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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Wed Feb 7, 2018, 07:31 PM Feb 2018

Hope Hicks helped craft White House statement against her rumored boyfriend Rob Porter

BOB BRIGHAM
07 FEB 2018 AT 18:03 ET

White House communications director Hope Hicks was put in the awkward position of leading the response to her purported boyfriend’s ouster.

CNN crime and justice correspondent Shimon Prokupecz reported, “White House communications director Hope Hicks, who has been in a romantic relationship with Rob Porter, was involved in crafting the response to the allegations of domestic abuse leveled against Porter on Tuesday.” This is not the first time Hicks has allegedly been put in an awkward situation over a lover.

When Hicks wanted to help former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski, Trump allegedly replied, “Why? You’ve already done enough for him. You’re the best piece of tail he’ll ever have.”

Trump’s comment sent Hicks running from the room.

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https://www.rawstory.com/2018/02/hope-hicks-helped-craft-white-house-statement-rumored-boyfriend-rob-porter/


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Hope Hicks helped craft White House statement against her rumored boyfriend Rob Porter (Original Post) DonViejo Feb 2018 OP
More Deplorable Hicks Beakybird Feb 2018 #1
our executive wing is like a fucking high school.... dhill926 Feb 2018 #2
Some low rated soap opera Cha Feb 2018 #6
Junior High more like it OhNo-Really Feb 2018 #8
Unnnn, high school students are more mature uponit7771 Feb 2018 #35
more like an adult day care. Lil Missy Feb 2018 #39
Just when you thought UGLY could not become even UGLIER. democratisphere Feb 2018 #3
What a snake dembotoz Feb 2018 #4
Reality show cesspool. So sick of all of it. n/t livetohike Feb 2018 #5
Is she sane? Is she blind? BigmanPigman Feb 2018 #7
This is going make one hell of a TV mini-series. smirkymonkey Feb 2018 #24
I think All My Children beat them to the story BigmanPigman Feb 2018 #29
It's not nearly that simple mythology Feb 2018 #34
Hopefully her family will be able to convince her to wake up. BigmanPigman Feb 2018 #36
Family, friends, therapist mythology Feb 2018 #47
Greedy , selfish, just like the rest of them JI7 Feb 2018 #44
Classy Clan that very White House staff OhNo-Really Feb 2018 #9
This kind of conflict of interest would get you fired anywhere sane. nolabear Feb 2018 #10
When it happened in the company I worked for... greatauntoftriplets Feb 2018 #20
This is very well said and spot on. Staggering will by my new word mtngirl47 Feb 2018 #33
Wait she is being passed around to the staffers in the white house? Egnever Feb 2018 #11
interesting comment bdamomma Feb 2018 #16
Or are "rumors" of her dating one staffer after another designed to misdirect Tanuki Feb 2018 #17
An interesting angle Egnever Feb 2018 #22
My first thoughts exactly. Doodley Feb 2018 #31
Yeah, I'm no prude, but this is unsettling. LisaM Feb 2018 #30
My thoughts exactly.... Lewandowski, Porter and who else??? mitch96 Feb 2018 #37
Kick the kid out of our house. Corgigal Feb 2018 #12
This Hopes Hicks might try fooling around (:to put it politely:) with someone she's not working with winstars Feb 2018 #13
Take it way, Shirley! blogslut Feb 2018 #14
This administration is like another bad re-make of Dynasty Siwsan Feb 2018 #15
Is Porter married, or is Hicks the reported victim? Fiendish Thingy Feb 2018 #18
The reported victims are Porter's ex wives. The allegations against him is why he FailureToCommunicate Feb 2018 #28
Plus a third woman has also accused Porter womanofthehills Feb 2018 #41
Is she sleeping with everyone?? C_U_L8R Feb 2018 #19
Fire and Fury reported she was sleeping with Corey Lewendawski Gothmog Feb 2018 #21
Boy, she sure knows how to pick em! rusty fender Feb 2018 #23
Washington will eat her up and spit her out. Pepsidog Feb 2018 #25
Is she the covfefe girl? fierywoman Feb 2018 #26
oofda! Egnever Feb 2018 #40
In these trying times, laughing is always good. fierywoman Feb 2018 #42
Love that word, oofda or ffda mitch96 Feb 2018 #46
Sounds like Hicks serviced multiple people in the Trump campaign dalton99a Feb 2018 #27
Yet... she stays keithbvadu2 Feb 2018 #32
It appears Hope gibraltar72 Feb 2018 #38
Hicks should be grateful she got a heads up before she needs medical care. Vinca Feb 2018 #43
No way. I stubbornly cling to the theory that she's Trump's romantic interest. betsuni Feb 2018 #45

BigmanPigman

(51,626 posts)
7. Is she sane? Is she blind?
Wed Feb 7, 2018, 07:43 PM
Feb 2018

Or is she a glutton for punishment? Didn't she see the black eye on his ex? Oh, I get it now. She's another fucking moron to get involved with this willingly.

 

mythology

(9,527 posts)
34. It's not nearly that simple
Wed Feb 7, 2018, 11:06 PM
Feb 2018

Abusers are really good at putting on the show, getting new victims to believe the last one was lying or that it was a mistake and will never happen again.

