Discussion: CNN: White House Scolded Four Cabinet Leaders Over Ethics Scandals

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Does this mean the White House thought the Four had ethics?

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Um…who exactly in this Administration has the moral high ground to lecture anyone else on ethics? They must have outsourced this to a third party.

Oh, and who get to scold Trump? I’d love to volunteer for that one, but it should be one or all of the nineteen women he harassed.

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“White House Scolds Four Cabinet Leaders Over Ethics.”

Shorter Headline: “Pot Calls Kettles Black.”

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Admit it - who else played a little ‘prediction’ game of guessing which 4, before reading the article.

I know, too easy. Four for four.

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Were they scolded for being unethical?

Or for being unethical in the light of day?

My guess is the latter and they were handed working papers on how to be unethical without the public knowing.

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Or perhaps for not being unethical enough? Or more realistically - for getting caught.

o/t just because:

click the image - but first swallow if you just took a sip of something - your keyboard with thank you.

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Kushner would have been there, but he was too busy offering California to Mexico for a few billion pesos.

Just kidding. In reality, he never found out about the meeting due his lack of security clearance. Luckily, the WH stenographer was there though.

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Yes. They were chided for being caught.

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That’s a Bingo! I imagine the “scolding” was along the lines of “We’re not saying you shouldn’t be shifty grifters, we’re just saying keep it discreet”.

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Then the White House official could no longer contain himself, busted out laughing and said, “Jeez, you guys thought I was SERIOUS!?! You should have seen your faces!!!”

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This is not about ethics; it’s that the shenanigans put the president* in a bad light. As always, it’s all about Trump, ethics be damned.

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Didn’t I tell you not to buy anything? What’d I tell you? What did I tell you?

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Do NOT do stupid and unethical things, and get caught. That’s the President’s job.

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McGhan: (sternly)
You guys can’t go around spending huge amounts on redecorating and plane trips. Little people don’t like it."
Carson: (peevish)
Hey, little people don’t like a lot of what we do, so what
McGhan:
Do what you want, just avoid the appearance of wrongdoing.
Zinke: (outraged)
But, but - you guys get away with everything. I’m not keeping a traitor and thief in the highest office in the land just to sit behind my desk and do a good job for the nation!
(all shuffle out of office)
Shulkin:
Jerks

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“Shulkin was scolded for telling Politico that he had permission to purge employees who he felt were out to get him, according to CNN.”

Note that the White House didn’t scold him for the purge, only letting the public know is a state sanctioned effort. Disgusting.

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It’ s a shame Martin Shkreli is going to prison for seven years and will not be available to fill the WH Ethics Office position. Pharma Bro has a bad case of the You Said I’d get Probation blues. The BBC pointed out that he was going for defrauding investors and not for price gouging which they went on to explain was neither illegal or uncommon in the U.S.

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Actually there were six people there becasue Somnolent Ben is always attended to by his wife and son. Miss Candy and Ben Jr. run HUD using AmbiBen as a prop.

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“The White House officials warned the cabinet leaders that even if their behavior is technically legal, it could still create bad optics.”

Ya know, by the time you’re in the Cabinet, you should be able to figure that out without being told.

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Ordinarily they would. But look at their role model :unamused:

After all he gets away with shooting people in the middle of Fifth Avenue doesn’t he?

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