Sean Spicer resigns in protest

[RobDownSouth]

The New York Times just reported that President Trump's spokesman Sean Spicer resigned effective today in protest of noted whackadoodle and Trump apologist Anthony Scaramucci being named director of White House communications. Scarmucci has no background in public relations, but he is a noted Trump apologist and a buddy of Donald Jr.

 

[Wrong Element]

I thought John Barron was a shoo-in for the job.

 

[Carnal_Flower]

It's a sad statement that we'll miss Spicey.

 

[just4friends]

Spicey is Sooooo fucking happy!
His tell all will sell millions!
Double that, if Kelly-Anne Dommed him a bit

 

[Hard_Rom]

In 2008, Scaramucci served as a fundraiser for President Barack Obama. During the 2016 presidential election, Scaramucci first endorsed Scott Walker and later Jeb Bush. In May 2016, after both Walker and Bush had withdrawn from the race, he signed on to Donald Trump's political campaign by joining the Trump Finance Committee. In September 2010, Scaramucci asked Obama at a CNBC Town Hall meeting when he was going to "stop whacking Wall Street like a piñata.

It's all about the money! Just follow the money.

In January 2017, he told New York magazine that the "thing I have learned about these people in Washington is they have no money", and described such congressmen as "jackasses".

Just follow the money.

 

[JackLuis]

GOP strategist Rick Wilson ridicules Scaramucci’s ability to ‘control Trump’s political Tourette’s’

Turning once again to Scaramucci’s longtime relationship with Trump, Wilson called the new communications head a “yes man.”

“Reinforcing all of Donald Trump’s impulsive, almost child-like urges to be the center of attention every day and to say whatever comes out of his mind at that moment, like political Tourette’s is not something that is going to help this White House become more credible and more viable,” he explained. “It is still going to end up being Donald Trump talking about whatever his impulse is and the voices in his head drive him to talk about that day and I think Scaramucci is a bit of a yes man.”

“He’s a bit of a family friend and so Trump is going to expect him to be ‘rah, rah boss, let’s go have fun and do what you want,'” he concluded.

This does not bode well!

 

[RobDownSouth]

"Mooch" Scaramucci's first official acts?

Scrub his personal Twitter feed clean...he's a very strong gun control advocate, but those tweets have magically disappeared!

Then he blocked ten journalists...and actor John Cusack (????) from his twitter account.

And here is a formal portrait...
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DFSHpZPUMAAx3Xj.jpg

 

[Hypoxia]

Observed tweet from @Rosenberg_Mike (found here)

I won't believe Sean Spicer resigned until he denies it.​

 

[phrodeau]

I hope SNL doesn't retire the street-legal podium.

 

[gotsnowgotslush]

"Three minutes of my life. I hope that the President can forget"
- Anthony Scaramucci

In his first press conference as communications director Friday, Scaramucci said Trump won't let the earlier attacks go.

He brings it up every 15 seconds. One of the biggest mistakes that I made because I was unexperienced in the world of politics."

(Anthony Scaramucci, once called his new boss a “hack politician” engaging in “anti-American” rhetoric.)

Mr. President, if you’re listening, I personally apologize for the fiftieth time for saying that.”



http://www.thedailybeast.com/flashback-scaramucci-called-trump-a-hack-politician


"He’s a hack politician. He’s probably going to make Elizabeth Warren his vice presidential nominee with comments like that. It’s anti-American, it’s very, very divisive,” he said of Trump after the then-candidate criticized the hedge fund industry.

"He’s going to be president of the Queen’s County bullies association,” Scaramucci said on television.

“I don’t like the way he talks about women, I don’t like the way he talks about our friend Megyn Kelly,” he said, adding that Trump has “a big mouth.”


Last but not least, he insulted Trump’s roots, calling him “an inherited-money dude from Queens County.”
gsgs comment-


Trump and Scaramucci, two snake oil salesmen, grifters, teaming up together, once, again. It is one of Trump's signature moves, to insult and degrade an opponent, and force them to accept the abuse, in order to cut in on a deal that Trump is cooking up, or take advantage of a situation Trump is offering.

Donald Trump’s campaign set a historic standard for lack of transparency.

November 3, 2016

In July, the RNC named Scaramucci a State Victory Finance Chair in New York. He was reportedly a co-host for two Trump Victory Fund events and he gave $100,000 to the Trump Victory Fund in June. The New York Times reported that he “has been instrumental in introducing Mr. Trump to the hedge fund and private equity world.” He founded the investment firm Skybridge Capital and hosted the Fox Business Channel show Wall Street Week.

https://thinkprogress.org/trumps-secret-bundler-list-312feacf3d8c

 

[sr71plt]

It's about five and a half months late for Sean Spicer to recover a shred of dignity.

 

[Hypoxia]

It's about five and a half months late for Sean Spicer to recover a shred of dignity.

I read that he'll stay on till August -- so he can't take the job of Subway spokesperson until then.

 

[phrodeau]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7ZYoHtFT7s

 

[magicalmoments]

"Three minutes of my life. I hope that the President can forget"
- Anthony Scaramucci

In his first press conference as communications director Friday, Scaramucci said Trump won't let the earlier attacks go.

He brings it up every 15 seconds. One of the biggest mistakes that I made because I was unexperienced in the world of politics."

(Anthony Scaramucci, once called his new boss a “hack politician” engaging in “anti-American” rhetoric.)

