Joe Biden Wants to Fire Right-Wing Radio Host Michael Savage From Board of National Park

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Joe Biden Wants to Fire Right-Wing Radio Host Michael Savage From Board of National Park
Savage gained his spot at San Fransisco’s Presidio Trust thanks to Donald Trump.
Patrick Caldwell


During his time in the White House, Donald Trump rewarded many of his loyalists with plum jobs. One of the most egregious of those appointments was radio host Michael Savage, whom Trump put on the board of the Presidio Trust. My former colleague Dave Gilson got hold via FOIA of a trove of emails from Savage’s time on the board of the trust, which runs a 1,200-acre park near the Golden Gate Bridge. The emails detail how the shock jock, sputtering and bombastic as always, used his position to try to downplay the park’s role in the incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II, and to push other right-wing causes. As Dave put it, “Savage’s first months as a Presidio Trust board member were marked by prickly outbursts, culminating in a sudden push to inject his toxic politics into park business.”

But a year into his appointment Savage may be out of a job. On Thursday afternoon, Newsmax reported that Savage had received a letter that morning informing him that President Joe Biden was requesting his resignation; if Savage did not resign, he would be fired by the end of the work day. (Breitbart also reported it had seen the letter. The White House did not respond to repeated requests for comment from Mother Jones.)

According to Newsmax, the letter to Savage (real name Michael Weiner) came from Catherine Russell, the director of the White House Office of Presidential Personnel Director, and read: “Dear Mr. Weiner, On behalf of President Biden, I am writing to request your resignation as a Member of the Presidio Trust, Board of Directors. Please submit your resignation to me by the close of business today. Should we not receive your resignation, your position with the Board will be terminated effective 6:00PM today. Thank you.”

“This is clearly a purge by the Biden team,” Savage told the conservative news outlet, also stating, “I will not be forced to resign!” He later appeared on Newsmax TV claiming that the board is “the equivalent, in a way, of the Supreme Court, a president can appoint us but a president cannot fire us.” Savage claimed his lawyer disputed the president’s authority to fire him, and that he planned to file a lawsuit if Biden follows through. When asked why Biden might want to kick him off, Savage mused that the president wanted to turn it into “Woodstock West” and erase the park’s military history. “They’ll turn it into a Black Lives Matter plaza,” the Newsmax host quipped in response. “Oh don’t say that,” Savage responded. Savage ended the segment by holding up a copy of Mao’s Little Red Book. “This is starting to look more and more like the purges of China under Mao Zedong.”

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[Paladin]

1. Savage isn't worthy of cleaning the toilets at that park.

Thank you, Mr. President.

[JoanofArgh]

2. I didn't even know this asshole had gotten

appointed to anything.

[oasis]

3. Sayonara Savage

[Cha]

74. It's the "purge" of the

braindead Zombies.

Aloha, oasis

[oasis]

78. And CNN just gave zombie, Rick Santorum the boot.

Postmaster DeJoy's departure is at the top of my wish list.

Aloha Cha, have a great Sunday.

[Cha]

82. One of my Top Wish List,

too!.. all the heinous crap he pulled as the head of our POST OFFICE! I remember freaking out! Messing with our mail & packages to help the Treasonous Psycho!

Mahalo & Aloha.. Hope you're having a wonderful Sunday, too, oasis

[Botany]

4. This is the way to handle those hate talking liars.

"President Joe Biden was requesting his resignation; if Savage did not resign, he would be fired by the end of the work day."

[Mr. Ected]

5. C'mon Mike: you love less government and you yap about it every day

Purging government employees one fascist at a time is achieving your goal and ours. Win-Win...so why whine whine?

[pandr32]

29. LOL!

[spanone]

6. DO IT.

[kentuck]

7. Savage wanted to fire Joe Biden.

Turnaround is fair play.

[paleotn]

8. Just do it.

He's going to go on and on about something anyway. So, there's nothing to lose.

[lpbk2713]

9. "This is clearly a purge by the Biden team"

Might not be as dumb as he looks.

