TRUMP SENDS OUT HIS LESS-THAN-HONEST WHITE HOUSE “SPIN-ARTISTS”
…Andrea Mitchell skewered Mick
Mulvaney on Meet the Press
Trump’s “Spinners” looked ignorant
and foolish on Sunday’s political TV shows.
OK, I am going
to put this explanation in a very clear statement, that being that the
following is the current state of the
GOP today. It shows that the White House obviously felt that
regarding the special election for Senator in Alabama, it must send out a team
of spinners and rationalizers for President Trump’s position. But what they showed was that they were
disingenuous, totally dishonest (just
like their boss) and they were dis-inclined to even stand up to Stephen K.
Bannon and his collection of Alt-Right candidates. They seemed to be in support of all,
right-wing media trolls and pastors, who say good Christians should be voting
for an alleged sexual abuser and pedophile.
Marc Short, a
senior adviser to Trump for legislative affairs, and Mick Mulvaney, the Budget
Director made the rounds of the Sunday interview shows and they were sliced,
diced and both looked seriously foolish in their lame attempts to explain what
the feeling is about Roy Moore at the White
House.
Just follow
these two interviews, one between ABC’s
anchor, George Stephanopoulos and Marc Short, and one with Mulvaney and Andrea
Mitchell, who was substituting for Chuck Todd on Meet the Press:
GEORGE
STEPHANOPOULOS: “Does the president have
any reason to doubt these young women who are making the allegations [against
Roy Moore]?”
SHORT: “George, I think that the vice president as
well spoke out against this when the allegations came forward, the president
has expressed his concern about this. As you noted the president has not gone
down to Alabama to campaign for Roy Moore since the primary concluded. We have
serious concerns about the allegations that have been made. But we also believe
that all of this information is out there for the people of Alabama. Roy Moore
has been a public servant for decades in Alabama. He has run multiple times.
The people of Alabama know best what to do and the right decision to make here.”
STEPHANOPOULOS:
“But they may, but I’m asking you a
direct question on behalf of the president. You work for the president. Does
the president believe the women or not?”
SHORT: “Obviously,
George, if he did not believe that the women’s accusations were credible he
would be down campaigning for Roy Moore. He has not done that. He has concerns
about the accusations, but he is also concerned that these accusations are 38
years old. Roy Moore has been in public service for decades, and the
accusations did not arise until a month before election. So we
are concerned about several aspects of the story. We are very concerned about
the allegations. But at this point, as I’ve said, we think it’s best for the
people of Alabama to make the decision for them.”
STEPHANOPOULOS:
“So, you’re not willing to make a yes or
no judgment on whether the president believes the women?”
SHORT: “I think I have answered your question three
times now.”
STEPHANOPOULOS:
“No. I think what you have said is you
have questions and concerns about the allegations.”
SHORT: “We do. We do have serious questions about
the allegations. And the president has raised those and it’s one of the reasons
why he has not gone down to campaign for Roy Moore.”
STEPHANOPOULOS:
“So, he promised after the primary to
back Roy Moore. Is he still backing Roy Moore?”
SHORT: “I don’t think you have seen him go down
there and campaign for him. I don’t think you have seen him issue an
endorsement. You have not seen him issue robocalls. I think he thinks at this
point it is best for the people of Alabama to make the decision for their state.”
STEPHANOPOULOS:
“So he no longer backs Roy Moore?”
SHORT: “I think he thinks it is best for the people
of Alabama to make the decision.”
STEPHANOPOULOS:
“So does that mean that if Roy Moore
wins, he should serve the term, that the Senate should not move to investigate
and expel him? He should serve the term?”
SHORT: “I think that that’s a decision for the
United States Senate to make. … Having said that, we think that the people of
Alabama will have a lot of wisdom in making the right decision come December
12.”
STEPHANOPOULOS:
“That, again, and the right decision is?”
SHORT: “I think that — the right decision will be
what the people of Alabama decide.”
