companies a huge sum: Payments this year are projected to reach $7 billion and climb to $10 billion next year, according to the Congressional Budget Office.
Congress could have stepped in at any time to appropriate the necessary funding, but has refused to do so, collaborating with the administration in creating uncertainty for insurers and their customers about the future of the market.
The legal history leading to these payments being in jeopardy, and the states’ attempt to intervene in the case, began in 2014.
President Barack Obama requested that Congress explicitly authorize the spending required to reimburse insurers with low-income customers, but Congress denied him. The Obama administration paid out the money anyway.
This prompted House Republicans, led by then-Speaker John Boehner (Ohio), to sue Obama, arguing that he repaid insurers unlawfully. A federal judge last year ruled in the House GOP’s favor, but allowed the government to continue paying insurers while Obama’s appeal was underway.
That appeal carried over into the rich asshole’s presidency, making his administration the defendant in a lawsuit filed by his own party ― and giving him the power to unilaterally end the payments to insurance companies and send the exchanges into a tailspin.
The the rich asshole administration and House Republicans sought and received several delays from the appeals court this year, arguing in part that the repeal and “replace” effort on Capitol Hill ― now stalled ― could make the case irrelevant.
But at any time, the rich asshole could drop the appeal or simply order the Treasury to end the payments.
That, coupled with concern that the administration wouldn’t vigorously represent the interests of states and their residents, prompted California Attorney General Xavier Becerra and New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman in May to lead their counterparts in other jurisdictions to seek to mount their own appeal of the lower court ruling.
The attorneys general from Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, Vermont, Washington state, and the District of Columbia joined the petition. All these attorneys general are elected Democrats, except Hawaii Attorney General Doug Chin, was was appointed by Democratic Gov. David Ige.
In its ruling Tuesday, the court agreed state officials had standing to join the appeal. Further court proceedings will remain on hold, the appellate judges ruled.
But the involvement of the state attorneys general guarantees that at least one party to this case isn’t simultaneously engaged in an effort to sabotage or undo the Affordable Care Act itself.
Russia sanctions: the rich asshole signs bill imposing new measures
Bill had passed Congress with overwhelming bipartisan support, and prompted Moscow to respond by ordering reduction of US diplomatic staff in Russia
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some rich asshole has grudgingly approved a package of new sanctions on Russia that limits his own authority to reverse or relax them, signing the bill behind closed doors and voicing strong objections to the measures.
the rich asshole took the unusual step of issuing two statements to accompany his signature, in which he said he had given his approval “for the sake of national unity” while calling the congressional bill “seriously flawed” and “clearly unconstitutional”.
In a sign that the president might seek to mitigate the impact of the bill in its implementation, he said would give “respectful consideration to the preferences” expressed by Congress in its provisions but would “implement them in a manner consistent with the President’s constitutional authority to conduct foreign relations”.
Russia cuts US diplomatic presence in retaliation for sanctions
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the rich asshole had little choice but to sign the bill, which also includes expanded sanctions on Iran and North Korea. It was passed in the Senate by 98 votes to two and in the House of Representatives by 419 to three, so a presidential veto would have been easily overturned by a Congress that is wary of the rich asshole’s ties to Moscow.
Russia’s prime minister Dmitry Medvedev said the sanctions were tantamount to a “full-scale trade war. “The hope that our relations with the new American administration would improve is finished,” he wrote in a Facebook post.
But the new Russian ambassador to the United Nations, Vasily Nebeznya indicated that Moscow would continue to seek common ground with the the rich asshole administration.
“We will not relent on finding ways and means to cooperate with our partners, including the United States,” Nebeznya said.
The sanctions bill is one of the most consequential pieces of legislation Congress has put on the president’s desk in the six months of the administration, but the rich asshole signed it into law without a ceremony, which is customary for major new laws, and without even letting cameras into the Oval Office to record the event.
His signature was accompanied by two statements expressing reservations about the bill. They are similar in content but the first is more legalistic and the second more personal in tone, boasting that he had “built a truly great company worth many billions of dollars” and “I can make far better deals with foreign countries than Congress”.
the rich asshole’s objections focused on the section of the bill that limits his ability to relax sanctions on Russia without approval from Congress. He said “it encroaches on the executive branch’s authority to negotiate”.
