r/politics • u/kootles10 Indiana • 12h ago
No Paywall Katie Zacharia 'transitioning out' of her role as White House press secretary
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/katie-zacharia-possibly-out-white-house-press-secretary?link_source=ta_first_comment&taid=6ad25f066c6ca40001803b24&utm_campaign=trueAnthem_manual&utm_medium=trueanthem&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwdGRjcAU_PuNjbGNrBT8-4WV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHBkb2YBc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQMMzUwNjg1NTMxNzI4AAEeozUjp4KdShIJZo2gxdG3GEAPpbj-e5vdztRZ2DIKLS8twIjGIcgrRmUH6hA_aem_5Pzq4_XhxIcYjG_jyh0Ysw1.5k
u/Deep-Interest9947 12h ago
Nothing says “competent organization” like hiring an employee for a public facing role and firing them 3 days later
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u/aradraugfea 11h ago
Hiring her for THE public facing role. This is basically the head of PR. It’s like the government of the deadliest nation on the planet with an outsized impact on the world economy hired someone purely because she makes the dementia patient geriatric in charge think of his daughter.
And think, if she’d been some cis male toady with penis envy and a chip on his shoulder, Trump might have been ride or die until he’s tripping them to buy him time to get away from the cops.
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u/SonOfMcGee 10h ago
That’s a good point. A lot of high-profile firings in this admin this last year have been women (Noem, etc.)
If a man-o-sphere bro had been given the job, had just as disastrous of a first conference, and also lied about being a lawyer, his job would be safe as long as he emoted enough rage and spite.
If I had to bet money on it, I’d wager that’s who we’re getting in this role next. A male version of Katie that just gets angry and yells when challenged.
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u/turbo-cunt 8h ago
Hegseth texted a civilian details of imminent military operations and is still SecDef.
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u/FictionalTrope 10h ago
think of his daughter
And no, not in a wholesome way.
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u/aradraugfea 10h ago
Trump has never thought of a single girl of any age in a wholesome way.
Every human being on the planet exists purely for what they can do for him and there’s only one thing he’s ever wanted from any woman or girl.
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u/stunts002 12h ago
They forgot to ask her if she could read
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u/kalamari_withaK 11h ago
Reading is a nice to have... What’s more important is can she lie convincingly and she was an abject failure at that.
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u/tanrock2003 10h ago
I find it incredibly exciting that we have a new unit of measurement - one half of one Scaramucci is exactly one Zacharia - it’s like going from the imperial to metric system!
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u/LordMimsyPorpington 12h ago edited 12h ago
She lasted a whole 0.33 Scaramucchis!
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u/Flipnotics_ Texas 12h ago
Lasted for .3 Scaramucci's
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u/fatboobslover 12h ago
We’re gonna need a need a new unit of measurement.
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u/Flipnotics_ Texas 12h ago
Two Zacharias equals one Scaramucci.
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u/agent_mick 12h ago
3.333 zacharias?
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u/sugarlessdeathbear 12h ago
3.333 repeating of course...
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u/AtomicPlatypus45 11h ago
Alright boys let's do this.
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u/blo0dlu5t 11h ago
Oh my god, he just ran in!
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u/hansn 11h ago
Stick to the plan!
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u/Rockyrox 11h ago
3 days is a Zacharia. A Scaramucci is 11 days, so there are approximately 4 Zacharias in a Scaramucci (3.7 exact)
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u/FriendlyDespot 10h ago
That's suspiciously similar to the liters to gallons ratio. Is Zacharia metric?
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u/Jkt44 Canada 9h ago
Republicans don't understand the metric system; too complex.
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u/Lucky-Earther Minnesota 11h ago
The head of lettuce I bought last weekend from the farmer's market is still fresh.
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u/Berns429 12h ago
Bananas for scale
Scaramucci’s for length of timeReddit has the most fun units of measurement
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u/TexanToTheSoul Texas 11h ago
NY Magazine actually used the Scaramucci unit. Said "Zacharia out in half a Scaramucci". LMAO
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u/GreatGojira 12h ago
Scaramucci's is my favorite unit of measurement
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u/SnooConfections6174 11h ago
They didn’t think it was possible but our top men discovered an even shorter measurement of time than the mooch.
They don’t call them political scientists for nothing.
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u/TheFutureLotus 11h ago
.5 Scaramucci actually. Scaramucci is 10 days and she was there for 5 days; so a Zacharia is half a Scaramucci.