STEPHANOPOULOS:
“That’s now — I know you think you have
answered the question. And I understand that you’re in a difficult position
right here, but it’s just — it’s a very simple yes or no. Does the president
believe that Roy Moore should be the next senator from the state of Alabama?”
SHORT: “The president, I think, George, has made his
perspective very clear on multiple occasions here. He has expressed concern
about the allegations, but at this point, he is going to let the people of
Alabama decide.”
STEPHANOPOULOS:
“But he’s willing to speak out on races
all across the country. He’s willing to endorse members of congress. He’s
willing to endorse Senate candidates. Is he doing that here or not?”
SHORT: “I think you can take — you should certainly
be able to infer by the fact that he has not gone down to support Roy Moore his
discomfort in doing so.”
STEPHANOPOULOS:
“So he doesn’t support Roy Moore?”
SHORT: “The president works with all members of the
Congress, that is his role.”
STEPHANOPOULOS:
“And he’s comfortable with Roy Moore
being in the United States Senate?”
SHORT: “George, the president has concerns if these
allegations prove true about anybody of that nature serving in the United
States Senate. You have heard us make concerns in particular about allegations
that come from teenage girls. And we have said on other networks, and other
stations, the reality that we think that those are the most offensive and that
there is a special place in hell for people who are child molesters. Having said that, we also believe that these
allegations are arising 38 years after the date, and Roy Moore has an
opportunity to tell the people of Alabama his innocence. To date, we’re
uncomfortable that he has done that.”
STEPHANOPOULOS:
“Well, right, you’re uncomfortable. But
again, if dating a 14-year-old, and you have used the word “pedophilia” in the
past, is disqualifying, it comes down to a simple matter of whether or not you
believe the women who made that allegation or not.”
SHORT: “And right here, sitting here 40 years after
the fact, I cannot have any more information to tell you one way or the other.
There are two people who know that, Roy Moore and the accuser.”
STEPHANOPOULOS:
“OK. We’re going to have to move on. I
think that’s the answer we’re going to get to.”
That was as
embarrassing and shabby a performance as I’ve ever heard or seen from a senior White House adviser, but Short long ago
decided to disbelieve or, worse, believe and consider unimportant, the evidence
and witness statements against Trump regarding his own sexual assaults. Once
you’ve done that, defending or ducking the question of the fitness of an
alleged pedophile to serve in office is apparently no big deal.
The next
interview was nearly as awful by the Director of the Office of Management
and Budget, Mick Mulvaney, who appeared on “Meet the Press“:
ANDREA
MITCHELL: “Do you believe that the
women who’ve come out against Roy Moore are credible?”
MULVANEY: “I believe they’re credible. I don’t know
who to believe. Again, I’m at the Office of Management and Budget…”
MITCHELL: “You don’t believe them?”
MULVANEY: “No, I said they’re credible. I don’t know
who to believe. And I do think, as the president said, that…”
MITCHELL: “Well, if they’re credible…”
MULVANEY: “The voters should decide.”
MITCHELL: “Why wouldn’t you believe them?”
MULVANEY: “Andrea, I run the Office of Management and
Budget in Washington, D.C. You work for NBC News in Washington, D.C. My guess
is we’ve not spent that much time looking at the specifics of these
allegations. You’ve arrived at a certain conclusion because of a certain political
persuasion. …”
MITCHELL: “And I have no political axe to grind here
other than to ask you whether you believe they are credible.”
MULVANEY: “I believe that the folks who vote in the
Alabama election are gonna ultimately decide that. And that’s the right folks
to make those decisions.”
This is all a
perfect example of non-answer – answers, from the president’s spinners that
know that if Trump says he supports Roy Moore, then he’s saying that his and
Moore’s sexual escapades were just fine and he’s OK with a former pedophile as
the Senator of Alabama. Also, that he
supports someone that has gone against federal court orders and that today is
against gays, Muslims and transgender Americans.
This Trump
administration just keeps digging their holes deeper and deeper. So, let's hope they keep it up!
Copyright G.Ater 2017
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