Trump Fumes Over HHS IG After Report | Talking Points Memo

President Trump on Tuesday continued airing his grievances against the HHS inspector general, who authored a new report finding “severe” shortages of testing supplies.


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Gone in 2 scaramuccis.

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Yeah, she’s as good as fired. And she knew it when she issued that report. Hero.

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No surprise. He’s already decided the US Constitution is an Obama-era holdover, so what can a measly IG expect?

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That 17,000 is right around the corner, Donnie.

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Why talk to Trumpian sycophants? No reason at all. Talk to those who desperately need the protective gear, drugs, ventilators and more. She did. And they told her the truth: Trump and his minions have failed miserably in their task of helping US citizens in our dire time of need.

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The man has no sense of duty, or of any consequences from having taken an oath to defend the Constitution (as in equal protection under the law). It’s “I have power so ask me nicely and maybe I do a favor for you.”
Can Grimm be fired so easily as a career official?

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As soon as Covid-19 settles down, time for reimpeachment.

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Also, she didn’t speak to the Space Force Command.

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3 And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?
4 Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye?
5 Thou hypocrite,

He was going to find something to fault her with, even if there was nothing there to fault.
He can only comfort himself by trying to drag others down to his level.

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Imagine if he were to get re-elected. Would anyone survive? Is this, perhaps, the great filter Enrico Fermi postulated? Time will tell.

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Pretty soon, the number of people who used to work for the government will outnumber the people who do.

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Apparently drump thinks every single government employee must quit their job when a new administration comes in.

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The Great Covfefe Filter?

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He expects abject loyalty and subservience. Even neutrality won’t do at all.

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There is really something wrong with this man.

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No grievance too small
no slight too petty
I read these stories less and less because we need no further proof of how sick this man is or how unqualified he is to lead anything, much less a nation facing the greatest crisis of the century

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“In two to three weeks, we’ll see what happens.” Will she get the boot before or after Modly? I think Modly stays; he’s Trump’s kinda guy: surly, vindictive and cowardly. The apology didn’t help though, so maybe he’ll go.

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If Drumpfy had two non-addled brain cells to rub together, he would use this report to retreat into reality and make heads roll at HHS so he could look like he was doing something, anything whatsoever, to address this disaster. He’s completely missing an obvious opportunity to blame someone else.

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