Spicer: WH Slow To Act On Yates Warning Because She Was 'Political Opponent'
Source: Talking Points Memo
By ESME CRIBB Published MAY 9, 2017 2:49 PM
The White House on Tuesday said President Donald Trumps administration was slow to act in January on warnings about ousted National Security Adviser Michael Flynn from former acting Attorney General Sally Yates because she was a political opponent of the President.
White House press secretary Sean Spicer on Tuesday said Yates is not exactly someone that was excited about President Trump taking office or his agenda.
I think if you flip the scenario and say, what if we just dismissed somebody because a political opponent of the President had made an utterance, you would argue that it was pretty irrational to act in that manner, Spicer said.
How is she a political opponent of the President? the Daily Callers Kaitlan Collins asked. She was the acting attorney general that he kept on.
Appointed by the Obama administration and a strong supporter of Clinton, Spicer replied.
Read more: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/trump-delayed-action-on-yates-flynn-warning-because-she-was-political-opponent
applegrove
(118,677 posts)L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)America is trump's enemy, Russia is his friend.
Now who's gaslighting?
MontanaMama
(23,319 posts)you're gonna need a bigger shovel.
2naSalit
(86,643 posts)delisen
(6,044 posts)Kber
(5,043 posts)I mean, legit, nutz.
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)Freethinker65
(10,023 posts)You should be fired for even uttering it.
PA Democrat
(13,225 posts)the most important thing to consider is the imagined political affiliation of the messenger.
Good thing she was not there to alert the White House of an impending military attack on the US!
The Wielding Truth
(11,415 posts)She brought along another person of high standing from the DOJ and had the papers ready for them to see before they fired her. She was notified by the FBI. Do they not trust the FBI,too? Trump praised the FBI during the campaign.
God. They are terrible liars.
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Roy Rolling
(6,917 posts)But it's not politically correct to call him stupid.
Let's just say he's a moron if he expects anybody other than Trump-ettes to believe such a statement.
Oh yeah, that's EXACTLY who he's targeting with this crap---those who trust him to NOT be a moron and are fooled.
CincyDem
(6,363 posts)Sorry guys - she was a senate confirmed political appointee who served at the pleasure of the president (ewwww...that phrase just sounds so ugly in the context of AccessHollywood - but I digress).
He could have just as easily said we're done here. Instead, he kept her - in effect re-enlisting her to Team Trump, even if only for days.
As someone said elsewhere, Spicy is going to need a much bigger shovel (backhoe maybe ?) to dig out of this one.
gademocrat7
(10,659 posts)yallerdawg
(16,104 posts)you're a 'political opponent' - and what you say and what evidence you provide is automatically invalid and considered FAKE.
That explains why he dismissed Daily Intelligence Briefings - wasn't what he wanted to hear.
JHan
(10,173 posts)louis-t
(23,295 posts)And we know how that worked out.
Paladin
(28,262 posts)Thanks for that clarification, Spicer. You little worm.
George II
(67,782 posts)And in hindsight, idiot, she was correct!!!!! Why can't they simply admit that?
padfun
(1,786 posts)Wow! Just wow. The shit is getting deep.
Snotcicles
(9,089 posts)genxlib
(5,528 posts)A) If she was acting as a political opponent, she would have no reason to try and save your ass by helping you. And make no mistake that she was helping you since members of your Administration were out defending him in public. She had to assume they were acting in good faith and did not know about Flynn. As such, she was in a position to save you from further embarrassment.
B) She offered to show you the evidence so you had every opportunity to check for yourself.
notdarkyet
(2,226 posts)SHRED
(28,136 posts)He is full of sh*t.
He's scraping the bottom of the barrel of excuses now.
bucolic_frolic
(43,173 posts)Truth Fabs are incubators of the most stupendous lies
CakeGrrl
(10,611 posts)They love to steal credit, but take responsibility? They twist themselves into pretzels.
They're like a bunch of children who squirm around before pointing their finger at someone - anyone - else.
If character truly mattered to Trumpsters, they should be embarrassed for this bunch.
kairos12
(12,862 posts)alcibiades_mystery
(36,437 posts)And you say, "Oh well, it's just a Clinton supporter, so..."
The very best reading of that is that the people in the White House are deeply incompetent children. That's the BEST interpretation of Spicer's defense.
HopeAgain
(4,407 posts)Sean Spicer and the paranoid psychos he rides with are all unaware that there are, unlike them, honorable people in this world.
HAB911
(8,902 posts)right?
BadgerMom
(2,771 posts)They can't recognize any of that because they're greedy, disloyal, insufferable oligarchs wanna-bes . Oh, and they're deplorable.
FuzzyRabbit
(1,967 posts)She is a dedicated, professional public servant with courage and integrity. That's the reason why they call her a political opponent. Integrity and honesty are not virtues to Trump and his people.
Historic NY
(37,449 posts)yellowcanine
(35,699 posts)Leghorn21
(13,524 posts)which, of course, she would never say, but I will. And I hope it's true, and that justice is done sooner rather than later because - who can deal with much more of this appalling "administration"...gets more personal by the minute, doesn't it.
Oh, and that's "The Honorable" Sally Q. Yates, traitors.
iluvtennis
(19,861 posts)...that Dumpty made about the CIA and FBI and the need for his own separate intelligence org. OMG, this is LOONEY TUNES CRAY CRAY.
SCVDem
(5,103 posts)Over America?
To Gitmo with all your traitorous asses.
Simply esad!
maddiemom
(5,106 posts)that Bush ignored the Clinton administration's warning about Bin Laden? Gotta love the Republicans! Always sure the Democrats will put party before country just like they do.
6000eliot
(5,643 posts)They expect this shit to fly?