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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Sun Jan 7, 2018, 01:34 PM Jan 2018

The Mooch's gift to Trump staff: A taxpayer-funded stylist

Hair and makeup artist Katie Price won a full-time White House gig after short-lived communications director Anthony Scaramucci voiced his approval.

By ANNIE KARNI 01/07/2018 07:25 AM EST Updated 01/07/2018 09:40 AM EST

She may be the most lasting legacy of Anthony Scaramucci’s 11-day stint in the White House. Professional stylist Katie Price, who previously worked as a hair and makeup artist for Russia Today and CNN, is now a full-time White House official with a desk in the press office and the title of production assistant, which includes her daily duties getting press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, counselor Kellyanne Conway and other White House staffers coiffed and camera-ready.

That position was created for her last fall, thanks, in part, to public praise from “the Mooch” for Price’s briefing room stylings, which include loose curls and dark eye shadow on the women and what appear to be heavy layers of pancake makeup heaped on the men.

In his brief moment in the spotlight, the smooth-talking Long Island financier went on CNN last July to give Price's work his seal of approval. “Sarah, if you're watching, I loved the hair and makeup person we had on Friday,” Scaramucci said during an interview two days after taking on the role of communications director. “So I'd like to continue to use the hair and makeup person.”

The White House dropped Scaramucci but kept Price, placing her on the government payroll. Officials declined to reveal her salary, though it will become public next summer as part of an annual release of the salaries of all West Wing staff.

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https://www.politico.com/story/2018/01/07/sarah-huckabee-sanders-make-up-anthony-scaramucci-katie-price-327043

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The Mooch's gift to Trump staff: A taxpayer-funded stylist (Original Post) DonViejo Jan 2018 OP
Professional Turd Polisher... Wounded Bear Jan 2018 #1
If you think about it, it may actually be worth it. dchill Jan 2018 #2
Once he won the election, Trump knew he would never have to pay for anything ever again. Irish_Dem Jan 2018 #3
Do something with Sarah's hair, please! ProudMNDemocrat Jan 2018 #4
You don't say! eShirl Jan 2018 #5

Irish_Dem

(47,189 posts)
3. Once he won the election, Trump knew he would never have to pay for anything ever again.
Sun Jan 7, 2018, 01:41 PM
Jan 2018

He would be on the taxpayer dole for the rest of his life.

ProudMNDemocrat

(16,786 posts)
4. Do something with Sarah's hair, please!
Sun Jan 7, 2018, 01:45 PM
Jan 2018

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At 35, stop looking like you are stuck in the late 1960's. No amount of glamming with makeup or clothing is going to make a difference with the same hair do day in and day out.

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