 

mythology

(9,527 posts)
47. Family, friends, therapist
Thu Feb 8, 2018, 11:25 AM
Feb 2018

Partners of abusers need a lot of help to rebuild. It took me years to not just say, but really accept that I didn't do anything to deserve my dad being emotionally abusive. And I still struggle with it even now.

nolabear

(41,991 posts)
10. This kind of conflict of interest would get you fired anywhere sane.
Wed Feb 7, 2018, 07:47 PM
Feb 2018

It’s a perfect example of a sick workplace. The lack of fucks about what’s inappropriate, secretive, power abusive and just plain smarmy is staggering.

greatauntoftriplets

(175,749 posts)
20. When it happened in the company I worked for...
Wed Feb 7, 2018, 08:10 PM
Feb 2018

it was the woman who got shitcanned and the man who kept his job. Of course, he was an Executive VP. They did get married after divorcing their previous spouses.

 

Egnever

(21,506 posts)
11. Wait she is being passed around to the staffers in the white house?
Wed Feb 7, 2018, 07:47 PM
Feb 2018

or is letting herself be passed around?

And is trump only getting rid of them because they are hooking up with his toy?

Fucking disturbing.

Tanuki

(14,920 posts)
17. Or are "rumors" of her dating one staffer after another designed to misdirect
Wed Feb 7, 2018, 08:02 PM
Feb 2018

from her (alleged) affair with 45? That was an old Hollywood publicists' trick.

 

Egnever

(21,506 posts)
22. An interesting angle
Wed Feb 7, 2018, 08:32 PM
Feb 2018

and entirely possible as well.

Regardless there is no question this administration takes gross to a whole new level.

LisaM

(27,827 posts)
30. Yeah, I'm no prude, but this is unsettling.
Wed Feb 7, 2018, 10:25 PM
Feb 2018

Interesting perspective you have there - very perceptive.

mitch96

(13,924 posts)
37. My thoughts exactly.... Lewandowski, Porter and who else???
Wed Feb 7, 2018, 11:47 PM
Feb 2018

Is she like the ***** oh never mind... not worth giving it air... wait, I just did...
m

Corgigal

(9,291 posts)
12. Kick the kid out of our house.
Wed Feb 7, 2018, 07:50 PM
Feb 2018

Adulting, not ready.

Go join the service, or something to make yourself grow up. You're making yourself, and young women look like fools. We all age, get ready superficial child, for a bitter grown life.

FailureToCommunicate

(14,020 posts)
28. The reported victims are Porter's ex wives. The allegations against him is why he
Wed Feb 7, 2018, 10:20 PM
Feb 2018

has been denied security clearance, EVEN THOUGH he is the staff person responsible for every person, every piece of paper brought to Trump's attention.

womanofthehills

(8,759 posts)
41. Plus a third woman has also accused Porter
Thu Feb 8, 2018, 02:12 AM
Feb 2018

A woman he dated said:

"Rob was abusive, degrading, a liar and a cheater and during the course of my relationship with him, I found out that he was to others, too," the woman wrote to Willoughby in February 2016. "I am just searching for someone who might be able to relate to the hell I have gone through."
The woman currently works in the federal government. CNN has repeatedly attempted to reach her and is not naming her.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/07/politics/rob-porter-ex-wives-white-house/index.html

C_U_L8R

(45,019 posts)
19. Is she sleeping with everyone??
Wed Feb 7, 2018, 08:09 PM
Feb 2018

This White House is a bad reality show... defective characters and all.

Gothmog

(145,496 posts)
21. Fire and Fury reported she was sleeping with Corey Lewendawski
Wed Feb 7, 2018, 08:30 PM
Feb 2018

This story shows who classy trump is http://www.dallasobserver.com/news/fire-and-fury-smus-hope-hicks-star-turn-in-michael-wolffs-scathing-trump-book-10234496

According to Michael Wolff's new presidential tell-all Fire and Fury, Hicks, a former model and Gossip Girl novelization cover star who caught Trump's eye while modeling for Ivanka Trump's clothing line, had on an on-again, off-again relationship with former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski. Hicks and Lewandowski's liaison culminated in a Page Six-covered screaming match on 61st Street near Park Avenue and Manhattan in May 2016.

The next month, Trump fired Lewandowski. In a moment of compassion, Hicks, who'd by then become one of Trump's closest, and tight-lipped, confidants, asked Trump how she could help Lewandowski.

"Why?" Trump replied, Wolff writes. "You've already done enough for him. You're the best piece of tail he'll ever have."

mitch96

(13,924 posts)
46. Love that word, oofda or ffda
Thu Feb 8, 2018, 11:15 AM
Feb 2018

First heard it when I flew into Minneapolis.. It was on tee shirts and hats.. I asked a sweet young thing behind the counter, what it meant and she blushed....
m

betsuni

(25,609 posts)
45. No way. I stubbornly cling to the theory that she's Trump's romantic interest.
Thu Feb 8, 2018, 08:57 AM
Feb 2018

These "boyfriends" are red herrings, as is dying her hair dark brown to throw people off the scent because they think Trump only likes blondes. I'm certain about this.

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