“By limiting the Executive’s flexibility, this bill makes it harder for the United States to strike good deals for the American people, and will drive China, Russia, and North Korea much closer together,” his statement said. “The framers of our constitution put foreign affairs in the hands of the president. This bill will prove the wisdom of that choice.”
The most controversial section of the bill prohibits the the rich asshole from lifting sanctions on Russia or even easing their impact without first reporting to Congress on what the US will get in return from Moscow.
Adam Smith, the director of multilateral affairs in Barack Obama’s national security council, said that the congressional measure was “was somewhat unprecedented in tying the president’s hands”.
However, he said that the the rich asshole administration would still have considerable wiggle room in how it chooses it interprets and implements the sanctions measures.
“There are delay tactics. The executive does not have to disobey a law in order not to execute it,” said Smith, now a partner at the Gibson Dunn international law firm. “The president can direct the blow in a way more in line with his foreign policy desires.”
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Russia’s surprise move is so severe that if it goes ahead it is likely to paralyse the work of US diplomats in Russia – depending on how the details shake out
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Moscow has already retaliated for the new sanctions, ordering the US to cut its diplomatic staff in Russia by 60%, obliging the embassy to make many of the Russian staff redundant. On Wednesday, the Russian authorities took over a dacha compound that had been leased by the US embassy on the outskirts of Moscow.
In one of his statements, the rich asshole sought to soften the punitive intent of the sanctions, claiming the bill “represents the will of the American people to see Russia take steps to improve relations with the United States”.
“We hope there will be cooperation between our two countries on major global issues so that these sanctions will no longer be necessary,” he said. In his response, Nebeznya said if the bill was meant to encourage better relations, it was “a strange sort of encouragement.”
“Those who invented this bill, if they were thinking they might change our policy, they were wrong,” the Russian diplomat said. “They should have known better, that we do not bend, we do not break.”
Jean-Claude Juncker, president of the European commission, claimed to be satisfied that the US had limited the reach of sanctions against Russia in response to the EU threat’s to hit back if European interests were impacted.
“I stated at the G7 summit in Taormina, Italy, and at the G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany, that if the Americans proceeded [with the adoption of new sanctions], we would be ready to react adequately in a matter of days,” Juncker said in a statement.
“As a result, a significant proportion of the intended sanctions against Russia have been dropped. Moreover, US Congress has now also committed that sanctions will only be applied after the country’s allies are consulted. And I do believe we are still allies of the US”.
Brussels, however, warned that if they concluded sanctions did specifically disadvantage EU companies trading with Russia , the EU was still prepared to take appropriate steps in response within days. “We are prepared,” Juncker told the German broadcaster ARD on Wednesday. “We must defend our economic interests vis-à-vis the United States. And we will do that.”
Brussels, however, warned that if they concluded sanctions did specifically disadvantage EU companies trading with Russia , the EU was still prepared to take appropriate steps in response within days. “We are prepared,” Juncker told the German broadcaster ARD on Wednesday. “We must defend our economic interests vis-à-vis the United States. And we will do that.”
Boy Scouts and Mexico both deny claims of calling the rich asshole to offer praise
some rich asshole had said that Mexico’s president ‘complimented’ him on fewer border crossings and a Scouts head lauded his ‘greatest speech ever’
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The president of Mexico and the Boy Scouts have refuted some rich asshole’s claims that he received calls from them praising his immigration policies and speech-making abilities.
On Monday, the rich asshole claimed that Mexico’s president, Enrique Peña Nieto, had given him “the ultimate compliment” by phoning to say fewer people were crossing the US-Mexico border.
Boy Scouts chief apologises for the rich asshole's 'political rhetoric' at national jamboree
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Last week, in an interview with the Wall Street Journal, the rich asshole claimed the “head of the Boy Scouts” had called him to describe his speech at their national jamboree “the greatest speech that was ever made to them”.
