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mfcorey1

(11,059 posts)
Mon Nov 28, 2016, 08:25 AM Nov 2016

Morning Whoa reporting that Don the Con is upset with Kellyanne about her comments

about Mitt Romney. He feels she spoke out of term and threw the transition team, who have tension with her, under the bus. They also indicated that she might be a little pissed because she has not been offered a prime position.

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Morning Whoa reporting that Don the Con is upset with Kellyanne about her comments (Original Post) mfcorey1 Nov 2016 OP
Maybe she's trying to get fired BeyondGeography Nov 2016 #1
I sometimes think everyone involved in this fiasco is trying to get fired, including... TwilightZone Nov 2016 #22
Well, I hope Kellyanne... Else You Are Mad Nov 2016 #2
And if he doesn't pay her, she can sue him. LisaL Nov 2016 #3
Haha Else You Are Mad Nov 2016 #7
I think the Mercer family already guaranteed Conjob's paycheck... Raster Nov 2016 #6
True. Else You Are Mad Nov 2016 #9
That is where the money is... and the true power behind the tRump throne... Raster Nov 2016 #13
...follow the money. a peek behind the curtain of how Trumps campaign went from flailing to BREMPRO Nov 2016 #20
it all seems to tie in together... We have two families of dueling billionaires... Raster Nov 2016 #23
This is correct. I actually went to high school with the Mercer sisters. Lucky Luciano Nov 2016 #11
She wasn't offered a prime position?? DFW Nov 2016 #4
Do you base this on the people he did offer positions to? LisaL Nov 2016 #5
Hardly! DFW Nov 2016 #8
Real news or fake? mountain grammy Nov 2016 #10
I love a circular firing squad! HAB911 Nov 2016 #12
Who were the two sources? Melania's mysterious speechwriter? John Baron? John Miller? MADem Nov 2016 #26
She is becoming the Kellyanne from SNL, but it's a head fake. ToxMarz Nov 2016 #14
Amateurs lead by an amateur. . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2016 #15
Lies with a smile world wide wally Nov 2016 #16
I Hope Trump Fires Her Because I Can't Wait To..... global1 Nov 2016 #17
I have T words for this, and they aren't transition. lonestarnot Nov 2016 #18
he was particularly crazy today dogindia Nov 2016 #19
Oh tut tut now Kelly. You can be the official coffee server Thekaspervote Nov 2016 #21
I would not trust her with the coffee... nt Xipe Totec Nov 2016 #24
Am told Steve Bannon only drinks milk. saltpoint Nov 2016 #31
Rofl n/t emulatorloo Nov 2016 #33
there is only one position for women in der drumpfenfuhrer's view. niyad Nov 2016 #25
Then he should read the Kama Sutra. Oh, wait, dark skinned people. n/t rzemanfl Nov 2016 #28
sadly, you are quite correct. niyad Nov 2016 #29
She's trying to get fired. Nt LaydeeBug Nov 2016 #27
How about the woman in the saltpoint Nov 2016 #30
As predicted, this is nothing more than Bobbie Jo Nov 2016 #32
If only we could change the channel emulatorloo Nov 2016 #34
She owns this toad MFM008 Nov 2016 #35
I watched her call Trump brilliant on a talk show this weekend. NCTraveler Nov 2016 #36
The word "trifling" is going to define this man's presidency. ancianita Nov 2016 #37
Good cop Bad cop. They are paying Romney back. Sorry, didn't pick you. bullimiami Nov 2016 #38
And where has Katrina Pierson been? saltpoint Nov 2016 #39
It's all theater. Kelly Anne takes orders from Trump, period. bettyellen Nov 2016 #40

TwilightZone

(28,833 posts)
22. I sometimes think everyone involved in this fiasco is trying to get fired, including...
Mon Nov 28, 2016, 11:09 AM
Nov 2016

the president-elect.

Else You Are Mad

(3,040 posts)
2. Well, I hope Kellyanne...
Mon Nov 28, 2016, 08:35 AM
Nov 2016

Got paid up front and in cash for her work on Trump's campaign because it looks like she isn't going to get paid. On second thought, No, I hope Trump doesn't pay her.

