Trump Admin Shoots The Messenger As Whistleblower Highlights Ongoing Issues

Dr. Rick Bright, who became a whistleblower after being demoted from his job directing a crucial government research office, was clear during his testimony before a House subcomittee on Thursday: The Trump administration’s lacking response to the COVID-19 pandemic isn’t a past-tense story. The failures continue.


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…the President said Bright was “a disgruntled employee, not liked or respected by people I spoke to.”

That’s because you only speak to people who will tell you what you want to hear.

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The failures continue.

has been, is and will always be until “it” is removed from society.
obviously, Bright will have a knock knock moment.
Who is it?
IRS, FBI, CIA

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Not too Bright, are you, Donnie?

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Operation Warp Speed –

All of the warp, none of the speed.

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The Trump administration has pursued a rather blunt response: Shooting the messenger. In a tweet ahead of Bright’s testimony, the President said Bright was “a disgruntled employee, not liked or respected by people I spoke to.”

Swampy, very swampy.

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You have not been paying attention.
Donnie is the brightest, bestest, presidentest ever!

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What, is he trying to mix up the “Who? I think he made me coffee once” BS response?

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Perhaps because you fired him. You might want to take that into account.

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This has become my life quest, since November 2016. Not sure what the trigger was?

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I feel the need to edit Typhoid Trump’s latest projection tweet:

“We have a disgruntled nation, and I am not liked or respected by any of the people I speak to. I should not be working for our government.” There, FIFY Donnie. Happy to help!

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Many people would like to know what the President is on.

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TRUMP: “When you test, you have a case. When you test, you find something is wrong with people. If we didn’t do any testing we would have very few cases.”

I can’t shake hearing this as the intro to “Wish upon a star”

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Jiminy Trumpet.

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Which is to say that Trump only speaks to Trump.

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And for the love of the goddess that is a horrible name. What’s next, Operation Zoom, Zoom!

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Swampy.

Very swampy.

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preznit stubby digits is impotent against ‘Rona, he can’t withhold payment or threaten to sue into bankruptcy, he’s got nothin’ in his usual bag o’ tricks that has functioned to some degree his whole life

and since he is fully unqualified for the job… he’s really got nothin’, only that which Moscow Mitch can wedge his way

I haven’t looked at it, but the number of signed bills during the course of this admin has to be one of the lowest totals in modern times, attesting to tRUmp’s inability/lack of legislative agenda/unqualified nature in serving in this role, his epic corona fuck up is just icing on his turd cake that is MAGA

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Operation … Ludicrous Speed.

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