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u/StatusCount7032 11h ago
Is your math mathing? Lettuce Zacharia lasted 5 days, while Scaramucci lasted 11. By that metric, Zacharia lasted one-half of one Scaramucci. No?
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u/Rex_Vagene 12h ago
Love how this admin is so anti DEI and pro “qualifications” and this is the shit they produce. Fuckin idiots.
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u/Foolgazi 12h ago edited 12h ago
They’re all-in on DEI if we assume hilariously unqualified blondes are a minority.
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u/ItsAlwaysTerminal 11h ago
Its not just relegated to the vapid superficial hires. Hegseth, Patel, McMahon. All of his hires come in only 2 flavors, extremely inept or extremely corrupt.
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u/breadman_toast 10h ago
They hate DEI because discrimination against minority groups is the only thing that guarantees they can get jobs, it's always been that simple.
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u/92eph 12h ago
The sad thing is these awful, incompetent people stay on the payroll. See Pam Bondi, Kristi Noem, and now this idiot -- all still being paid by taxpayers.
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u/Rex_Vagene 11h ago
Right? Not to mention: drunk Fox News anchor, crazed brain worm antivaxxer, Vince Mcmahon’s wife, Dr. fucking Oz, trumps previous personal attorney, mma fighter plumber, mtv road rules guy…
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u/StatusCount7032 11h ago
And Noem was still living in the admiral's residence. I honestly can't understand how there are close races, such as in ME. Really?
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u/PausedForVolatility 10h ago
Data has consistently shown that the biggest beneficiaries of DEI programs are white women. If the people decrying DEI could actually process a critical thought without triggering a BSOD, they'd probably be very upset about that particular data point. They're so divorced from reality they have to redefine words to fit their narrative.
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u/uniklyqualifd 11h ago
Anti-woke means you can hire your nephew or your mistress instead of a qualified person.
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u/BardaArmy 11h ago
Diversity is the outcome of merit and qualifications. If everyone is a pretty white blonde then you aren’t selecting for merit or qualifications.
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u/Raspberries-Are-Evil Arizona 12h ago
Wait, she is "transitioning?"
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u/SpyroHinch 12h ago
Trump did warn there would be transgender for all
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u/ee_CUM_mings 12h ago
I live in Texas and there’s a very good chance Talarico is going to win, and I’ll be forced to transgender. I’m a 50 year old man, this is not going to be an easy transition. I don’t understand why the left just laugh at my concerns.
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u/SpinningHead Colorado 11h ago
I remember when my hetero marriage dissolved because gay people were allowed to marry. Rough times.
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u/ColonelBy Canada 11h ago
Chin up, though -- once you're forced to transition you can presumably marry your ex-spouse again
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u/grantrules 11h ago
You should transgender now so when the government transgenders you, you just go back to original.
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u/nmvh5 11h ago
Luckily, that Dell lady may be able to assist you in your struggles to transition.
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u/number_six Canada 11h ago
oooh, which gender are you going to choose to transition to?
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u/aradraugfea 11h ago
Enby sounds like the least hassle, honestly. The neopronouns are optional, right?
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u/DogVacuum Ohio 10h ago
I saw Biden pop out and hit her with the trans blow dart during her first appearance.
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u/ArchonRadd 11h ago
She went on Hannity to clean up her Press Brief. Then she went on the Fox Morning show to clean up her Hannity appearance.
Hilarious.
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u/welmoe California 11h ago
That’s the problem. You’re supposed to lie and move on. She tried to clarify and/or walk it back but that’s a huge no no for this incompetent Admin.
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u/wheatgivesmeshits Texas 10h ago
Right, she was supposed to say it's a woke trans conspiracy, and that she's always been a lawyer and she doesn't have to prove anything to librul media!
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u/SirDiego Minnesota 7h ago
I cannot comprehend what the fuck she expected to do with this whole "lawyer" thing. Like I get that it is a cardinal sin to correct Trump but "Did you pass the Bar" is a distinctly Yes/No question and incredibly easy to verify lol. Like did she think she was going to somehow steer around it?
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u/Foolgazi 6h ago
I actually believe her when she says she had been advised that calling herself a lawyer was acceptable. Now those advisors may have been one of her sorority sisters and her father, but I don’t doubt someone told her that at some point.
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u/Gay_Giraffe_1773 Oregon 12h ago edited 11h ago
Wow, not even one Scaramucci.