Else You Are Mad

(3,040 posts)
7. Haha
Mon Nov 28, 2016, 08:39 AM
Nov 2016

That would be great. And, as is his MO, he will say that she didn't do a good job so she doesn't deserve to get paid -- and, he probably will blame his loss in NY and CA on her.

Raster

(20,999 posts)
6. I think the Mercer family already guaranteed Conjob's paycheck...
Mon Nov 28, 2016, 08:39 AM
Nov 2016

...no matter the outcome. Conjob is NOT a tRump believer, supporter or fan. She became the third Campaign Manager at the behest of the Mercer family, to whom she is a loyal family retainer.

Else You Are Mad

(3,040 posts)
9. True.
Mon Nov 28, 2016, 08:42 AM
Nov 2016

Which is probably why she hasn't been offered a job by Trump. She will go back to working for the Mercers in some capacity.

Raster

(20,999 posts)
13. That is where the money is... and the true power behind the tRump throne...
Mon Nov 28, 2016, 08:54 AM
Nov 2016
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercer_Family_Foundation

The Mercer Family Foundation is a private grant-making foundation in the United States. As of 2013, it had $37 million in assets. The foundation is run by Rebekah Mercer, the daughter of computer scientist and hedge fund manager Robert Mercer.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Mercer_(businessman)

Robert Leroy Mercer (born July 11, 1946) is an American computer scientist and co-CEO of Renaissance Technologies, a hedge fund. He is a major donor to conservative political causes. Mercer has donated to Super PACs affiliated with Freedom Partners, Club for Growth Action, and John R. Bolton. He is the principal benefactor of the Make America Number 1 Super PAC.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Make_America_Number_1

Make America Number 1 is a super PAC (political action committee) that supported the presidential campaigns of Ted Cruz and Donald Trump in the 2016 United States presidential election. During the primary campaign, the super PAC was known as Keep the Promise I. In the general election, it informally termed itself Defeat Crooked Hillary PAC. The PAC is run by Rebekah Mercer, the second daughter of its largest donor Robert Mercer.

Robert Mercer donated $15.5 million to the PAC during the 2016 campaign; philanthropist Bernard Marcus donated $2 million; and Cherna Moskowitz donated $1 million. As of November 2, it had received a total of $19,586,131 in donations. Robert Mercer is the fourth-largest contributor to Super PACs in the 2016 cycle.

Rebekah Mercer has been chairperson of the PAC since 2015. Its operations were headed by Kellyanne Conway from August 2015 until she was tapped to serve as the Campaign Manager of the Donald Trump campaign in mid-August 2016. The PAC also employed Stephen Bannon, who joined the campaign as CEO. After Conway's departure, David Bossie took leadership. He left in September to become Trump's Deputy Campaign Manager, and Rebekah Mercer took over leadership of day-to-day operations.

During the general election the PAC ran anti-Hillary Clinton ads in a $350,000 campaign in Ohio and Pennsylvania.

Make America Number 1 responded to the public release of Donald Trump's conversation with Billy Bush about his treatment of women by stating, "We are completely indifferent to Mr. Trump's locker room braggadocio."

BREMPRO

(2,331 posts)
20. ...follow the money. a peek behind the curtain of how Trumps campaign went from flailing to
Mon Nov 28, 2016, 10:46 AM
Nov 2016

winning,. the revelation that Kellyann and Bannon worked for the Mercers was scary, but then I found that they also bankrolled a discredited book on Clinton foundation that was used to instigate an investigation by the FBI. The article i just read about this shows a screen shot of the author on RT (Russian Tv news) How much Russian involvement was there in promoting this garbage book aimed at the Clinton's? Is the fact that Rebekah Mercer is married to a Frenchman with what sounds like a Russian last name significant? Sylvain Mirochnikoff?

http://www.mediamatters.org/blog/2016/11/02/fbi-was-basing-potential-clinton-foundation-case-garbage-right-wing-book/214243

Raster

(20,999 posts)
23. it all seems to tie in together... We have two families of dueling billionaires...
Mon Nov 28, 2016, 11:16 AM
Nov 2016

...vying for control. The Koch brothers who want to change things to suit their fancies and the Mercers who want to BURN IT ALL DOWN and remake the US per their conservacrazee ideas.

