Discussion: WaPo: Kelly Told Senior Staff To Say He Took 'Immediate' Action To Oust Porter

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Remember when this four-star weapons-grade slimeball was supposed to be the adult in the room who would protect us from Trump?

Neither does he.

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Not only Donald, who’s clueless…

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Kelly Told Senior Staff To “lie and cover his ass”
FIFY Kelly
The amazing thing is he doesn’t think he’ll get caught in a lie.
The Trumpiness has taken another victim.
They all listen to Faux and think that is how things are

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ANOTHER sterling example of how military men act, right General??? What a lying scumsucker you are. You’re just as bad as Porter asking Wife II to ‘cover for him’.

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OT, but HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

“But history suggests there could be a simpler explanation. Call it the GOP president’s curse.”

Right…history is clearly indicating that it couldn’t have anything to do with their ideology and economic policies. No. Gotta be dark magic.

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Finally, when it comes to bad generals, let us remember Truman’s immortal words about firing MacArthur:

I fired him because he wouldn’t respect the authority of the President. I didn’t fire him because he was a dumb son of a bitch, although he was, but that’s not against the law for generals. If it was, half to three-quarters of them would be in jail.

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cough bullshit cough

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The amazing thing to me is that he thought all of his staff would back him up.

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It’s quite telling that it took maybe 5 minutes before this story leaked…

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If by immediate he means months after learning about it.

From Vox …

Kelly knew all of this. Both Holderness and Willoughby were interviewed by the FBI in January 2017 as part of the hiring process for Porter, and White House counsel Don McGahn learned of the allegations the same month. McGahn took no action, nor did he take any action when the ex-girlfriend contacted him in November. The FBI told the White House about the abuse in June 2017, and by the fall it was clear the allegations were preventing Porter from getting a security clearance.

“When McGahn informed Kelly this fall about the reason for the security clearance holdup, he agreed that Porter should remain and said he was surprised to learn that the 40-year-old had ex-wives,” the Washington Post’s Josh Dawsey and Beth Reinhard report. “Kelly handed Porter more responsibilities to control the flow of information to the president.”

And furthermore …

This isn’t the first time that Kelly has defended a sexual abuser working underneath him. In 2016, Kelly testified as a character witness for Todd Shane Tomko, a Marine colonel who pleaded guilty to “sending inappropriate and sexual messages to a female corporal under his command.” He called Tomko “a superb Marine officer.” Then last year, Tomko was arrested on charges of child molestation dating back at least 15 years. “Prosecutors told the court Tomko groomed his three victims,” WAVY’s Jason Marks and Kevin Green report. “They say he made them watch pornography and learn sexual acts as early as age 4. It wasn’t until they got older that these acts were carried out.”

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Immediate action! If by immediate you mean several months, and by action you mean publicly declaring what a great guy he is.

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“it’s a job qualification to work in this White House. There’s a pattern of behavior.”
— Amanda Carpenter, 2/8/2018

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Geez, a couple of weeks in Trump’s vicinity and everyone comes down with the lying virus… Nobody’s immune.

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Not only has Kelly blatantly lied on multiple occasions now, he’s an unfit CoS because he echos and magnifies Trump’s worst instincts instead of channeling them in a positive direction.

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And here is your reason sexual harrassment is not dealt with appropriately in the military.

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The WaPo article is really quite good.

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Seems like the John Kelly is pretty poor judge of character…

This isn’t the first time that Kelly has defended a sexual abuser working underneath him. In 2016, Kelly testified as a character witness for Todd Shane Tomko, a Marine colonel who pleaded guilty to “sending inappropriate and sexual messages to a female corporal under his command.” He called Tomko “a superb Marine officer.” Then last year,

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“Kelly instructed staffers to communicate that he cares about domestic violence.”

Groucho: “The secret of life is honesty and sincerity. If you can fake that, you’ve got it made.”

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What does he have to gain from lying when the truth is common knowledge? Either Trump brings everyone down to that lever. Or Kelly was always like this. Or he is lying on purpose as a power thing to rub it in. Or all of the above!

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