Mr. President, if you’re listening, I personally apologize for the fiftieth time for saying that.”



http://www.thedailybeast.com/flashback-scaramucci-called-trump-a-hack-politician


"He’s a hack politician. He’s probably going to make Elizabeth Warren his vice presidential nominee with comments like that. It’s anti-American, it’s very, very divisive,” he said of Trump after the then-candidate criticized the hedge fund industry.

"He’s going to be president of the Queen’s County bullies association,” Scaramucci said on television.

“I don’t like the way he talks about women, I don’t like the way he talks about our friend Megyn Kelly,” he said, adding that Trump has “a big mouth.”


Last but not least, he insulted Trump’s roots, calling him “an inherited-money dude from Queens County.”
gsgs comment-


Trump and Scaramucci, two snake oil salesmen, grifters, teaming up together, once, again. It is one of Trump's signature moves, to insult and degrade an opponent, and force them to accept the abuse, in order to cut in on a deal that Trump is cooking up, or take advantage of a situation Trump is offering.

Donald Trump’s campaign set a historic standard for lack of transparency.

November 3, 2016

In July, the RNC named Scaramucci a State Victory Finance Chair in New York. He was reportedly a co-host for two Trump Victory Fund events and he gave $100,000 to the Trump Victory Fund in June. The New York Times reported that he “has been instrumental in introducing Mr. Trump to the hedge fund and private equity world.” He founded the investment firm Skybridge Capital and hosted the Fox Business Channel show Wall Street Week.

https://thinkprogress.org/trumps-secret-bundler-list-312feacf3d8c

Genuine enquiry on the above. Is all of that true?

 

[gotsnowgotslush]

There are legitimate sites, (that post articles that are consistently proved to provide truthful reports), that are carrying these quotes. I do not usually post articles, unless I can come up with several sites that confirm what is printed.

I am waiting on snopes, for the final word.

Snopes has said that, yes, Sean Spicer quit, over the Anthony Scaramucci issue.

http://www.snopes.com/2017/07/21/sean-spicer-resigns/

One of those people said Spicer is quitting because of objections over the appointment of a new White House communications director, New York financier Anthony Scaramucci.

The people with knowledge of the decision insisted on anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the personnel matter publicly.

This is sort of funny-

Maybe Trump Should Have Checked Scaramucci’s Twitter Feed Before Hiring Him-Does the president know he believes in climate change and wanted Hillary to run ?

He once attacked Trump for being “anti-American” and “another hack”:

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2017/07/anthony-scaramucci-twitter-feed-communications-director/

gsgs comment-

Scaramucci has been all over the political map, just as Trump has had very different stances, before Trump decided that cultivating deranged people was a good career move. Scaramucci and Trump have much in common. They both dealt in businesses where publicity was the key to getting what they wanted.

 

[Tigersman]

With Spicer resigning that takes care of one ass kisser. Only about two dozen more to go.

 

[magicalmoments]

I shall follow Scaramucci's career with interest. From the sound of it it's not going to take long.

 

[Hypoxia]

With Spicer resigning that takes care of one ass kisser. Only about two dozen more to go.

Await the influx of hundreds or thousands anxious to smooch butt for personal profit.

 

[sharingfantasies]

It is very telling of where Scaramucci's main interest lies when he addressed reporters Friday afternoon during a news conference, thanking Spicer for doing an “amazing job” and adding, “I love the guy. I hope he goes on to make a tremendous amount of money.”

Not, I hope he finds a job soon, or I hope he has a successful life, or I hope he makes the changes he feels are best for him. Nope. It is all about making tremendous amounts of money.

 

[Hypoxia]

Not, I hope he finds a job soon, or I hope he has a successful life, or I hope he makes the changes he feels are best for him. Nope. It is all about making tremendous amounts of money.

Money talks, bullshit walks. No, bullshit talks, too. It's so confusing.

 

[mark_j]

It is very telling of where Scaramucci's main interest lies when he addressed reporters Friday afternoon during a news conference, thanking Spicer for doing an “amazing job” and adding, “I love the guy. I hope he goes on to make a tremendous amount of money.”

Not, I hope he finds a job soon, or I hope he has a successful life, or I hope he makes the changes he feels are best for him. Nope. It is all about making tremendous amounts of money.

You do understand that this is the business model in DC. Not serve the public, or the country or anything else..

It’s ALL about coining LOTS of cash.

 

[sr71plt]

You do understand that this is the business model in DC. Not serve the public, or the country or anything else..

It’s ALL about coining LOTS of cash.

No, I don't understand that. Each and every one of us is getting far more in service benefits because programs are being run out of DC (and State capitals and county seats) that combine resources to provide common goods than any one of us could pay for by ourselves. Some of them are under threat by the Trump administration and Republican Congress, but even there that will leave each and every one of us with far more service benefit being provided out of the federal government than we could pay for or organize for ourselves. You just aren't understanding and appreciating who is paying for what in your life and what benefits you are enjoying and taking for granted.

 

[nowisthetime]

Only to be replaced by a fundamentalist WOMAN. Fundamentalist Republican women are the worst. She believes in her own bullshit.

I guess the rats are jumping ship only to leave behind the trashiest, greediest, most inept, narrow-minded fools.

 

[AnAmericanDarling]

The Republican formation is falling apart as we know it. I feel like a cookie!

 

[Hypoxia]

The Republican formation is falling apart as we know it. I feel like a cookie!

Do not mistake Tromp for a Guppy. He was never one. His only usefulness to the "Republican formation" is to sign bills they present him -- and they're failed there because they have no unity and are thus not a 'formation'. Tromp lets the Guppies spin apart. Goody goody.