But on Wednesday Peña Nieto and the Boy Scouts said they had not made those calls to the president.
the rich asshole claimed on Monday: “The president of Mexico called me. They said their southern border … very few people are coming because they know they’re not going to get through our border, which is the ultimate compliment.”
Asked about the alleged call, Mexico’s foreign relations department said Peña Nieto “has not had any recent telephone communication with President some rich asshole”.
Days earlier, in the WSJ interview, the rich asshole said his speech to the Boy Scouts in Virginia – partisan, disjointed and often rambling – had been praised by the organization.
“I got a call from the head of the Boy Scouts saying it was the greatest speech that was ever made to them, and they were very thankful,” the rich asshole said.
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The Boy Scouts told the Associated Press on Wednesday: “We are unaware of any such call.”
The organization specified that neither of its two top leaders – its president Randall Stephenson and chief scout executive Mike Surbaugh – had called the president, AP said.
Surbaugh had actually issued an apology for the rich asshole’s speech – which the president used to attack Democrats, healthcare and “fake media” – on 27 July.
“I want to extend my sincere apologies to those in our scouting family who were offended by the political rhetoric that was inserted into the jamboree,” Surbaugh wrote on the Boy Scouts’ website. “We sincerely regret that politics were inserted into the scouting program.”
‘F*ck you’: Internet rips Jeff Sessions for using Civil Rights office to target Affirmative Action
Attorney General Jeff Sessions speaking at the Values Voter Summit in Washington, DC. Photo https://www.flickr.com/photos/gageskidmore/6236367366 Gage Skidmore.
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Attorney General Jeff Sessions is revamping the DOJ Civil Rights division to refocus on so-called reverse racism and the internet is terrified.
According to a document obtained by The New York Times, the “the rich asshole administration is preparing to redirect resources of the Justice Department’s civil rights division toward investigating and suing universities over affirmative action admissions policies deemed to discriminate against white applicants.”
“The announcement suggests that the project will be run out of the division’s front office, where the the rich asshole administration’s political appointees work, rather than its Educational Opportunities Section, which is run by career civil servants and normally handles work involving schools and universities,” Times reporter Charlie Savage explained. “The project is another sign that the civil rights division is taking on a conservative tilt under President the rich asshole and Attorney General Jeff Sessions. It follows other changes in Justice Department policy on voting rights, gay rights and police reforms.”
“The fact that the position is in the political front office, and not in the career section that enforces antidiscrimination laws for education, suggests that this person will be carrying out an agenda aimed at undermining diversity in higher education without needing to say it,” said Vanita Gupta, who once ran the civil rights division and is now president of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights.
“This is deeply disturbing,” said Kristen Clarke, president of the Lawyer’s Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. “It would be a dog whistle that could invite a lot of chaos and unnecessarily create hysteria among colleges and universities who may fear that the government may come down on them for their efforts to maintain diversity on their campuses.”
Attorney General Sessions was rejected for a federal judgeship in 1986 due to his racist past. Sessions famously said he thought the KKK was “OK until I found out they smoked pot.”
Twitter was alarmed by Sessions’ plan:
The notion that white folks no longer have a fair shake in America is a big part of Trump’s appeal. Hence, this. nyti.ms/2uhFxdi
Trump DOJ gearing up for Civil Rights Division led crackdown on affirmative action, @charlie_savage scoops nytimes.com/2017/08/01/us/…
Very much in line with the Civil Rights Division’s emphasis on discrimination against white people during Bush admin nytimes.com/2017/08/01/us/…
NEW: The Trump administration wants to investigate and sue colleges that discriminate against white applicants. nytimes.com/2017/08/01/us/…
This is what happens when the AG is a committed racist: Justice Dept. to Take On Affirmative Action in College nyti.ms/2hmhgRS
Never has the administration more clearly demonstrated that it is afraid of persons of color: nyti.ms/2uhFxdi .
