Rick Wilson strikes again. Dang, I wish he was one of us. He's wicked witty.

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Link to tweet

This morning as Stephen Miller anointed himself in the tears of immigrant children, he stared into the mirror, smiled, and whispered, "You're next, Jared. Mark my words...you're next."

The camera pulls back and we see a room in which every wall is covered in pictures of Ivanka.

9:01 AM - Apr 8, 2019

[hlthe2b]

1. He is "wicked smart"... Not one of us, but as close as it comes, I guess.

At least he still has a conscience and enough integrity to call this horrifying administration out.

[Perseus]

18. Yes, but sad that he insists on remaining a republican

It is not just this administration that is corrupt, inept, evil, etc. it is the entire republican party., that should be enough to say, ok this is it, the party is not worth it anymore. One more thing, even when the republican party was not as evil as it is today, what was it that was good about it? I cannot remember. Was there anything good about that party? They have always been racists, greedy, liars, full of bull, etc...so I cannot remember what was that made people follow them in the first place.

[hlthe2b]

19. But, but , but, but, but, but, but... No one said he was other than a republican. So tired of those

who find any positive acknowledgment toward any non-Democrat to somehow suggest support for that individuals' complete ideology. He's smart. He's a never Trumper. He is capable of independent thought. All good things. None suggest he is other than a conservative who retains a conscience. Nor did anything I say suggest I support him personally as a trusted ally.

Under those "ground rules" my prior statement saying I admired George HW and Barbara Bush's love of their dogs as somehow suggesting I supported them and their policies.

It doesn't translate. But must we be THAT rigid?

[Honeycombe8]

27. I agree. I like some Republicans for their ethics, honor, humor, smarts.

That does not mean I support their ideology or positions on issues. By the same token, I don't support specific Democrats' positions on all issues all the time, either.

I have an ideology, so trend toward supporting those. But I don't automatically hate all opposition members, or love all other liberals.

Positions on issues is a cut and dried thing. You are either FOR health care for all, or working toward that, or you're not. It so happens that is the Democratic Party. But if a Republican were to jump on board, I'd appreciate that!

[DownriverDem]

22. These are not normal times

There's a lot of "never trump" repubs. If we're lucky they will vote for the Dem nominee in November 2020.

[barbtries]

24. i tried to read wilson's book

but he started off early bashing Hillary and democrats and I just can't have that right now. maybe ever.

book for sale

[BlancheSplanchnik]

37. Interesting. People here are trying to avoid disrespecting him

for being a conservative republican, and there’s an ethical discussion going on about it in the thread.

Yet he seems to have no qualms about bashing Democrats, Hillary and the rest of the usual stuff that repukes reflexively bash, I assume.

He may be particularly witty in bashing trump, but he’s still a repuke, it seems to me.

[DeminPennswoods]

41. Republicans used to on the right side of most things

until Nixon's southern strategy began the flip of conservative Dems to Rs and the demise of the liberal Rs.

[JHB]

20. Just remember that he spent his career cultivating Trump's base

He's a conservative Republican campaign consultant. He spent his adult life using that wicked smart to press the hot buttons of Republican voters in order to paint Democrats as monsters who should never be allowed into office; to tell them any Republican was better than a Democrat.

He and every other NeverTrumper in the media built the road Trump is drag-racing on, and they did it to make an express lane for their own cars.

He's entertaining, but never forget that part.

[hlthe2b]

21. Oh stop it. No one said he was other than a republican. So tired of those

who conflate any positive acknowledgment toward any non-Democrat to somehow suggest support for that individuals' complete ideology. He's smart. He's a never Trumper. He is capable of independent thought. All good things. None suggest he is other than a conservative who retains a conscience. Nor did anything I say suggest I support him personally as a trusted ally.

Under those "ground rules" my prior statement saying I admired George HW and Barbara Bush's love of their dogs as somehow suggesting I supported them and their policies.

It doesn't translate. But must we be THAT rigid?

[MaryMagdaline]

2. He is that!

[dogman]

3. Yeah, we just don't have enough GOP in our midst.

The enemy of your enemy may not be your friend.

[catbyte]

4. Oh, lighten up. If you don't like it, ignore it.

Sheesh.

[dogman]

6. I wish I could ignore republicans.

Too many, so I choose to avoid them. Even the cute ones.

[malaise]

5. Will never be n/t

[NewJeffCT]

8. Not our friend, but a needed ally

outside of MSNBC, the media seems to ignore a lot of left leaning pundits - the Never Trumpers like Wilson, Ana Navarro and a few others seem to be able to get on the air at will.

In the fight against Trump and creeping totalitarianism, we need every ally and every vote we can get.

If and when Trump is beaten and deposed, I'll go back to hating Wilson's policies

[dogman]

12. Except he wants to tell us who our candidate should or should not be.

He has even been used on this site to attack a Democratic candidate for President. Fuck him. t-Rump is just the head of the gop sore. The rest like Wilson are just festering beneath the surface.

