“You and what army?” pic.twitter.com/8TijggA6cD
— Schooley (@Rschooley) October 17, 2019
… Pre-sorted Starbursts, free money, and the wholehearted defense of even his dumbest moves.
Problem is, the guy with this kind of single-minded dedication to Lord Smallgloves’ whims is not necessarily an intellectual heavyweight.
here, from the WH podium, is Chief of Staff Mulvaney acknowledging quid pro quo – military aid for Ukraine to defend itself from Russian aggression in return for “DNC server” investigation intended to absolve Russia for its interference in 2016 election to help Trump win https://t.co/e5dk0J6ClX
— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) October 17, 2019
"To be clear, what you described is a quid pro quo" — Here's Mick Mulvaney casually admitting that Trump held up aid to Ukraine as leverage to get the Ukrainian government to investigate the 2016 election pic.twitter.com/ylz7BKEmKd
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 17, 2019
Everyone’s free to choose the name by which they’re known, but as I have been pointing out for some time, Mick is generally not the cognomen of someone renowned for his wisdom.
Anyone stupid enough to work for Trump is too stupid to pull off the con. https://t.co/Fbw0Pgxg9o
— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) October 17, 2019
Journos: don’t soft pedal was Mulvaney just said. They froze weapons aid to Ukraine until they agreed to get on board the Seth Rich/Crowdstrike server conspiracy theory. Why not just demand the Kurds invade Comet Ping Pong. We’re in freefall here.
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) October 17, 2019
Voiceover: Later, that same day…
NEW: Mulvaney walks back today's press briefing: “There never was any condition on the flow of the aid related to the matter of the DNC server.”
— Peter Alexander (@PeterAlexander) October 17, 2019
Like everyone around Trump, seems like Mulvaney’s goal is now protecting himself. This is the area where he has personal exposure and details of his involvement had started leaking out. So he got out there and put it on the president. https://t.co/CVz2daPnwz
— Matthew Miller (@matthewamiller) October 17, 2019
SRSLY?
trump actually thought mick did a good job until someone had to tell trump that in fact mick did not do a good job https://t.co/IztPoX50uq
— darth™ (@darth) October 17, 2019
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