[Prof. Toru Tanaka]

57. Yeah, Weiner just like your hero Trump purged Yovanovich

except that Yovanovich didn't deserve to be removed.

[Marrah_Goodman]

60. I think you mistook what the poster was saying

I think he is saying "damn right it is a purge of those nuts".

[CCExile]

10. Poor little Weiner...

"I will not be forced to resign!" Typical right-winger, to believe he's being "forced". No one is forcing him to do anything. The notification CLEARLY states that he has a clear choice. He gets to choose. That's more than many women are offered.

[2Gingersnaps]

11. "Weiner!"

Juvenile humor I know, but meet him where he lives. What expertise would this asshole bring to anything......except crazy old man rants.

[DBoon]

18. his next job should be driving one of these

[GoCubsGo]

21. Um, no.

Must not defile the Wienermobile that way.

[Capperdan]

24. The Henry Ford Museum

Houses the Weinermobile if you want to see it up close

[MurrayDelph]

26. It houses *A* Weinermobile

There are several still out in the world. I saw one in the Fred Meyer parking lot a couple of years ago.

[Wednesdays]

33. Nitpick, but it's "wiener"

The German term for something or somebody coming from Vienna. As in wiener sausage, a term often synonymous with hot dogs (Oscar Meyer wieners).

"Weiner" is someone who cries or whines.

[soldierant]

64. THank you. This makes me crazy.

[IthinkThereforeIAM]

31. No "Savage" Weiners need apply...

... think of the children first!

[Major Nikon]

27. Savage Weiner has a small problem

If he doesn't resign he will be fired.

[Buns_of_Fire]

12. Soon, the Savage Wiener will claim he's being "cancelled". nt

[Fortinbras Armstrong]

13. Savage is correct, he is being purged.

And rightly so.

[Hotler]

14. You God damn right it is a purge. Eat shit asshole.

And fuck your feelings.

[Marcuse]

62. Not a purge.

More of a flush.

[orangecrush]

68. +1

[hadEnuf]

15. Does Biden have the right to do this?

If yes, then tough shit. You're gone Savage Wiener.

Elections have consequences.

[Hekate]

32. Indeed Biden does have the right.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

51. It seems DeJoy is the one Biden can't directly fire.

He has appointed Democrats to the Board of Governors, giving him the majority. I have read that two of the existing Democrat members are resisting removing DeJoy from his post, however. We'll just have to see how much pressure Joe can apply, and how soon that arrogant postal terrorist can be removed and replaced with someone more interested in building the USPS than destroying it.

[Hekate]

54. Right you are. USPS is a major agency, like the FBI, and the director is given a 10 year term...

...so it will cross more than one presidency. Supposedly they are apolitical — but DeJoy’s a guy who stands to gain monetarily from destroying the department he is supposed to be running.

There really ought to be applicable laws to bring him down — and jail him. Why are we not hearing about that? The Post Office, after all, is in the Constitution.

[questionseverything]

71. Dejoy is purposely slowing the mail, that's illegal

The food chain is being destroyed because the post office purposely refuses to deliver live chicks

Dejoy needs arrested and so does anyone that goes along with him

I am really upset the president has not replaced him

[cayugafalls]

16. I thought he was dead. He got purged from many networks long ago as he was to far right.

He had a short lived tv show and said some out there bat shit crazy stuff and several stations dropped him including getting the boot from tv.

What a dick, I mean wiener...

[BlueIdaho]

17. Everyone knew the swamp would need draining

After Trump left office. He’s had long enough Joe - fire his ass.

[Vogon_Glory]

19. I think a sideways transfer might have been better.

Isn’t there some remote national park somewhere in the Great Basin or out on the northerly part of the Great Plains to move him to?

[Hekate]

34. Nope. It's a "plum job," political appointment, not a civil service job. nt

[Vogon_Glory]

43. Pity

The thought of the Savage Weiner living out in the middle of nowhere having to deal with remoteness and extreme temperatures (especially the sub-zero Fahrenheit winter ones) appeals to me.