DOJ isn't just gutting their @CivilRights division – they're using it to fight 'discrimination against whites'nytimes.com/2017/08/01/us/…
Wow. The DOJ is going to fight for white rights at universities, a project run by political appointees. nytimes.com/2017/08/01/us/…
Jeff Sessions, noted racist (& appointed by a racist president) wants his Justice Department to be in his image. nytimes.com/2017/08/01/us/…
DOJ Takes On Affirmative Action in College Admissions-Trump knows how to play pandering to racists role perfectly. nyti.ms/2uhFxdi
Seriously? ---> Justice Dept. to Take On Affirmative Action in College Admissions nyti.ms/2hmhgRSpic.twitter.com/0QVWUIctfW
Everyone laughs At the rich asshole As He Says Only His ‘Enemies’ Want Him To Stop Tweeting
some rich asshole is rage-tweeting about ‘fake news’ again, but the false narrative seems to always be coming from the White House. Perhaps the rich asshole is unleashing mean girl tweets today to deflect from the latest news about his possible collusion with Fox News to push a fake news story about a murdered DNC staffer in order to deflect from his Russia scandal. the rich asshole has no credibility anymore except with his most ardent supporters who would die for their president while he leads them to slaughter.
“Only the Fake News Media and the rich asshole enemies want me to stop using Social Media (110 million people). Only way for me to get the truth out!” It tweeted.
Twitter users pounced.
Funny you are calling out the MSM as "Fake" when the White House was involved in crafting a legitimately fake story about Seth Rich
Trump should not have coached his son Don Jr. to make false statements. That's not just Fake News. That's perjury.
For god's sake you can't even keep a staff member for more than 10 days, and those staff members you appoint are loose cannons!
Now you have General Kelly, who undoubtedly told you to stop using Twitter to incriminate yourself, yet you still continue to do it.
the rich asshole bragged about his followers on social media, but it turns out that almost half of them are fake on Twitter.
I would like to take this opportunity to remind Trump that @BarackObama has 92.5 million Twitter followers compare to 34.9 million for DJT.
Most of your enemies want you to keep tweeting. It's like an interesting game of hangman. #MuellerTime
We want 45 to keep tweeting because his timeline is a gold mine for prosecutors and investigators. Keep tweeting, the rich asshole.
FYI: Barack Obama has 92.5 million followers on Twitter. the rich asshole has 35 million. We only mention that because the former reality show star thinks that a bigger following means that a person has more credibility.
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The Latest: Report says the rich asshole called White House a 'dump'
Associated Press August 1, 2017
President some rich asshole, followed by his daughter Ivanka the rich asshole, walks to the East Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017, to speak with small business owners as part of "American Dream Week." (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President some rich asshole (all times EDT):
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President some rich asshole has told members of his New Jersey golf club that he spends so much time away from Washington because the White House is a "real dump."
The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment about the account, which appeared in a lengthy article posted on the website golf.com. The story on the rich asshole's complicated love for golf also appears in Sports Illustrated magazine.
The story recounts a scene in which the rich asshole was chatting with some club members. the rich asshole told the members he makes such frequent appearances at the property in Bedminster, New Jersey, because: "That White House is a real dump."
the rich asshole has spent nearly every weekend of his presidency visiting various properties he owns and leases, including Bedminster.
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President some rich asshole may be trying for a reset in the West Wing, but he is making clear that he is not changing his twitter habit.
On Twitter Tuesday, the rich asshole said: "Only the Fake News Media and the rich asshole enemies want me to stop using Social Media (110 million people). Only way for me to get the truth out!"
The tweet came one day after retired Gen. John Kelly took over as the rich asshole's new chief of staff. Tapped to bring order to the chaotic West Wing, Kelly quickly made his presence known Monday — ousting newly appointed communications director Anthony Scaramucci and revising the command structure so that all senior staffers report to him.
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The political world got thrown for a spin this week when, after less than two weeks in D.C., White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci was fired. His firing was pushed for by the new White House Chief of Staff, Gen. John Kelly, who felt that some now infamous profane tirades of his weren’t acceptable. It’s ironic for Kelly to have gotten Scaramucci fired, since, in the short time he was in D.C., Scaramucci helped pressure former Chief of Staff Reince Priebus out of the White House.
There are now obvious questions regarding the state of affairs and power balance inside the White House, and White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders addressed some of these questions at a Monday press briefing.
