Rachel Maddow on Trump's "reprieve" from scandal in wake of Florida shootings

[Miles Archer]

[ffr]

1. I don't see the massacre as anything but the nail in the conservative NRA loving coffin.

They may see it as a reprieve, in their gas lit world, but here in reality, it's one more in-your-face scandal being dropped on them with full force.

The angry marches have just begun.

This is what happens when the minority try to rule over the majority.

[apkhgp]

2. This is the leadership...

That was voted in on Election Day. People who have no idea what they are about, and no idea what they are doing. That makes me feel so good.

[tomhagen]

3. Its only a matter of time before this filthy White House self destructs in scandal

[MFM008]

4. Exactly

I feel the same.

[Gothmog]

5. Trump and his staff are pond scum

[Gothmog]

6. For the weary White House, Florida shooting offered a reprieve from scandals

Trump and his staff are all pond scum https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/for-the-weary-white-house-florida-shooting-offered-a-reprieve-from-scandals/2018/02/19/04293442-158a-11e8-92c9-

But a gun massacre at a Florida high school last Wednesday, which left 17 dead, seemed to shift the media glare away from the Trump scandals and gave embattled aides an opportunity to re­focus on handling a crisis not of their own making. While the White House mourned the loss of life in Parkland, Fla., some aides privately acknowledged that the tragedy offered a breather from the political storm.

A tentative plan for White House Chief of Staff John F. Kelly to address the news media from the briefing room Wednesday — where he would have faced intense scrutiny over his role in the mishandling of the domestic abuse allegations against former staff secretary Rob Porter — was scuttled.

One White House official said the shooting forced the White House to focus on critical and serious issues — like consoling the victims and trying to heal the nation — rather than getting bogged down in what they view as more trivial West Wing drama.

The White House's claims of not knowing about domestic violence allegations against Rob Porter were challenged by FBI Director Christopher Wray's timeline. (Jenny Starrs/The Washington Post)

“For everyone, it was a distraction or a reprieve,” said the White House official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to reflect internal conversations. “A lot of people here felt like it was a reprieve from seven or eight days of just getting pummeled.”

The official likened the brief political calm to the aftermath of the October shooting in Las Vegas that left 58 dead and hundreds more injured. That tragedy united White House aides and the country in their shared mourning for the victims and their families.