Former Trump staffers are facing a 'job desert' in Washington after the Capitol siege

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Many of former President Donald Trump's ex-aides who've decided to stick around in the swamp are having a hard time finding new gigs.

Ever since the January 6 siege of the Capitol by Trump loyalists, former administration of all levels, including Cabinet secretaries, are struggling to score the lucrative or prestigious Washington jobs they'd hoped would be waiting for them post-Trump, The Washington Post reported.

Matt Schlapp, the chairman of the American Conservative Union who's raked in millions lobbying the Trump White House, told The Post that former Trump staffers are radioactive in DC, at least for now. Schlapp said former President George W. Bush's staffers faced a "jobs desert" after Bush left office as a deeply unpopular president, "but even that was nothing compared to what Trump/Pence people are finding themselves in today."

He added, "If I had a dollar for every time someone in Washington said to me, hey, I'm really looking to hire someone for X job, but they can't have worked for the Trump administration, I'd have a great sum of money."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/former-trump-staffers-are-facing-a-job-desert-in-washington-after-the-capitol-siege/ar-BB1fmd9S

Oh please. I doubt any employers said up front "no Trumpies need apply" however if I saw on your resume that you once worked for the orange tub of lard it wouldn't be a plus.

[FSogol]

1. Not a "job desert", it is "just deserts" for a group of awful people.

#1 Good. #2 Why would anyone believe anything Matt Schlapp said?

Just another group of conservatives who see themselves as victims instead of realizing they are scum that are getting their just desserts.

[TheRealNorth]

9. I am sure there are plenty of mimimum wage jobs they could apply for.

Or they could make a go of it in the "gig" economy.

I give zero shits that they are unable to land golden parachute positions in corporate America or as political consultants.

[lagomorph777]

22. Scary to think your next Uber driver could be a Trumpie.

[Captain Zero]

25. Dick Cheney's old advice: Set up an eBay Shop !

[Fritz Walter]

31. I would not hire one to clean a toilet

No doubt, they’d find a way to clog it completely, overflowing raw sewage into an otherwise healthy environment.

Maybe they could apply as morgue technicians, processing the remains of the half-million+ COVID victims who died needlessly thanks to the ineptitude of that previous guy. As karmic as such a career-move might be, even the deceased deserve better treatment than MAGATs to maggots.

[BobTheSubgenius]

37. And #3 Who would have expected any different?

Probably would have been OK in Year 1 or 2, but after that, eyes must have been opened.

[MANative]

2. As an HR executive, I'd evaluate the candidate's previous choice of employers as...

evidence of extraordinarily poor skills in discernment and judgement, if their tenure exceeded two weeks. Reject pile.

[Aviation Pro]

4. So, you'd hire Scaramucci?

😉

[MANative]

8. Over, say, Spicer?

I'd at least read the rest of the resume.

[jimfields33]

3. I actually was surprised at the amount of disgusted from trump voters for

January 6th.

[DURHAM D]

5. Haven't they heard?

The capitol police are hiring.

[gratuitous]

10. Mar-a-Lago might be hiring, too

Doesn't Donald owe them?

Mmmph! *Snicker*



THUMP!

[bluesbassman]

6. "Only the best people".

Time and again we saw various examples of how far from the truth that statement proved to be. Mere association with the Trump regime is not the only, albeit legitimate, reason former staffers are being shunned: they’re also mainly hacks and incompetents.

[renate]

12. That's a very good point

It’s not just that they have Trump stank on them, they have their own innate stank too.

[Hortensis]

14. Right. They weeded themselves out by working there.

That desirable people wouldn't work in a Trump administration was as well known from the beginning as that it would be astonishingly corrupt and incompetent. Career people especially couldn't afford to even if they would.

[Collimator]

26. That's a really good point.

Trump's whole MO is about getting ahead through whatever means possible, other than hard work and honest dealing.