[LyndaG]

7. Yes!

I really enjoy the anti-Trump Republican pundits like Rick, Ana Navarro, David Frum.

[samnsara]

11. i do too..they are true to their beliefs without comprimising their integrity..

..good people...

[CaptainTruth]

9. I just hope the Trump era has opened his eyes to the serious flaws of the GOP.

He's seen the evil ugly underbelly of the GOP & I'll be disappointed if he starts pretending it doesn't exist after Trump is gone.

[samnsara]

10. the tweets following were great!..

..everyone's adding a sentence or two to the story..

[UniteFightBack]

13. I enjoy people of all different stripes, yes even Republicans! nt

[DownriverDem]

45. Enjoy?

I do not enjoy the current repub party.

[nuxvomica]

14. Doesn't Miller live in an expensive condo bought by his dad?

He's basic living at his folks' place.

[Scarsdale]

42. If so, WHAT

is he doing in Ivanka's room? I envision her, like daddy, having photos of herself plastered all over. After all her daddy did call her "One of the world's great beauties"!! Yeah, Donnie, right. With those huge horse teeth and breathy voice, she really is "special"

[watoos]

15. I can totally envision what Rick tweeted.

Miller is one creepy individual.

[FakeNoose]

16. Unfortunately, nobody can get rid of Jared

Reince Priebus tried and failed.
Steve Bannon tried and failed.
John Kelly tried and failed. Stephen Miller will also fail.
Who an I forgetting? It doesn't matter, nobody will get rid of him. Kushner is the shadow "president" that nobody voted for, but we're stuck with him anyway.

[LuvNewcastle]

23. He's a co-president with MBS and Netanyahu.

[bdjhawk]

35. With Putin as the puppet master of all of them

[Gothmog]

17. Rick Wilson can be very funny for a GOP type

[Honeycombe8]

25. I don't know what that tweet means. Does Miller have a thing for Ivanka? nt

[Sogo]

28. My thoughts, exactly.

Not sure what he's saying....That he'll get rid of Jared and end up with Ivanka? If so, Wilson is saying Miller is seriously delusional.

[Honeycombe8]

31. Unless it's a spoof of some movie. I have no idea. But it IS creepy. nt

[Rogerpatterson]

40. Miller creepiness

I think the implication was that Miller is creepy enough that it would be easy to imagine him doing something like this.

[Grasswire2]

36. Don't ya think that Miller is likely an incel? nt

[Hamlette]

26. I read all the books by never Trumpers, I liked his/him the least.

this is not a criticism of the op. I'll take the support wherever we can get it and it is refreshing to see some republicans get it, at least as to Trump.

The book I liked the most? Max Boot. He got the whole Trump is just an extension of what the GOP has been doing for decades idea.

[FakeNoose]

29. Would you be speaking of "The Corrosion of Conservatism: Why I Left the Right"?

I have that on my list of books I want to read, but I haven't gotten to it yet.

[Hekate]

30. I read his book and it was kind of jaw-dropping. Delicious vicious gossip and spot-on observations

...about anyone who gets sucked into the Trump orbit.

No, I did not like anything he had to say about our fallen heroine.

That said, Everything Trump Touches Dies is now out in paperback, and is supposed to be updated with new material. I can hardly wait for my library to get it.

[Indykatie]

32. Few Know Rick Wilson Supported Doug Jones in AL Senate Race eom

[OnDoutside]

33. Iirc he created an ad for him too

[FakeNoose]

34. The way I'm reading it,

... is that Rick Wilson is suggesting that Stephen Miller thinks he's the cause of all the firings and resignations from the White House in the last couple of years. It is sort of amazing that Miller has outlasted these other people, when it's clear to most of us that he should have been one of the first to go.

In Stephen Miller's delusional world, he'll be the last one standing after Jared gets fired or carted off to jail. Silly, I know.

[Marcuse]

38. It's ok to laugh with Republicans. Unfortunately impeachment and conviction require trust.

[Vdizzle]

39. When I was a student at my university...

...I took a climatology course. The first day we had to fill out a 3x5 card answering 5 questions about ourselves. One of the questions was “What do you think the greatest threat to the planet is?”. Many students wrote “global warming” or “hunger” or “nuclear war”. I boiled it down to the root of the problem and threat. I answered “Republicans”. This was in 2004. When my card was read in front of the class a few days later, some people laughed, some people bood. Later, my professor said to me after class (off the record of course with a wink of the eye) that he agreed with my answer and that I had indeed identified the true root cause of the planet’s greatest threat.

[FormerDittoHead]

43. Here is Rick Wilson on a recent episode of Trumpcast, mostly about the Barr report...

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/04/a-trip-to-barr-a-lago.html?via=rubric_recirc_recent

While he is a Republican, and you can take that for what it's worth, his takes on Trump are damning.

He also reveals how the Republican party has been transformed into a cult of worship, and that the primary criteria for prospective Republican candidates is their pledge of fealty to the orange king.