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u/Imemine70 11h ago
We’re into the sub-mooch zone
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u/Mustard_Gap Norway 11h ago
If you think about it, we're all the press secretary for at least a planck-mooch. Too fast to register by any instrument to the point where it didn't actually happen.
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u/Dizzy-Plane-9544 12h ago
how does that convert to Courics?
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u/kootles10 Indiana 12h ago
A Zacharia is 1/4 of a Couric
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u/Puffen0 11h ago
Could someone explain the Scaramucci and lettuce jokes going around about this? I'm out of the loop on what that is referring to
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u/bbbbbbbbbblah United Kingdom 11h ago
the lettuce is a reference to Liz Truss's short reign as British prime minister. Once her position became untenable people joked that it wouldn't last longer than a lettuce before it rots, so one of the less serious British newspapers livestreamed a real lettuce on a table
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u/ThadeousCheeks 11h ago
In his first term, Trump had a press secretary named Anthony Scaramucci who lasted 9 days on the job (highly recommend looking him up, it was a hoot of a week), and that duration is now a unit of measurement named for him.
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u/Logorythmic 11h ago
Scaramucci was some guy in the first Trump administration most known for how quickly he was brought on and then fired. With how many people were in the revolving door of the administration it became a joking way to quantify lengths of time by a “Mooch”, being about 11 days
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u/kootles10 Indiana 12h ago
From the article:
White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia could likely be out of her role, according to sources with Fox News.
Speaking with media at the White House, President Trump said Zacharia will be transitioning out of her role as White House press secretary, according to Edward Lawrence.
"Maybe it's not for her," Trump said. "I think she should reconsider."
Zacharia has faced intense scrutiny since taking on her new role. During her first press briefing Tuesday, she answered just three questions from reporters before ending the session.
Damn that's gotta be a record!
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u/Mc_Lovin81 11h ago
For the sake of late night TV and SNL, please stay. 🙏
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u/grantrules 11h ago
Press pool.. Blonde 1, introduces herself as Katie, the new press secretary, gets one questions, says something batshit insane..
Slightly more offkilter-appearing Blonde 2 comes out, tapes Katie on the shoulder who leaves, and Blonde 2 introduces herself as Kaitlyn, receives one question, says something batshit insane..
Even more offkilter-appearing Blonde 3 comes out, pushes Kaitlyn away from the podium and introduces herself as Katrina, receives one question, says something batshit insane..
Insanely offkilter Blonde 4 comes out and neck snaps Katrina and just starts throwing shit at the press pool and physically attacking them
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u/Tiny_Structure_7 North Carolina 12h ago
They 'transition out' Zacharia for incompetence, but they never lifted a finger to 'transition out' RFK Jr for the exact same reasons?
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u/RandyMuscle I voted 11h ago
RFK is not simply incompetent. He is doing exactly what republicans want. He is evil. I am tired of people sane-washing this shit and just saying the people in this admin are incompetent. They are evil and they want you dead.
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u/AeroZep 12h ago
Where will they find another incompetent blond to fill her shoes?
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u/emz0694 12h ago
Mar A Lago of course!
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u/ModelChef4000 12h ago
Everybody, let me introduce you to press secretary Tiffany Trump
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u/RickySuela 11h ago
I hear Kimberly Guilfoyle is looking for work. All she needs is some bleach in her hair and she could be just what Trump is looking for.
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u/AdHoc_ttv 11h ago
White House Press Secretary transitions, now goes by has/been
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u/whoisnotinmykitchen 11h ago
Note to self: Don't lie about your resume repeatedly on camera when you have the most high profile communications job in America.
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u/SirDiego Minnesota 7h ago
OR maybe she just didn't lie enough. Karoline Leavitt would have yelled at the reporters and called them evil until they shut up.
Just can't find good help these days, tsk
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u/gtpc2020 12h ago
Is MAGA right? You send your daughter to the press room and she gets "transitioned" before she comes home? SNL will surely have a field day with this one.
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u/Hefty_Remove7965 11h ago
The fact it's during the fall, and SNL didn't even get to mock her.
I think it would be great to bring back Trump 1.0 press secretaries to mock her
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u/amindyleigh Canada 11h ago
Omg bring back Melissa McCarthy and Spicer to mock her 😂
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u/Birdhawk 12h ago
Yeah I mean she seemed to be ready to quit by the time she got to the word "Venezuela" during her first press conference.
