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Tommy_Carcetti

(43,079 posts)
Fri Nov 9, 2018, 11:37 AM Nov 2018

Just 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.
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Just in case you were wondering who Trump scolded for asking a "stupid question." (Original Post) Tommy_Carcetti Nov 2018 OP
What was the question? panader0 Nov 2018 #1
Whether he expects Whitaker to rein in the Mueller investigation? Tommy_Carcetti Nov 2018 #4
Could the American people fund Mueller's budget? panader0 Nov 2018 #5
His funding is safe. dalton99a Nov 2018 #7
Not sure, but I'd certainly donate if it came to that. calimary Nov 2018 #20
Of Course To Trump It Was A Stupid Question...... global1 Nov 2018 #6
SAYs the POSS Cha Nov 2018 #2
He's generating more data points dalton99a Nov 2018 #3
Who. Wonderful chart. hedda_foil Nov 2018 #8
Yeah, it lines up beautifully with the Dow... he's the stress factor in the economy. DemocracyMouse Nov 2018 #13
excellent graph! Hermit-The-Prog Nov 2018 #9
That's another great post. LakeArenal Nov 2018 #11
Damn - look at the days we have to endure dalton99a Nov 2018 #12
Thanks. You're the crystal ball drop for Nov. 2020 LakeArenal Nov 2018 #17
Excellent tally. Kind of Blue Nov 2018 #15
I'm not surprised. He probably isn't even aware ... Honeycombe8 Nov 2018 #10
Now Trump's calling April Ryan a "Loser" amb123 Nov 2018 #14
Trump really doesn't like being challenged by women and especially PA Democrat Nov 2018 #16
He's a pathetic SOB. Power 2 the People Nov 2018 #18
What a dummy Botany Nov 2018 #19
hmmm elmac Nov 2018 #21

Tommy_Carcetti

(43,079 posts)
4. Whether he expects Whitaker to rein in the Mueller investigation?
Fri Nov 9, 2018, 11:44 AM
Nov 2018

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."

dalton99a

(81,062 posts)
7. His funding is safe.
Fri Nov 9, 2018, 11:56 AM
Nov 2018

The money is guaranteed by law and comes from a Treasury Department account for permanent, indefinite appropriations.

global1

(25,166 posts)
6. Of Course To Trump It Was A Stupid Question......
Fri Nov 9, 2018, 11:54 AM
Nov 2018

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?

Honeycombe8

(37,648 posts)
10. I'm not surprised. He probably isn't even aware ...
Fri Nov 9, 2018, 01:23 PM
Nov 2018

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.

PA Democrat

(13,225 posts)
16. Trump really doesn't like being challenged by women and especially
Fri Nov 9, 2018, 01:47 PM
Nov 2018

by women of color:

Yamiche Alcindor
April Ryan
Abby Phillip

All have been targeted in the last 2 hours.

Botany

(70,281 posts)
19. What a dummy
Fri Nov 9, 2018, 02:30 PM
Nov 2018

"After graduating high school, Abby earned a Bachelor degree in Government from Harvard University in 2010."

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