Robert Reich on the deplorables invited to the WH

[babylonsister]

I'm not embarrassed; I'm outraged.


Robert Reich (FB)
6 hrs ·

I’m old enough to remember when John F. Kennedy invited the world’s greatest artists, writers, scientists, and philosophers to dine in the White House. The entire nation felt ennobled.

This week, Trump invited Ted Nugent, Kid Rock and Sarah Palin.

Nugent once referred to former President Barack Obama as a “mongrel.” He has said he wanted to shoot former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, and called for Obama and Hillary Clinton to be assassinated. In 2012, after making a threatening remark about Obama, Nugent was the subject of a Secret Service investigation.

As Trump’s dinner guest, Nugent was asked if he regretted his comments about Obama and Clinton. He responded, “No! I will never apologize for calling out evil people.”

Sarah Palin needs no introduction. During the 2012 campaign, she accused Obama of viewing America “as being so imperfect that he's palling around with terrorists who would target their own country.”

Kid Rock, whose legal name is Robert Ritchie, rode the short-lived country-rap-rock music fad, famously arguing he was an American badass in the hit song “American Bad Ass.” He was briefly married to the actress Pamela Anderson.

When Trump gave the three of them a tour of the White House and they came to Hillary Clinton’s portrait, a member of the group asked the three to extend their middle fingers beneath the portrait, according to Nugent. They chose instead to sneer, as shown in the photo below.

Classy.

One of Trump’s major accomplishments in his first 100 days has been to demean and degrade both the 0ffice of the presidency and the White House. Rather than feel ennobled, I suspect most Americans feel saddened and embarrassed.

What do you think?

[Phoenix61]

1. Do you think we could get the Pope to

perform an exorcism when that sorry piece of trash living there now gets taken out to the curb with the rest of the trash? Maybe get a couple of shamans too. It's going to take a lot to get the stink out of there.

[MontanaMama]

2. Yes. I feel sad!

Some of the time, anyway, like today. Most of the time I'm furious! These people are ALL deplorables of the lowest order.

[MyOwnPeace]

3. What's Nugent doing here?

He said he'd leave the country if Obama was elected.

Who let him back in?

Where's that wall when we need it?

Impressive - the 3 Stooges visit the King of Fools.................

[Initech]

9. Nugent should be banned from Washington DC entirely.

Anyone who hates government and threatens to murder government officials as much as he does, shouldn't be allowed in Washington DC, let alone the fucking White House. Inviting Nugent was rubbing salt in the wound.

[Nwgirl503]

4. WH chef: I don't know how to cook squirrel

Not mine. Saw it on Twitter or FB. Totally sums up what I think of them at the WH though.

[spanone]

5. it was trump's way of giving us the finger. that's the kind of 'president' we have.

a heartless asshole

[Initech]

6. In a just world, those assholes would be permanently barred from ever setting foot in the WH.

[Tanuki]

7. Excellent article.

https://m.

[GWC58]

8. Ya know, I'd love if

a portrait would be made of Hillary giving those three, excuse me, four lowlifes the finger, Doublebarreled!!