From Trump Aide to Single Mom

[brooklynite]

The Atlantic:

A.j. delgado and jason miller stood in the New York Hilton ballroom on the night of the 2016 election, watching the man they helped elect president deliver the unlikeliest of victory speeches. It was a heady moment for the small band of aides and operatives who had been working toward this dream for months—and few had worked harder than Delgado and Miller. As prominent spokespeople for Donald Trump, they had become key figures in his campaign, and that night they both looked poised to join the ranks of America’s most powerful politicos. They were also engaged in a romance that had been forged in the frenetic final weeks of the race.

Nine months later, their paths have diverged dramatically.

Miller lives with his young family near Washington, D.C., where he works at a high-powered consulting firm, offers political analysis on CNN, and reportedly speaks regularly with the president and his inner-circle. Delgado, meanwhile, is living with her mother in Miami, without a job in politics, largely abandoned by the movement she helped lead to victory—and raising her and Miller’s son on her own.


The secret relationship, and bitter breakup, between these two high-profile Republicans—both of whom became cable news stars in 2016 as Trump campaign surrogates—has been the subject of widespread speculation in Washington since last December, when the scandal first burst into public view, causing Miller to turn down the job of White House communications director. The story faded from view in the months that followed, but it resurfaced last week in the gossip pages of the New York Post—prompting a flurry of late-night tweets from Delgado, and a rash of national news coverage.

[gratuitous]

1. Sorry it didn't work out quite like you expected, Ms. Delgado

But you worked real hard to achieve your current position. Congratulations. I hope the denouement wasn't too jarring for you.

[genxlib]

2. So apparently

The application for Wingnut Welfare does have a Morality Clause after all.

I guess it just depends on offending very, very specific sensibilities. Apparently, it does not apply to the male in the situation but the female gets the shaft.

Perhaps a tell-all book is in order.

In all seriousness, I hope that jackass pays up for child support.

[awesomerwb1]

3. I hate that POS Miller

I have seen him a few times and he's just a dishonest, lying, POS. He is very good at what he does though, very good. Last time I remember watching this guy, he completely destroyed Begala (who is pretty weak imo).

Dishonesty, lying, and all the horrible stuff aside, I wish we had more Democratic pundits who can stay on point, counter articulately on the fly.