The White House is empty and aides don't know what they're supposed to be doing: report

[Nevilledog]

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https://www.rawstory.com/2020/10/the-white-house-is-empty-and-aides-dont-know-what-theyre-supposed-to-be-doing-report/

The New York Times reported that the White House is very quiet in absence of the president and top aides have no idea what they’re supposed to be doing.

According to the report, it is ordinarily quiet when the president is out of the West Wing because the staff follows the president wherever they go. In this case, it’s even more vacant as staff is quarantining at home after aide Hope Hicks and other staffers quickly spread the coronavirus through the White House. There’s no one barking orders, as the chief of staff, former Rep. Mark Meadows (R-NC), is at the hospital with the president.

“Missing as well in recent days has been a deployment of West Wing staff members, including Pat Cipollone, the White House counsel, and some communications staff members like Julia Hahn and Ben Williamson, who have been working out of Mr. Pence’s office on Capitol Hill in preparation for the expected Supreme Court confirmation hearings for Judge Amy Coney Barrett. Mr. Pence himself was working from his residence over the weekend,” the Times said.

Under a normal administration, Coney Barrott would be being prepared by the White House team for her upcoming hearing at the Senate. Given COVID-19 has taken down top Republican senators, however, the vote might not happen if the senators are still contagious or struggling with the impact of the virus.

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[LisaL]

1. I suggest deep cleaning of the white house.

Lysol the hell out of it.

[Baclava]

15. Absolutely! Open the windows and hose it down with bleach.

[elleng]

2. Good

[dem4decades]

3. Can't Stephen Miller lead them in some hate?

[Nevilledog]

4. I thought you were going to say goose stepping.

[Grasswire2]

5. I read somewhere that Jared is in charge now.

Because T doesn't want to relinquish powers to Pence for even a moment.

[Talitha]

19. Ha! Pretty pathetic that he can't trust his own VP.

[Baitball Blogger]

6. Everything was fine until he moved in.

LOL!

[chowder66]

7. The Cult leader isn't there to tell them what to do. No initiative, no guidance, no

organization. Security Risks be damned.

[Enterstageleft]

8. He kills or destroys everything he is involved with.

DESTROY HIM!

C'mon Biden, go after him, make him pay big time. So much ammunition, quit being honorable, fight like the rePugs do.

[Elwood P Dowd]

9. Everything Trump Touches Dies

[catrose]

10. They've done enough!

[JDC]

11. They spend all day cleaning up tantrums, thrown feces, and placating a madman's ego

They don't have any other duties. We are Fucked until we get adults back in there.

[procon]

12. Our foreign enemies, including all of Trump's pals

see this as an unbelievably rich target of opportunity. From internet trolls to attacks on infrastructure, voting, communications, finances, the activation of sleeper cells, or another attack... The incompetence of Trump's hamfisted rule has left the country weak and vulnerable.

[struggle4progress]

13. Those incompetent blowhards never do anything anyway, except blather nonsense,

so why are they suddenly confused about what to do? Get out there and spew contradictory misleading crap, guys! Otherwise people may think there's a leadership vaccum!

[Retrograde]

14. In a normal administration

the staff would have well-defined duties, and would be keeping both Trump and Pence informed and advised on important issues.

In this White House, the aides are probably running errands for Ivanka.

[Captain Zero]

17. They've probably all gone out to get coffee.

nt

[doc03]

16. That's good news they won't be doing any more damage for a while nt

[dalton99a]

18. They're shopping online and looking for new gigs