Discussion: Report: Omarosa Manigault Fired Over Use Of White House Car Service

system1 · February 13, 2018, 2:06pm

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hulaman · February 13, 2018, 2:12pm

Well, at least she’s not a lobbyist.

old_curmudgeon · February 13, 2018, 2:12pm

They needed a reason to fire her?

established_1781 · February 13, 2018, 2:14pm

I’d say that poorly practiced ‘Glamour Shots’ pose would be cause enough…

erik_t · February 13, 2018, 2:15pm

FOUO doesn’t mean “For Omarosa’s Use Only”, Ms. Manigault.

karlsgems · February 13, 2018, 2:16pm

You mean a grifter got in trouble for grifting? Now that IS remarkable for THIS White House!!

I guess it’s only ok if you’re ‘family’…

airportman · February 13, 2018, 2:18pm

So much swamp draining.

And keepin’ it classy Omarosa, keepin’ it classy…

davidn · February 13, 2018, 2:20pm

Scamming a bit of car service, is that all they got?

It seems to me that among scammers, that is the smallest of potatoes.

So, Omarosa must have a bit to say after all.

hgc10 · February 13, 2018, 2:20pm

The Kelly Standard
– Unauthorized use of car service: Fired post haste
– FBI says because you’re a wife-beater you can’t get security clearance: Retained indefinitely

mondfledermaus · February 13, 2018, 2:21pm

Cat fight!!!

ohcomeonnow · February 13, 2018, 2:22pm

Trump: I learnt my lesson: you should never ever help a Black person. My father was right.

gr · February 13, 2018, 2:22pm

Yes. There’s a personality type that’s constantly grifting, conning, scamming in small ways that collectively adds up to someone who has to go. In the civilian world, they often scam they way into mgmt. jobs until they’ve found to be hollow.

gr · February 13, 2018, 2:25pm

Yes, but the wife-beaters are guys, and friends of the boss. The woman fired was window dressing,

sysprog · February 13, 2018, 2:28pm

So…the cabinet officials, all billionaires in the own right, can bilk the public for millions using government planes as their personal ‘pick up drop off’ service but Omarosa gets fired for using the WH car service to take her home? Wow. That’s some screwed up sht Kelly…spin us another yarn.

sstanl20 · February 13, 2018, 2:28pm

Republicans hate it when people of color make use of the same resources they do.

erik_t · February 13, 2018, 2:31pm

Well, kind of, yeah…

You can sell the argument that a cabinet-level official’s time is actually worth something. Manigault was always the most useless sort of flunky. It’s no surprise that somebody perceived as valuable gets perks that office drones don’t get.

mattinpa · February 13, 2018, 2:31pm

Call me cynical but it’s hard to believe such a, shall we say, vivid personality was fired for such a flat, stale reason. They might as well have said she was stealing paper clips. One more instance of Kelly being not entirely, shall we say, candid.

paulw · February 13, 2018, 2:33pm

Kelly needed an excuse to fire her that would appear to be for cause rather than “because I want to consolidate power”.

erik_t · February 13, 2018, 2:34pm

Never fire somebody for a real but complex problem if you can nail 'em for a trivial but non-negotiable, written-in-the-employee-handbook-in-bold offense. Textbook HR move in any organization.

cervantes · February 13, 2018, 2:37pm

More evidence of Rob Porter’s vaunted bureaucratic savvy.