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babylonsister

(171,035 posts)
Fri Jul 24, 2020, 04:53 PM Jul 2020

Kim Guilfoyle, Don Jr. Reportedly Stranded Trump Staffers In South Dakota

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Kim Guilfoyle, Don Jr. Reportedly Stranded Trump Staffers In South Dakota
After Guilfoyle tested positive for COVID-19, she and the president’s son apparently took a jet back to New York, leaving staffers to fend for themselves—an incident some say is emblematic of the turmoil on her fundraising team.
By Eric Lutz
July 24, 2020


Kimberly Guilfoyle may not have the Trump surname, but she certainly fits in, evidently possessing that special blend of incompetence and carelessness that’s central to the family brand. Guilfoyle, a former Fox News personality and girlfriend of Donald Trump Jr., formally joined the president’s re-election bid as a senior adviser in 2019 and has been serving since February as the campaign’s national finance chair. In some respects she’s been successful, helping Donald Trump to build up a considerable war chest. But, according to Politico, she’s also overseen a money-raising operation rife with chaos, cronyism, and backstabbing.

Republicans familiar with her fundraising unit told the outlet that Guilfoyle’s staff is in a state of “upheaval,” with employees leaving and being replaced by additions with little to no relevant experience other than connections to Guilfoyle and her deputy, Sergio Gor, who has feuded with longtime fundraiser Caroline Wren. Caught between Gor and Wren, staffers have reportedly been further upset by Guilfoyle claiming credit for their work—and for apparent disregard for rank-and-file campaign workers, as evidenced by an episode earlier this month in which she and Don Jr. left junior staffers stranded in South Dakota after she tested positive for COVID-19.

The couple had originally made plans to road trip back to New York from South Dakota, where the president gave a dark and divisive speech in front of Mount Rushmore, but apparently took a private flight instead, leaving several junior campaign staffers who’d been in contact with the infected Guilfoyle behind to quarantine alone in their hotel rooms, “scared they’d get sick in a city they’d never set foot in before,” according to Politico. The incident left the staffers so shaken that they reportedly sought out campaign chief of staff Stephanie Alexander weeks later, and several last week sought a meeting with Brad Parscale, though that fell through after he took the fall for the sputtering campaign.

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https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/07/kim-guilfoyle-don-jr-stranded-trump-staffers-in-south-dakota

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Kim Guilfoyle, Don Jr. Reportedly Stranded Trump Staffers In South Dakota (Original Post) babylonsister Jul 2020 OP
Par for the course. luvallpeeps Jul 2020 #1
Did they at least leave them a case of Covid-19? rurallib Jul 2020 #2
It sounds like Biff's concubine is just as incompetent as the rest of them. A match made in hell. catbyte Jul 2020 #3
Repug playbook central scrutinizer Jul 2020 #4
Forgot about that ... Yes they did Republicans ace3csusm Jul 2020 #8
Yes, he did. (In the House of Romney, there are only two kinds of people -- Romneys and The Help) JHB Jul 2020 #9
Where's Hunter Thompson when you need him? peacefreak2.0 Jul 2020 #5
Haven't seen hide nor hair of her for a while. I hope she is recovering well. mahina Jul 2020 #6
The Trumps snap their fingers at waiters and SS agents. Kingofalldems Jul 2020 #7
This was giving me serious deja vu--finally found it. Romney campaign 2012: tanyev Jul 2020 #10
They need some cheese to go with that whine. Lochloosa Jul 2020 #11
I recommend noneof_theabove Jul 2020 #18
Junior Trump campaign staffers ought to get a clue Zorro Jul 2020 #12
I knew that bit about them driving back was pure bullshit. KY_EnviroGuy Jul 2020 #13
Yep. And, honestly, flying back in a private jet probably is a better decision tanyev Jul 2020 #15
Do you really think they paid the bill for the plane? Mr.Bill Jul 2020 #16
You're probably right, but they could have claimed that tanyev Jul 2020 #20
Poor, little gullible staffers. What the hell did you expect... brush Jul 2020 #14
Don't know if it's in this article, but I read yesterday that she flew back to NY on a private jet.. George II Jul 2020 #17
Fuck em. They're Republicans CanonRay Jul 2020 #19
As long as she pulls in enough for the Family to skim off the top, Donnie Two Scoops won't care struggle4progress Jul 2020 #21
Foyled again... Blue Owl Jul 2020 #22
I have exactly zero sympathy for them drmeow Jul 2020 #23

luvallpeeps

(935 posts)
1. Par for the course.
Fri Jul 24, 2020, 04:58 PM
Jul 2020

Another unqualified wife/daughter/lover of the President or his spawn, getting paid to run something they have no business coming anywhere near. What could go wrong? Vector Guilfoyle. Keep up the good work. Just go ahead and take the money and run. Like Brad did.

