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applegrove

(118,659 posts)
Fri Jun 19, 2020, 05:47 PM Jun 2020

From theWhite House briefingwith press secretary Kayleigh (LOL!)

From the White House briefing with press secretary Kayleigh McEnany:

https://politicalwire.com/2020/06/19/bonus-exchange-of-the-day-4/

"SNIP....

REPORTER: Why does the president keep hiring people that are “dumb as a rock, overrated, way over their heads, whacko, and incompetent”?

McENANY: He likes the model of having a team of rivals, like what we saw in President Lincoln’s administration.

.....SNIP"

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From theWhite House briefingwith press secretary Kayleigh (LOL!) (Original Post) applegrove Jun 2020 OP
I wonder how many of the lackeys it took to come up with that....LOL. Thomas Hurt Jun 2020 #1
Yeah, no. No. Solly Mack Jun 2020 #2
Yeah, I'm not sure how having a team of rivals somehow ends up with everyone being coti Jun 2020 #3
And she went to Harvard. Grins Jun 2020 #4
No. She didn't really say that, did she? BComplex Jun 2020 #5
"When you're dumb as a rock, overrated, in way over your head, wacko, and incompetent, struggle4progress Jun 2020 #6
She should write for SNL Danascot Jun 2020 #7
So those are "rivals" at his televised Cabinet meetings that start with them all praising Trump. Midnight Writer Jun 2020 #8

Thomas Hurt

(13,903 posts)
1. I wonder how many of the lackeys it took to come up with that....LOL.
Fri Jun 19, 2020, 05:52 PM
Jun 2020

Dear Leader hires stupid people to counter the smart ones?

Problem with that logic is that there has to be smart people working there in the first place.

coti

(4,612 posts)
3. Yeah, I'm not sure how having a team of rivals somehow ends up with everyone being
Fri Jun 19, 2020, 06:00 PM
Jun 2020

stupid and incompetent.

Grins

(7,217 posts)
4. And she went to Harvard.
Fri Jun 19, 2020, 06:05 PM
Jun 2020

Who may ask for their degree back. Just like Wharton.

Jesus in a cracker. Neither one of them could name a single member of Lincoln’s cabinet.

struggle4progress

(118,285 posts)
6. "When you're dumb as a rock, overrated, in way over your head, wacko, and incompetent,
Fri Jun 19, 2020, 06:44 PM
Jun 2020

it's just feels more comfortable to be surrounded by your own kind"

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