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Snellius

(6,881 posts)
Mon Jul 9, 2018, 12:30 PM Jul 2018

From Kellyanne Conway to Stephen Miller, Trump's advisers face taunts from hecklers around D.C.

Source: Washington Post

Just after arriving in Washington to work for President Trump, Kellyanne Conway found herself in a downtown supermarket, where a man rushing by with his shopping cart sneered, “You ought to be ashamed of yourself! Go look in the mirror!”

“Mirrors are in aisle 9 — I’ll go get one now,” Conway recalled replying. She brushed off the dart with the swagger of someone raised in the ever-attitudinal trenches of South Jersey. “What am I gonna do? Fall apart in the canned vegetable aisle?”
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“Better be better!” a stranger shouted at Stephen Miller, a senior Trump adviser and the architect of his zero-tolerance immigration policy, as he walked through Dupont Circle a few months ago. Miller’s visage subsequently appeared on “Wanted” posters someone placed on lampposts ringing his City Center apartment building.
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Most of the interactions that Trump’s well-known aides have with strangers amount to nothing more than posing for selfies. But his advisers have also found themselves subjected to a string of embarrassing public spankings, a litany that began even before he took office.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/viciousness-trump-aides-endure-public-fury-toward-presidents-policies/2018/07/09/23d3b9a2-8051-11e8-b0ef-fffcabeff946_story.html?utm_term=.f2bb3064c576

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From Kellyanne Conway to Stephen Miller, Trump's advisers face taunts from hecklers around D.C. (Original Post) Snellius Jul 2018 OP
Can it be too much to hope that a great wave of disgust with Republicans Vogon_Glory Jul 2018 #1
What this says is this, Wellstone ruled Jul 2018 #2
civility got us nowehere; I support nonviolent resistance AlexSFCA Jul 2018 #3
Nothing compared to the real pain and suffering they are inflicting upon millions of Americans dalton99a Jul 2018 #4
and absolutely NOTHING compared to the pain Putin and his puppet will inflict on humanity AZ8theist Jul 2018 #6
Hey, F-that blankin' beotch! Now, ask me what I really think about Kellyskank Spinway! machoneman Jul 2018 #5
We should have been doing this to the Bushies at this point in his admin yurbud Jul 2018 #7
Yes. Politeness in the face of evil is acquiescence. SunSeeker Jul 2018 #8
We also need elected officials who fight their economic & foreign policy agenda yurbud Jul 2018 #10
They put BABIES IN CAGES and they expect to be treated as if everything is normal!? SunSeeker Jul 2018 #9
I hope Stephen Miller comes back to Santa Monica. People will give him the welcome he deserves. yurbud Jul 2018 #11
Samohi kids hated him when he was there. SunSeeker Jul 2018 #13
When most people live in a diverse community, it REDUCES their prejudices yurbud Jul 2018 #15
Samohi was not that diverse. It is a very affluent area, mostly white. SunSeeker Jul 2018 #16
the very first episode of BLACK MIRROR showed how we should treat all elected officials yurbud Jul 2018 #12
Sadly, Dan Jul 2018 #14

Vogon_Glory

(9,117 posts)
1. Can it be too much to hope that a great wave of disgust with Republicans
Mon Jul 9, 2018, 12:48 PM
Jul 2018

Washes across not only blue states and Democratic-run cities, but across the country?

 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
2. What this says is this,
Mon Jul 9, 2018, 01:07 PM
Jul 2018

our Nation has awakened and the Bastard's are being exposed for who they are and what they represent. And the Public is saying,enough already,you will be held accountable for your lies and your lying actions.

AlexSFCA

(6,137 posts)
3. civility got us nowehere; I support nonviolent resistance
Mon Jul 9, 2018, 01:16 PM
Jul 2018

and public shaming in any way possible. We the people are their employers. They can’t lie on our dime and expect us to serve them. They defrauded the american public and it is a perfect cause to refuse service to anyone in this admin.

AZ8theist

(5,456 posts)
6. and absolutely NOTHING compared to the pain Putin and his puppet will inflict on humanity
Mon Jul 9, 2018, 05:54 PM
Jul 2018

We need to challenge the Un-American assholes EVERYWHERE. They should not have a moment of peace.

"No justice, no peace" has a relevant ring to it right now.

AND ....DO NOT for one stinking minute believe any of the Russian troll BULLSHIT about leaving the party!!!!
The Soviet/KGB/GRU/Putin troll farm is in high gear trying to sabotage the midterms.

DO NOT BELIEVE A FUCKING MICROSECOND OF IT.

We are UNITED in bringing about the total destruction of Trumpism and the Repuke Party. Nothing LESS.

SunSeeker

(51,550 posts)
8. Yes. Politeness in the face of evil is acquiescence.
Mon Jul 9, 2018, 07:08 PM
Jul 2018

It is normalizing evil as just another legitimate political position.

No more legitimizing this horror show!

yurbud

(39,405 posts)
10. We also need elected officials who fight their economic & foreign policy agenda
Sat Jul 14, 2018, 02:57 PM
Jul 2018

and police state expansion for that matter.

I'm glad Democrats are standing up when Republicans screw immigrants, minorities, & LGBT, but they also need to do when they screw ALL of us.

yurbud

(39,405 posts)
15. When most people live in a diverse community, it REDUCES their prejudices
Mon Jul 16, 2018, 06:26 PM
Jul 2018

He must have been dropped on his head as a baby or something.

SunSeeker

(51,550 posts)
16. Samohi was not that diverse. It is a very affluent area, mostly white.
Mon Jul 16, 2018, 07:38 PM
Jul 2018

It was a very liberal area though. Not as much now, but still quite blue, and still mostly white.

yurbud

(39,405 posts)
12. the very first episode of BLACK MIRROR showed how we should treat all elected officials
Sat Jul 14, 2018, 03:02 PM
Jul 2018

When the government tries to manipulate the public during a political crisis, they were constantly undercut by the public tweeting, texting, and live streaming the set up of their scams.

That should happen at every power lunch, golf trip, meeting hookers in the hotel lounge or whatever.

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