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applegrove

(118,754 posts)
Fri Aug 25, 2017, 07:31 PM Aug 2017

Bad news: The guy whose job it was to pump out 'good news' for Trump quits

By Walter Einenkel at Daily Kos

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/8/25/1693165/-Bad-news-The-guy-whose-job-it-was-to-pump-out-good-news-for-Trump-quits

"SNIP..........

A couple of weeks ago, Politico did a profile on Andy Hemming, the feel-good young Trump minion who had risen to become the White House director of rapid response. You can imagine what his job must be like. I have a video re-enactment here somewhere.

Hemming, who is paid $89,000 a year, is a career Republican campaign operative who until he entered Trump’s orbit had worked for establishment GOP figures like Meg Whitman, during her failed run for governor in California; Mitt Romney, during his unsuccessful 2012 bid for president; and Greg Abbott, during his successful run for Texas governor. Last year, he worked for former Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s campaign before going to the Republican National Committee and being embedded in Trump Tower for the final 100 days of the general election.

Even Sarah Huckabee Sanders had nice things to say about Andy.

“Andy does an incredible job of finding those hidden gems and trying to amplify those positive messages,” Sanders said. “He’s quick, and I would say he has a very good pulse on what’s hot, but also on what wasn’t hot but should be.”


............SNIP"

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Bad news: The guy whose job it was to pump out 'good news' for Trump quits (Original Post) applegrove Aug 2017 OP
Ha ha ha Sarah Huckabee Sanders admits good news is rare in the White House. applegrove Aug 2017 #1
But he's "got a good pulse". nt marybourg Aug 2017 #3
You would think the press secretary would know metaphors. applegrove Aug 2017 #4
Well. I guess when you're chosen for your marybourg Aug 2017 #5
What she meant was "he's got a pulse" because working for Trump is applegrove Aug 2017 #7
An impossible job for sure. Sneederbunk Aug 2017 #2
Goebbels quit? Throck Aug 2017 #6
I call BS! MyOwnPeace Aug 2017 #8
List of horrors. Well done. applegrove Aug 2017 #9

marybourg

(12,634 posts)
5. Well. I guess when you're chosen for your
Fri Aug 25, 2017, 07:44 PM
Aug 2017

blind loyalty and not much else, you may be a little weak in language fluency.

MyOwnPeace

(16,937 posts)
8. I call BS!
Fri Aug 25, 2017, 08:31 PM
Aug 2017

He quit before he was fired - he wasn't doing his job. It's not like it was all that tough.
Couldn't be any tougher than:

1. PR expert for Adolph Hitler
2. Doing a demo video of "How to French-kiss a Cobra."
3. Write a "Top-10 List" of things people loved about Jeffrey Dahmer.
4. Produce a video for the First Lady on "Why I Love Appearing in Public with Donald."
5. Co-author a book with Donald Trump: "Parenting Tips from Barron's Father."
6. Using Ted Kaczynski as narrator in a "I Love Montana" video.
7. Being the featured speaker for Dr. Martin Luther King Day at a local KKK gala.
8. Being a door-to-door salesman for "OJ Simpson Gloves - 1 size fits all!"
9. Having been hired to photograph just 1 photo of Ted Cruz NOT looking like Grandpa Munster.
10. Having the balls to tell Donald Trump that there can NEVER be any good news about him except his announcement of resigning!

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