[ChazInAz]

46. Isle Royale

Doing the Winter census of the wolves living on that Lake Superior island.

[HubertHeaver]

63. A FORMER Nike missle site would be isolated enough.

[Bristlecone]

20. Purged is right. And Purged is what he deserves.

[GoCubsGo]

22. No doubt he got the job when Trump purged somebody else.

Which he did throughout the government. Sauce. Goose. Gander.

[JohnnyRingo]

23. It's true that everyone should be on the same page on things like climate

Savage isn't even reading from the same book.

"Simply unqualified to oversee a national park" should cover it.

I was going to say he knows nothing about nature and earth sciences, but Michael Weiner has a bachelor degree in biology, a Master of Arts Degree in anthropology, and PhD in Ethnomedicine. The question is when did Michael Savage discover political lunacy was where the money is?

Screw him, he made his bed and lost his credibility.

[Ligyron]

28. He has that many degrees and is still that stupid?

Those are all in pretty liberal subject matters too.

That he chose to use “Savage” for his radio last name is hilarious considering what a dick he is.

[maxsolomon]

48. That much education, but no ethical compass

The definition of an elite republican.

[heckles65]

25. Never met a right winger

who believed in smaller government so much he wouldn't take a government position

[Bengus81]

30. Shucks...going to miss his chance of getting Yellowstone National Condo started??

[NCjack]

35. Savage should submit employment application to Putin for work in Russia.

[Celerity]

53. He turns 80 in 9 months, is worth at least 80 million, and his son is worth close to 4 billion usd

His son founded sold Rockstar Energy Drink, and sold it to Pepsi for almost 4 billion last year. Plus Savage, despite is show being taken off terrestrial radio January 1st, 2021, is still under contract for 10 million usd a year (it's now a podcast only show). The POS is set for what is left of his life.



Rockstar Energy Drink Founder Cashing Out For Nearly $4 Billion, Says The American Dream Is ‘Alive And Well’

https://www.forbes.com/sites/kristinstoller/2020/03/11/rockstar-energy-drink-founder-cashing-out-for-nearly-4-billion-says-the-american-dream-is-alive-and-well/?sh=6352cdb575d7

[Hekate]

36. I love it when President Biden takes out the garbage. He uses simple declarative sentences, too...

“Resign by the end of today or be fired” — either way, pack up your desk and prepare to be escorted out of the building, *hole.

[Tiger8]

37. MSNBC FIRED Savage for Anti-gay Remarks...

...and he cried like a baby when forced to face consequences.

Michael Weiner is a pathetic little man-baby. His only "talent" is fueling lies, hate and bigotry over the airwaves. The next step should be shoving this ogre into oblivion by re-enacting The Fairness Doctrine.

[Towlie]

38. "This is clearly a purge by the Biden team" - Thank you Captain Obvious!

 
←

It's actually a tautology. He's essentially saying that getting rid of him was done in order to get rid of him.

[soldierant]

65. But not like Mao Zedong's purges.

More like the purge Jesus executed in the Temple on the bankers.

[Autumn]

39. Then fire his sorry ass and let him complain to the Republicans and they can all fuck off and die.

[NBachers]

40. Get this yapping little anklebiter outta there. I was in The Presidio yesterday. It's one of my main

stomping grounds. Savage Weiner defiles The Presidio with his membership on The Presidio Trust.

I've got hundreds of Presidio photographs I'd love to post here. It's an amazing place with many stunning views and locations. I think the transition from base to National Park has been handled very well. This is one from my visit last week. It's part of the West Coast WWII Memorial:

[IcyPeas]

52. thank you for showing us this. I've never seen it.

I, for one, wouldn't mind seeing more pictures.

[Sneederbunk]

41. A purge? Well, I should hope so. Goodbye Weenie.

[LudwigPastorius]

42. Way to go, Joe!

Tell that hate-filled piece of shit to GTFO.