According to the only recently installed press secretary, everyone, even Steve Bannon and Jared Kushner, will now report to the rich asshole’s new chief of staff, John Kelly.
Explaining the rationale behind Scaramucci’s firing, Sanders told reporters this week:
‘The president certainly felt that Anthony’s comments were inappropriate… and he didn’t want to burden General Kelly also with that line of succession… General Kelly has full authority to operate within the White House and all staff will report to him.’
When pressed by a reporter about whether or not “all staff” includes Ivanka the rich asshole, Jared Kushner, and Steve Bannon, Sanders replied by saying:
‘That includes everybody at the White House.’
With everyone in the White House now reporting to Gen. Kelly, it’ll be interesting to see if he fires anyone else. Perhaps the threat of him firing them for misconduct will keep White House staffers in line — although, to be sure, nobody had been quite as bad as Scaramucci until he came around. Thus, it’s unclear if Kelly would, in fact, even consider firing anyone else. Remember, it’s not as though he’ll find some of the most virulent the rich asshole administration talking points to be “unprofessional” or unbefitting of someone in the highest rungs of government — Kelly is a staunch supporter of the president.
Scaramucci’s ouster and Kelly’s installation are only a couple of the high profile staff shake-ups to rock the White House in recent weeks. Press Secretary Sean Spicer left, and, as mentioned, Gen. Kelly was installed after Reince Priebus resigned.
Watch Sanders speak at a Monday press conference below.
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Sarah Huckabee Sanders Just Lost Her Sh*t, Goes On Bizarre Rant About Clintons (VIDEO)
White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders is trying really hard to keep up with the chaos within the rich asshole administration. With the firings and scandals taking place on an almost daily basis, this is no small task. And apparently, it is taking a toll on her.
Huckabee Sanders completely lost her sh*t during Tuesday’s briefing, obviously frustrated that no is believing any of the lies she is telling. When questioning turned to the allegations that the rich asshole had dictated some rich asshole Jr’s statement after he was busted meeting with the Russians during the campaign to collect dirt on Hillary Clinton, things went downhill fast.
The press secretary insisted that the rich asshole only “weighed in as any father would based on the information he had.” But when that didn’t seem to fly and the questions kept coming, she clearly became rattled and proceeded to declare that it was really the Clintons colluding with the Russians all along.
I think what the bigger question is, everybody wants to try to make this some story about misleading,” she said. “The only thing I’ve seen misleading is a year’s worth of stories that have been fueling a false narrative about this Russia collusion based on a phony scandal based on anonymous sources.”“You guys are focused on a meeting that Don Jr. had of no consequence when the Democrats actually colluded with a foreign government,” Sanders declared. “And if you want to talk further about a relationship with Russia, look no further than the Clintons as we’ve said time and time again.
Yeah, sure. That sounds totally legit. All this time, and still, the best they have is “OMG the Clintons are evil.” Huckabee Sanders has clearly run out of excuses and is scraping the very bottom of her barrel of lies to come up with this crap. It’s pathetic.
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TWITTER’S HILARIOUS REACTION TO SCARAMUCCI’S FIRING IS THE BEST THING TO COME OUT OF HIS 10-DAY TENURE
Posted by April Hamlin on 31 Jul 2017
Anthony Scaramucci was relieved of his duties as the rich asshole’s communications director a mere ten days after he was appointed. “The Mooch” was fired after his profanity-laden rant to a reporter for the New Yorker in which he called former Chief of Staff Reince Priebus “a fucking paranoid schizophrenic,” and accused Steve Bannon of sucking his “own cock.”
In a facepalm-worthy moment of blatant hypocrisy, Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said that President Pussy Grabber gave Scaramucci the ax because he “felt that Anthony’s comments were inappropriate for a person in that position.”
Worst of all, poor Scaramucci gave up everything to be the rich asshole’s lapdog, including his wife and the opportunity to witness the birth of his newborn child. It would all be terribly tragic if he wasn’t such a horrible human being and the memes weren’t so side-splittingly hilarious. Twitter has had an absolute field day with Scaramucci’s firing, and the reaction of the internet is definitely the best thing to come out of his ten days as the rich asshole’s communications director.