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u/Mc_Lovin81 11h ago
She didn’t even make it to SNL
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u/Erratic_-Prophet 11h ago
They'll probably have a gag about it where she starts talking and then gets dragged off after one sentence and her replacement comes out to finish the press briefing.
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u/eclecticsheep75 11h ago
Ooooh so they are into transitioning now?!? That’s a hard pivot. Ha ha ha ha!!!
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u/FavoriteFoodCarrots 11h ago
Was she even part of the admin long enough to get a book deal out of it?
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u/kakarot-3 America 10h ago
I always thought it was interesting that these people get book deals considering the majority of MAGA can’t read. Who’s buying the books?
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u/Old-Try117 5h ago
No one. The GOP buys all those books in quanties that top the NY best sellers list. And then they give them away at every magat event. Therefore 99.9% end up in the trash never read.
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u/theotherdannygirl 11h ago
Press secretaries vs a single wilting cabbage: who will win?
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u/calguy1955 11h ago
I wonder if her legal problems will still follow her. The California Bar does not like people who impersonate licensed attorneys.
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u/reddit_1999 12h ago
This whole administration is Amateur Hour. Next month is our chance to vote some adults back into the room to oppose this nonsense.
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u/Thrill0728 12h ago
One has to imagine the Liz Truss lettuce person kicking themselves for missing an opportunity.
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u/of_no_real_opinion 11h ago
This is the funniest shit ever if this were not reality
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u/ventin 11h ago
That's what I've been saying since Trump was elected, if this wasn't real life, it would make an amazing series on HBO or something
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u/OnionPastor 11h ago
That’s genuinely hilarious
What a state for this admin to be in right before an election.
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u/DeterminedThrowaway 11h ago
She's transitioning? No wonder they fired her, they don't take kindly to that in this administration /s
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u/UnusualDoctor 11h ago
Goddam I was SO far off. I gave her, peak top-dollar, two or three Scaramuccis.
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u/Practical-Bit9905 11h ago
oof... bet she's regretting the things she had to do to get the job now, huh?
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u/eudaimonia_dc 7h ago
S’okay……she’s a lawyer…..she can represent herself at her wrongful dismissal trial.
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u/LocksmithNew3449 12h ago
That was quick
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u/RickySuela 12h ago
How many press briefings did she do? Just one, right? Sounds like a case of "we're gonna film the audition."
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u/make_me_breakfast 11h ago
Katie get ready to learn Chinese
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u/OPsDaddy 11h ago
What do you mean learn? She’s fluent enough to pass the bar in China despite not being a citizen. 🤣
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u/Few-Ad7795 11h ago
Had she really 'transitioned' into the role yet?
I knew Natalie Harp would have none of this.
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u/LadyRunningStopSigns 11h ago
This is the dumbest news, administration and selection process ! 😢
Be smart, people!
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u/chrisg90 Maryland 11h ago
Shouldn't be too hard of a transition out when you didn't even really transition in....
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u/LordCaptain 11h ago
During her stuttering book report she accidentally actually answered a reporters question about them firing that one guy. Giving any actual answer to a question is a fireable offense for the Trump admin.
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u/AdorableSobah 11h ago
There is a video facing the reporters during that question and they look absolutely shocked in the moment, it’s hilarious
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u/once_again_asking California 11h ago
Odds on her still referring to herself as Press Secretary after this?
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u/westergames81 Texas 11h ago edited 11h ago
Wow, just think of all those memories she's going to have to clean out of her desk. Things like chair, and desk lamp, and notepad. She's going to look fondly at that pen she got to use a single time. Woe, here's to the good times.
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u/AdmiralSnackbar816 11h ago
What blonde bimbo whose name starts with a K is next?
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u/SmaugTheMagnificent- Canada 12h ago
"I am happy to have had the chance to serve.
Look sad.
Oh not that part.
Wait for sympathetic sounds.
Oh not that part either.
Um. Woozle wuzzle?"
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u/Bobll7 12h ago
Let me guess, the next one will be a young blonde and her initial will be K.
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u/cone_snail 12h ago edited 11h ago
She is going to take time off to prep for the bar exam?
She can study with Kim KardashBotulinface
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u/nobodysfool24 11h ago
I predict she will be given a cushy job beneath the president with backdoor access to all the internal going ons…
Damn, the innuendos just write themselves…
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u/kieranjackwilson 11h ago
When asked about her firing, she told the press, "they will be speaking with my lawyer… or, uh… attorney?"
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