I know it’s early, but this e-mail has a really good chance to hold up as the biggest lie of the day. (Non-Trump division, anyway …)
I believe this is known as “closing the barn door after the horse has bolted.”
Or, alternatively, “covering your ugly white ass”…
Given Kelly’s enabling behavior I am doubting the sincerity of this email. But I do think it’s cute he ends with thanking staff for serving the American people, as if.
Domestic violence - bad. Incompetent executive - bad too.
Oh, John Kelly. Fuck you!
GENERAL KELLY
Poor once proud Marine.
Witches’ brew of Trump
converted bones to jelly
These really ARE the fking mole people. He sent an ‘email’ out weeks after we KNOW he knew and probably months later and somehow in his little pea brain he ‘thinks’ that covers his ass? No way. Every action you take regarding women shows you don’t value them. Period. How about some classes? Some accountability? You ranted and raved about Hillary 15 years ago trying to educate abusers and you send a freakin’ EMAIL???
True.
But even faux outrage is better than sincerity when it comes to setting societal norms. Trump, his administration, his supporters and his media enablers have normalized such awful, misogynistic, racist, anti-immigrant public behavior that it’s good to see even a pretense here now, where two or ten or fifteen years ago this would have taken down a lot more than one reluctantly-ceded woman batterer.
I don’t care so much for what is in someone’s heart as long as they feel compelled to act by a higher community standard.
“[T]he White House was not aware of the photos of Porter’s first wife Colbie Holderness’ black eye until they were made public.”
But the WH knew of the alleged violence because both exes were interviewed.
Oh, yeah.
His enemies made up the stories.
A vase magically caused the black eye during an argument.
The restraining order was bogus.
Kelly’s an enabler.
We take domestic violence seriously. We don’t do anything about it, but we take it seriously.
And we’re supposed to take you seriously?
“While we are all processing the shocking and troubling allegations made against a former White House staffer, I want you to know that we all take matters of domestic violence seriously,” he wrote.
Except when we don't.
Or....accept when we don't.
Either works.The pretense was necessary because the regulations on this subject are clear.
And pretense that continues to enable doesn’t serve anyone but the abusers.
“Domestic violence is bad, except when Trump does it- then it’s great!”
This is what happens when arrogance meets ignorance in a man who has no moral compass. He sends an e-mail about domestic violence because he was shamed into it when his misogynistic attitudes too center stage again, only this time without the racist overtones as they did with Congresswoman Wilson. When will the media – like the NYTimes stop giving this coward a pass because of his military service. That was then, this is now. The man, like his boss, is a despicable fraud.
I think in this case the lying sack of shit Kelly was sending thoughts and prayers because he did not want to inconvenience Hope Hicks’ escapades when the Preshitident himself was otherwise not in the mood.
I am more concerned that Porter handled all the classified information in the White Hole. National security secrets and military plans may have been compromised seriously.
I wonder if Kelly will feel, after he’s pushed out, that there was an accomplishment he made at any point that was worth destroying his reputation and future career. One more ruined life to add to the pile.
This whole thing was a total non-problem to them until the photo surfaced.
A perfect fit with temporary office holder bone spurs: