Not. The. Onion: The White House accidentally emailed its Ukraine talking points to Nancy Pelosi

[ehrnst]

Today's really not the best day for someone at the White House to be extremely bad at email.

In the aftermath of the memorandum showing President Trump pushing for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden, the White House was quick to shoot off an email of talking points in hopes of containing the damage.

The only problem? The email, featuring talking points allies were to use to combat arguments from House Democrats, was emailed to ... House Democrats. That includes House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), reports HuffPost's Jennifer Bendery.

Link to tweet

As screenshots of the entire pushback strategy — which includes arguing that Trump was simply "suggesting that allegations of an abuse of office" by Biden "merit looking into" — circulated on Twitter, the White House apparently attempted to "recall" the email, which should surely work like a charm. Referencing this bizarre email snafu, a source told The Washington Post's Jacqueline Alemany, "It really is stupid watergate."

Link to tweet

https://theweek.com/speedreads/867641/white-house-accidentally-emailed-ukraine-talking-points-nancy-pelosi

[Sedona]

1. If this keeps up

Will The Onion will go out of business?

[StarryNite]

8. LOL

[Marie Marie]

2. Looks like the Keystone Kops are on top of this.

[asiliveandbreathe]

3. Imagine Nancy's reaction learning about this....

[ehrnst]

12. ....

[asiliveandbreathe]

13. Awesome..someone needs to start an appreciation thread for DUers..

..today was exceptional...congrats to DU - so smart..committed..wiling to go the extra mile to bring great research, insight and smiles..tks for this ehrnst..

[ehrnst]

18. Thank you.

I needed to hear that today.

[Newest Reality]

4. Oh, yeah.

You just click the "Recall" button and all emails are sucked back into the server and everyone forgets them because of that.

This is really an alternate reality. It seems like the mad scamper of freaked ou rodents is creating some serious mishaps in the nut-filled, rat-infested White House right now. King rat must be raging up a storm and whipping them with his slimy tail.

[blm]

5. Lololololol

[njhoneybadger]

6. This is freaking bizarre

[BigmanPigman]

7. I read this earlier today and am still laughing!

[lpbk2713]

9. Stooooopid.

They can't do anything right.

[Sogo]

10. Could have been intentional....

by someone on the inside who's had it....

[Talitha]

23. TBH, I thought the same thing

... either that, or they're REALLY that stupid.

[Cha]

11. How could that even happen?! And, did

Sen John Kennedy use them yesterday when Chuckie said.. ".. don't gaslight us, sir.."?

Thanks, ehrnst! I hope this gets a lot of play.

[Beartracks]

14. OMG ROFL - The screenshot of the recall attempt!!

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[lindysalsagal]

15. Probably why gangsters usually don't use email or cell phones.

They're too dumb....

[gristy]

16. maybe an accident, maybe not.

A better characterization is straight from the tweet: "The White House just sent its talking points on Ukraine to House Democrats."

[OAITW r.2.0]

17. And the Democrats didn't need Putin to steal it for them!

The results you get when you hire only the best people....

[Blue Owl]

19. 1) Womp 2) Womp 3) Woooooomp...

n/t

[sdfernando]

20. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!

Note to everyone that uses email: The "recall" function rarely works.

[Beartracks]

22. "Tori would like to recall..." I'll bet she would!! I wonder if...

... she recalls when she used to work at the White House this morning?

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[Jeffersons Ghost]

24. K&R