[Midnight Writer]

44. I heard Savage on the radio pleading for a listener to assassinate President Obama.

His exact words were along the lines of When will a lone patriot be willing to sacrifice himself to save our Nation from Obama?

He continued in this vein, talking about how a single citizen could change history by ending this Presidency.

How these Hate Radio fucks get away with this shit baffles me.

[maxsolomon]

49. The FCC is toothless.

By Republican design and policy.

[Evolve Dammit]

69. Correct. No rules anymore. At all. Does not bode well. nt

[calimary]

81. It used to mean something.

At least back when I was still working.

[Trust_Reality]

45. Fire him !!!!!!!!!!1

[LetMyPeopleVote]

47. Savage is a racist asshole

[lame54]

50. Check that off of his bucket list

[Picaro]

55. He doesn't "want" to fire Savage

He did fire Savage. Michael Weiner refused to resign and therefore has been fired. Weiner is now whining to all of his cra cra rightwing fascist traitor brethren.

All part of Biden knowing what he can and can't do and doing the things that are sloooowwwwly improving things.

I continue to be extremely impressed with Biden. Those decades of experience in government? The competence and experience show each and every day.

Think of all the great choices he has made.

Jenny Psaki? Most brilliant White House Press Secretary in memory. VP running mate? Could he have picked any better?

I'm almost embarrassed that I ever questioned what kind of President he'd make and was not initially all that thrilled with his ascension to the lead in the race. There was no question that I'd support him, but I wanted Elizabeth Warren (even though I doubted she could win).

But, damn, the man is killing it.

[albacore]

56. Does the Savage Weiner have an office...

..anywhere in the Presidio Trust?

If so.. I would pay actual money to see him frog-marched out of that office by burly security guys.

[Blue Owl]

58. Sounds like those words didn't soothe the savage Weiner

[Marrah_Goodman]

59. Wiener is a nasty little radio troll.

[agincourt]

61. Memories of that asshole after 9/11

I'd listen to AM radio in my old Buick(all it had) and that bastard would rant about "red diaper doper babies" being the cause of the atrocity. Of course the genius would also try to convince everybody that the Muslim faith never contributed anything to civilization. Outrageous that the asshole ever drew a government check, but very Trumpian as well.

[orangecrush]

66. GTFO!!!

[Evolve Dammit]

67. How the fuck did he get there? His "program" most disgusting I ever heard. Vile.

[oasis]

79. Trump prided himself in the promotion of deplorables. When Rush L.

was given the Medal of Freedom, that was a hint more shit was in the pipeline.

[Evolve Dammit]

80. The more vile and disgusting the better?? All the way around for GOP. It's hard to imagine I used

to have rational Republican friends that we would have actual conversations; Think Gergen and Shields show on PBS. Not possible anymore. The kool-aid has been chugged down, and the result is well, "deplorable" people. Had a co-worker who was told by a chugger; "You're either with us or against us" one year into the Orange one's reign of terror. He was shocked. I felt bad for him. Very nice sportsman guy that helps everybody. Hope he found new friends.

[BobTheSubgenius]

70. I absolutely LOATH that man.

Calling underdeveloped countries "The Turd World," just for starters. I despise him to the point that I used to tell people how awful he is, and to not drink Rock Star energy drink, because it's a Weiner company. Then Pepsico rewarded the family's awfulness by buying the company last year for $3.85 billion.

I have no idea how the money was divided. If any at all went to the Weiner family, it was too much.

[YoshidaYui]

72. Savage another Republican Asshole

Remove him from California !!

[Cha]

73. It's the "purge" of the

braindead Zombies, savage.. get use to it

[Beartracks]

75. Sorry, Republicans: Un-canceling your cancel war on expertise and science is not cancel culture.

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[bluecollar2]

76. Hasta la vista pendejo....n/t

[quakerboy]

77. ok. so we know its possible. Now do the postal board

[electric_blue68]

83. later 4 this. Stopping by to say; he's one of THE Worst of the RWA Talkers! Absolutely Rabid.