Tag: Cabinet of Deplorables

In Trumplandia Denial Really Ain’t Just a River in Egypt

Buck Banks

The author of an email critical of Fox News host-turned-Trump Defense Secretary pick Pete Hegseth threatened New Yorker writer Jane Mayer that “if you print that, I will deny I wrote it,” and when Mayer reminded him “that it had been sent from the same personal e-mail account that he still uses,” the author wrote, “I don’t care. I’ll just say it never happened.”

— The New Yorker

Trump’s Secretaries of Sexual Abuse

Buck Banks

“If everyone is a sexual predator, then no one’s history of misdeeds matters (or, at least, no one needs to be held accountable). … MAGA Republicans seem to be having their own #MeToo moment, except here, a growing cohort of men is essentially saying: Oh, another man accused of sexual predation? #MeToo—and so what? Being accused of sexual harassment, abuse, or assault is no longer disqualifying; on the right, it has been normalized. It may even be an asset.”

— Jill Filipovic

Wasserman Schultz: Gabbard Is a ‘Russian Asset’

Buck Banks

“Tulsi Gabbard is someone who has met with war criminals, violated the Department of State’s guidance and secretly, clandestinely went to Syria and met with [Syrian President Bashar al-]Assad, who gassed and attacked his own people with chemical weapons,” she said. “She’s considered to be, essentially, by most assessments, a Russian asset.”

— Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) said Friday that Tulsi Gabbard, Donald Trump’s controversial pick for director of national intelligence, “is likely a Russian asset,” in an appearance on MSNBC.

WSJ Editorial Board Concludes Matt Gaetz Is a Bad Pick for A.G. — Duh!

Buck Banks

“He’s a performer and provocateur, and his view is that the more explosions he can cause, the more attention he can get … He’s a nominee for those who want the law used for political revenge, and it won’t end well.”

— The Wall Street Journal editorial board slammed Donald Trump’s nomination of Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) as Attorney General.