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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJust in case you were wondering who Trump scolded for asking a "stupid question."
It was Abby Phillip.
So running down the list:
Black--Check
Female--Check
Works for CNN--Check
I'm thinking she's on the short list for getting her credentials yanked.
panader0
(25,816 posts)Tommy_Carcetti
(43,079 posts)Clearly, that's just an idiotic thing to ask, given that there's absolutely no record of Matt Whitaker making statements about reining in the Mueller investig--Oh wait.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/07/politics/matthew-whitaker-attorney-general-mueller-special-counsel-probe/index.html
Trump's replacement for Sessions once argued the Mueller probe goes too far
By Veronica Stracqualursi and Paul LeBlanc, CNN
Updated 1:48 PM ET, Thu November 8, 2018
(Snip)
In a CNN op-ed written last year, Whitaker argued that Mueller is "dangerously close to crossing" a red line following reports that Mueller was looking into Trump's finances.
He argued that Mueller does not have "broad, far-reaching powers in this investigation," but that the investigation's limits are clearly defined by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein's May 2017 letter appointing Mueller.
"It is time for Rosenstein, who is the acting attorney general for the purposes of this investigation, to order Mueller to limit the scope of his investigation to the four corners of the order appointing him special counsel," he wrote then. "If he doesn't, then Mueller's investigation will eventually start to look like a political fishing expedition."
Back in 2017, Whitaker also told CNN's Don Lemon that he could see a scenario where Sessions is replaced with an attorney general who "reduces (Mueller's) budget so low that his investigation grinds to almost a halt."
panader0
(25,816 posts)I'm betting he could rake in millions overnight.
dalton99a
(81,062 posts)The money is guaranteed by law and comes from a Treasury Department account for permanent, indefinite appropriations.
calimary
(80,693 posts)global1
(25,166 posts)because he's thinking - why else would I put Whitaker in a position to kill the Mueller investigation if I didn't want him to rein it in - isn't it obvious?
Cha
(295,899 posts)dalton99a
(81,062 posts)hedda_foil
(16,368 posts)DemocracyMouse
(2,275 posts)Hermit-The-Prog
(33,021 posts)Email that to CNN. It should be put up and updated every time he uses those terms.
LakeArenal
(28,713 posts)You should start the time clock for 2020 as well.
dalton99a
(81,062 posts)LakeArenal
(28,713 posts)Kind of Blue
(8,709 posts)Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)He probably isn't even aware that his brain doesn't see black women as real people. Sort of like people with Alzheimer's don't know they have it.
amb123
(1,576 posts)and threatens to take away her credentials.
Black--Check
Female--Check
Works for CNN--Check
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/415900-trump-calls-april-ryan-a-loser-threatens-to-revoke-more-press
PA Democrat
(13,225 posts)by women of color:
Yamiche Alcindor
April Ryan
Abby Phillip
All have been targeted in the last 2 hours.
Power 2 the People
(2,437 posts)Botany
(70,281 posts)"After graduating high school, Abby earned a Bachelor degree in Government from Harvard University in 2010."