Trump Drops Ratcliffe As DNI Pick | Talking Points Memo

Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-TX) is no longer going to be President Donald Trump’s nominee to be director of national intelligence, Trump tweeted on Friday.


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…This was literally my comment from 2 hours ago.

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LameStream Media.

What a freaking idiot. I mean really. An idiot.

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Ratcliffe got Ratfucked by his Master. Oh well.

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Narrator:

“Sean Hannity stared intently at his phone, head cocked sideways like an expectant puppy, as if that would make it ring sooner.”

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The rat abandoned the rat before the rat infested ship when down.

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“having little to no intelligence experience.”

Indeed. Hasn’t experienced an intelligent thought his whole life.

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Even with all his contacts in the intelligence community I bet this tweet was the first he’d heard of it.

And “lame stream media”? Boy does that bring back memories. Fuck you, John McCain, for bringing it into the national conversation.

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Trump in so many words said he didn’t want Ratcliffe to get his ass handed to him when he went for Senate confirmation.

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As I said elsewhere - next we’ll hear that Ratcliffe has decided to retire from Congress.

I hope I hope

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Tomi Lahren is available.

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They found out that he used to be pals with Epstein?

Merely being incompetent and embellishing his resume is hardly cause for such a quick drop.

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Another one bites that dust. OOOMMPPPPHHHH !

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If you make the hiring decisions she is VERY available.

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My fave so far.

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They could have stopped right there.

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There’s that trademark loyalty again!

Hot tip: Try vetting before announcing. Everything found about this asslicker was readily available to anyone inclined to look for it.

Wonder if Ratcliffe knew he had decided to withdraw himself before Shithead announced it on Teh Twitter?

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Yes, Donnie, we all believe you dumped him because of your concern for the stress that media scrutiny might put him through. It has nothing to do with Moscow Mitch not being able to push his confirmation through.

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Could have saved a word for later. :slight_smile:

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