WH’s Spin On Trump’s Well Wishes For Ghislaine Maxwell

White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany on Thursday attempted to explain President Trump’s warm wishes for Ghislaine Maxwell — the British socialite accused of being an accomplice to the late sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein’s decades-long abuse of underage girls — during the Season 2 premiere of his reality TV-style coronavirus briefings.


This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1322058
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Sexual predators gotta stick together, right?

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“They were sheriff’s stars.”

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He wants “Just Us”

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Pro tip for Press Flack Barbie: Sometimes the right thing to say is nothing.

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OT. Low Historian Humor


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9:33 AM · Jul 23, 2020

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“What the President was noting is that the last person who was charged in this case ended up dead in a jail cell,” McEnany said. “And the President wants justice to be served for the victims in this case and he prefers this to play out in a courtroom.”

So, “I wish her well” is interchangeable with “Gee, I hope she doesn’t get murdered while in custody”.

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Wow. Just wow. This is what you get when you hire people who could not make it as d-listers. No competent press secretary would have ever said this. Just like throwing a few bags of fertilizer and a few creates of 50 cal ammo into the dumpster fire.

The press Sort of let this slide (see Jen rubin’s column on why this was inappropriate normalizing of trump) trying to pretend he was just confused. But to admit he did it on purpose? Complete media relations malpractice, and hopefully will restart this fire.

Trump only hires the best. :pray:t3:

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Bull Shit…That is all

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Justice for sex trafficker

Injustice for George Floyd/BLM
Kidnappings, tear gassing, beatings for BLM protesters

Trump is really making AmeriKKKa a third world country!

Meanwhile…
Dershowitz of the “I left my unwear on” during a massage session at Epstein’s mansion…

Trump-Derz-Unseal

And OT and a grim milestone:

I’m so sick and tired of the WH/Rethugs spinning and gaslighting us that it has now resulted to 4M Covid infections and over 142K+ deaths!

STOP spinning and gaslighting so you can do your goddamn job - protect public health!

Covid-4M

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And those victims are Maxwell and the biggest and most unfairly-attacked victim of all, Trump.

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LOLOLOL
No really, stop.

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Kayleigh McEnema spins faster than my Speed Queen Washing Machine!

Unlike Kayleigh, My Speed Queen actually gets the dirt out!

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Hail to the Whatevers!

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Surely everyone expected this spin?

I sure did. It was the obvious path.

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She is actually, definitively threatening this woman. She will be found hung in her cell if she doesn’t hear this loud and clear.

How can anyone see this any other way? We’re surprised by the depths of these people, but when you’ve gone this far already, what’s the difference?

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PS. I will never lie to you.

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This is something that was going to happen eventually. And they didn’t have a short list?

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The way to help Ghislaine is too look worse than she does already so she’s helped by the comparison.

Trophy unlocked!

Is this another angle on a (pardon) dangle?

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Shouldn’t they be required to first raise a plant successfully?

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