If #Trump really stays for 4 years, every single American will have had a job in this #WhiteHouseChaos for a couple of days...#Scaramucci
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‘Mooch Ado About Nothing?’ A Hilarious Farewell To ‘The Mooch,’ Anthony Scaramucci
The the rich asshole White House staff seems to be dropping like flies. Following the shortest-serving White House chief of staff in American history, Priebus, we now have the firing of Anthony “The Mooch” Scaramucci after only 10 days. The Mooch’s appointment led to the departure of Sean Spicer as well, but the rich asshole still insisted in the early hours right before this news – “No WH chaos!” on Twitter. Hmmm.
The New York Times reports that General Kelly, who took Reince Priebus’s place today, objected to Scaramucci. Jared and Ivanka wanted The Mooch hired in the first place, perhaps another sign that rampant nepotism in the top levels of our government may lead to questionable decision-making and conflicts.
From The Times:
“While Mr. Kelly’s objection was the decisive factor in Mr. Scaramucci’s departure, people close to the decision said that some rich asshole had quickly soured on the wisecracking, Long Island-bred former hedge fund manager, and so had his family.”
The latest symptom of a White House in chaos was not lost on Twitter, where some hilarious and thought-provoking Tweets instantly appeared following the news of the Mooch’s surprise booting.
First up, Ana Navarro from CNN:
“I’ve literally had zits that last longer than Scaramucci did in the White House. Then again, that guy was a zit on common decency.”
Comic Tommy Campbell:
“Anthony Scaramucci can now devote his time to writing an epic tell-all paragraph about his time working at the White House.”
Screenwriter of Mrs. Doubtfire, Randi Mayem Singer:
“I’ve had orgasms last longer than Mooch.”
The Palmer Report suggests Spicer had this in mind all along:
“Sean Spicer, whose resignation won’t take effect til August, has technically outlasted Scaramucci, who was fired today. Spicer is a genius.”
Writer Marisa Kabas makes us all cringe for the vulgar the rich asshole loyalist:
“scaramucci missed the birth of his child to attend trump’s boy scout speech. #worthit”
Pollster Matt McDermott raises an interesting point. It really wasn’t clear if Scaramucci was officially hired in the first place, was it? Was he put in place just to get rid of Priebus?
“Question in hindsight: why were press referring to Scaramucci as “Communications Director” when it’s clear he never officially held the job?”
White House Correspondent for the NY Times, Maggie Haberman seems to have the same idea about Scaramucci. Was he just an “instrument” used by the rich asshole?:
“There are two types of non-family members in Trumpworld. Permanents & instruments. Sometimes instruments mistakenly think they’re permanents”
Journalist Ben Hartman, with a short Tweet that might make you spit out your coffee laughing:
“Mooch ado about nothing”
You really have to wonder how this chain of events is being handled by Scaramucci. We’ll no doubt find out soon, but in the meantime, as the radio host, Fernand Amandi put it:
“Serious Q here. His wife just divorced him & just fired by the rich asshole in the most humiliating manner possible. Should we worry about @Scaramucci?”
Serious Q here. His wife just divorced him & just fired by Trump in the most humiliating manner possible. Should we worry about @Scaramucci?
Writer Jeffrey Toobin of The New Yorker suggests a possible replacement, given the state of the rich asshole’s White House:
“Next up for WH Communications Director . . . the drummer in Spinal Tap.”
Journalist Sam Biddle suggested another possibility for replacement (“Overwatch” is a popular video game.) :
“scaramucci’s replacement is gonna be some youtube streamer who doesn’t think there should be a muslim overwatch character”
National Correspondent Peter Alexander for NBC breaks down the short lives of the WH staff:
And as March For Truth organizer Holly O’Reilly shows us, in the the rich asshole world, the WH and staff seem to troll itself with Tweets from the past, just about every time:
Finally, humorous resistance leader, Diane N. Sevenay leaves us with a view from the shrubbery:
“As #Scaramucci was escorted from the White House, it was almost as if the bushes were laughing at him…”
As #Scaramucci was escorted from the White House, it was almost as if the bushes were laughing at him...
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