Lucky Luciano

(11,410 posts)
11. This is correct. I actually went to high school with the Mercer sisters.
Mon Nov 28, 2016, 08:48 AM
Nov 2016

...when their father still worked at IBM and they were just middle class. Now that they are billionaires, the evil has been set free.

DFW

(56,448 posts)
4. She wasn't offered a prime position??
Mon Nov 28, 2016, 08:37 AM
Nov 2016

Hmmm, maybe Trump has more judgment than I gave him credit for.............

DFW

(56,448 posts)
8. Hardly!
Mon Nov 28, 2016, 08:39 AM
Nov 2016

They are worse, although I suspect that Trump didn't remember who half of them were until Pence told him.

HAB911

(9,353 posts)
12. I love a circular firing squad!
Mon Nov 28, 2016, 08:53 AM
Nov 2016


Two sources at the top of the Donald Trump transition team confirmed to MSNBC that they spoke to the president-elect today and that Donald Trump was "furious" at Kellyanne Conway's comments Sunday suggesting Trump "betrayed" his supporters by even considering Mitt Romney for a position in his cabinet.

"Kellyanne went rogue at Donald Trump's expense at the worst possible time," a source familiar with Trump's thinking told MSNBC.

Trump's top aides said they were "baffled" by Conway's comments and suggested that it feeds into a growing concern inside the campaign that "instead of driving Donald Trump's message, she's pushing her own agenda."

"It's dangerous," said a top transition aide.

Steve Bannon and Reince Priebus have reportedly been growing frustrated by Conway's failure to become a team player in a transition process where the top players are forming a tight knit group around the president-elect.

Conway, responding to MSNBC via text early Monday, denied the report, saying, "It is all false. And sexist."

Conway went on to say about her role in the transition: "I [can] have any job I want. May stay outside to take the Plouffe role and run the political operation. [Trump] wants me by his side."

Conway was referring to David Plouffe, President Barack Obama's 2008 campaign manager.

MADem

(135,425 posts)
26. Who were the two sources? Melania's mysterious speechwriter? John Baron? John Miller?
Mon Nov 28, 2016, 11:19 AM
Nov 2016

LOL! He probably told the Morning Joke team thtat this was a YUUUUUUUUUGE issue, BIGLY, in fact!

ToxMarz

(2,242 posts)
14. She is becoming the Kellyanne from SNL, but it's a head fake.
Mon Nov 28, 2016, 09:00 AM
Nov 2016

In reality from the campaign, I think she is very good at what she does and a consumate team Trump player. She wouldn't be doing or saying any of this without 100% approval of Trump, particularly this publicly and in your face. She doesn't need to try and get fired, she can quit.

dogindia

(1,345 posts)
19. he was particularly crazy today
Mon Nov 28, 2016, 10:39 AM
Nov 2016

not letting anyone talk. Did not mention tweet storm but I think it made him crazier. Used Conway as a foil to hide tweet storm. All his people sitting around looked pretty unhappy.

Gosh he is partisan

saltpoint

(50,986 posts)
30. How about the woman in the
Mon Nov 28, 2016, 11:26 AM
Nov 2016

Chicago Michael's store from DonViejo's post for Secretary of State?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1017412518

She sounds like she's got the skill set Trump may be looking for.



Bobbie Jo

(14,341 posts)
32. As predicted, this is nothing more than
Mon Nov 28, 2016, 11:39 AM
Nov 2016

a bad reality show.

These are NOT serious people, it's amateur hour.

 

NCTraveler

(30,481 posts)
36. I watched her call Trump brilliant on a talk show this weekend.
Mon Nov 28, 2016, 11:48 AM
Nov 2016

She started laughing as she said it. That is not a joke.

ancianita

(38,390 posts)
37. The word "trifling" is going to define this man's presidency.
Mon Nov 28, 2016, 11:53 AM
Nov 2016

Trifling trump and his tantrum trumpanzees.

saltpoint

(50,986 posts)
39. And where has Katrina Pierson been?
Mon Nov 28, 2016, 12:04 PM
Nov 2016

Have I just missed her on the tubes or has she been reassigned or what?

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