JHB

(37,157 posts)
9. Yes, he did. (In the House of Romney, there are only two kinds of people -- Romneys and The Help)
Fri Jul 24, 2020, 05:23 PM
Jul 2020
http://firstread.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/11/08/15024793-the-last-days-of-romneyland

The last days of Romneyland
Thursday Nov 8, 2012 9:21 AM
By NBC's Garrett Haake

BOSTON -- From the moment Mitt Romney stepped off stage Tuesday night, having just delivered a brief concession speech he wrote only that evening, the massive infrastructure surrounding his campaign quickly began to disassemble itself.

Aides taking cabs home late that night got rude awakenings when they found the credit cards linked to the campaign no longer worked.

"Fiscally conservative," sighed one aide the next day.



https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a16637/romney-staff-credit-cards-110812/
Willard Romney, Cutting Off The Help for Good
By Charles P. Pierce
Nov 8, 2012

One last time, let's reiterate: In the House of Romney, there are only two kinds of people — Romneys and The Help:

From the moment Mitt Romney stepped off stage Tuesday night, having just delivered a brief concession speech he wrote only that evening, the massive infrastructure surrounding his campaign quickly began to disassemble itself. Aides taking cabs home late that night got rude awakenings when they found the credit cards linked to the campaign no longer worked.


Classic.

They're all lucky they're not working in China now.

mahina

(17,622 posts)
6. Haven't seen hide nor hair of her for a while. I hope she is recovering well.
Fri Jul 24, 2020, 05:10 PM
Jul 2020

Nobody deserves that.

Well, almost nobody.

tanyev

(42,521 posts)
10. This was giving me serious deja vu--finally found it. Romney campaign 2012:
Fri Jul 24, 2020, 05:24 PM
Jul 2020
The last days of Romneyland
Thursday Nov 8, 2012 9:21 AM
BY NBC'S GARRETT HAAKE

BOSTON -- From the moment Mitt Romney stepped off stage Tuesday night, having just delivered a brief concession speech he wrote only that evening, the massive infrastructure surrounding his campaign quickly began to disassemble itself.

Aides taking cabs home late that night got rude awakenings when they found the credit cards linked to the campaign no longer worked.

"Fiscally conservative," sighed one aide the next day.

http://firstread.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/11/08/15024793-the-last-days-of-romneyland?lite


Lord, what jerks these Republicans be.

Lochloosa

(16,061 posts)
11. They need some cheese to go with that whine.
Fri Jul 24, 2020, 05:28 PM
Jul 2020

Maybe they should look in a mirror and see if they can find a soul.

Zorro

(15,724 posts)
12. Junior Trump campaign staffers ought to get a clue
Fri Jul 24, 2020, 05:34 PM
Jul 2020

But I doubt they will. Otherwise they wouldn't be junior Trump campaign staffers.

"May I have another, Sir?" Whack!

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,488 posts)
13. I knew that bit about them driving back was pure bullshit.
Fri Jul 24, 2020, 05:42 PM
Jul 2020

With Rethugs, there's always a millionaire Rethug with a private jet looking for a prized contract somewhere that's willing to give a president's kid a ride.

Perks of the evil invisible lower crust of society.........

I wonder how many others got exposed to the virus during that little trip.

tanyev

(42,521 posts)
15. Yep. And, honestly, flying back in a private jet probably is a better decision
Fri Jul 24, 2020, 06:04 PM
Jul 2020

than driving back what with the need to stop for food, bathroom breaks, hotels and also Secret Service agents for Don Jr. Just own it. Say that in the interest of everyone’s health and safety Don Jr or Don Sr or the campaign was footing the bill for a private plane. They lie about so many things they don’t need to lie about.

tanyev

(42,521 posts)
20. You're probably right, but they could have claimed that
Fri Jul 24, 2020, 08:04 PM
Jul 2020

just as easily as they claimed they were doing a road trip back to DC.

brush

(53,743 posts)
14. Poor, little gullible staffers. What the hell did you expect...
Fri Jul 24, 2020, 05:54 PM
Jul 2020

working for those grifters? Hope lesson learned but probably not.

George II

(67,782 posts)
17. Don't know if it's in this article, but I read yesterday that she flew back to NY on a private jet..
Fri Jul 24, 2020, 07:15 PM
Jul 2020

...so much for her and Donnie Dickhead driving back.

CanonRay

(14,085 posts)
19. Fuck em. They're Republicans
Fri Jul 24, 2020, 07:45 PM
Jul 2020

and they hitched their wagon to the most corrupt, deranged monster in history. I have zero fucks left to give.

drmeow

(5,012 posts)
23. I have exactly zero sympathy for them
Sat Jul 25, 2020, 11:13 AM
Jul 2020

you lie down with dogs, you get up with fleas. Anyone who works for Trump's campaign deserves every possible bad thing that happens to them. Bite me.

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