The people gravitating to the jobs he offered probably lacked the core knowledge, capability and integrity needed to be effective in high level positions or they would have found jobs in organizations with better reputations and more solid social standings.

The people who are scoring big on their past-Trump affiliations are the out-and-out hucksters. They grifted before and they are grifting now.

[Hortensis]

29. Those not in big trouble or lying low hoping various AGs/DAs will pass them by.

[Fritz Walter]

33. Sort of a Darwin Award, career-wise

Only instead of removing oneself from a gene-pool, they’ve essentially taken themselves out of a hiring pool — after peeing in it.

Maybe the My Pillow guy would hire them. Oh, wait! He’s facing that billion-dollar libel suit. It’d be like swimming from a ship that has sunk to another one that’s on fire.

[Hortensis]

35. I got the impression most of them only "qualified" for

the hiring pool because it was empty. Not even the D team.

As for Pillow Guy, that might be a good tip. My guess is he has vacancies he needs to fill even with sales way down. I know I wouldn't stay working for him.

[brooklynite]

7. With Trump attacking the RNC, I can't imagine why his underlings wouldn't be popular...

[marble falls]

11. No suprise ...

[Paladin]

13. I'm overjoyed to hear it. Hope it stays that way. (nt)

[Hortensis]

15. It will. I remember reading early on about how trumpists

come to DC couldn't get dates. Incompatibility issues, to put it in the nicest way.

[Miguelito Loveless]

16. Is political philosophy a "protected class"?

[MyOwnPeace]

17. If our legal system......

could work a bit faster I'm sure some of them will be gainfully employed stamping out license plates or folding sheets in the prison laundry!

[SWBTATTReg]

18. When will people finally realize that working for such a loser, totally unorganized, pathetic at the

most in running anything (and proved it amply w/ six bankruptcies and losing the House, the Senate, and the WH) is NOT a good fit nor looks too good on any resume? rump is toxic. Kind of serves these idiots right, since they saw the handwriting on the wall before they started working for the former PINO.

[Miguelito Loveless]

19. And to remind them of their own talking points:

There are plenty of jobs for those willing to take them. McDonalds will pay you an honest day's minimum wage for an honest day's work. Call centers are always on the look at for people to sell car warranties to angry people who don't want them. And that's commission based, so how much money is up to how hard you work.

In the meantime, I am sure you can manage your mortgage payment using your more than generous unemployment checks.

[NCjack]

34. Move to a Red state and run for Repuke governor (Sarah Hug-a-bee). Be a policeman/woman

in a Red state. Set up and skim a donation site to reelect Trump. Lots of stuff needing people.

[DinahMoeHum]

20. Now you know why 1st (and even 2nd-tier) candidates. . .

. . .for government jobs didn't even bother to apply during Trump's mis-administration.

They knew right away it would become a black spot on their resumes.

[lagomorph777]

21. I would not hesitate to put in the ad "no Trumpies need apply."

They have demonstrated unfitness for any position of trust or responsibility. I would feel no shame at all in telling them to fuck off.

[swimboy]

23. Time to learn about *checks notes* bootstraps

[moreland01]

24. Sorry

there is no sugar coating your resume when your former employer was so well known (and despised).

They were so proud to be waving their KKK flags for 4 years. Now live with it in the real world where trump is just a bad nightmare.

[Grokenstein]

27. "There's always work at the Post Office."

[Thunderbeast]

28. But....They COULD become entrepreneurs....

.....selling stuff on E-Bay.

Wasn't that the plan?

[East-A-Squared]

30. What work did these Trump staffers do besides

taking up space and grifting?

[Joinfortmill]

32. Life can be tough, oh well.

[JHB]

36. They knew what they were getting into. It's not like he hid what he was.

Nobody was surprised except those who wanted very mush to not see it.

I'd repeat the old saw about lying down with dogs. but what you lay down with was mangler than any dog could ever get, and what you got up with is a lot worse than fleas. You bought into it, so go scratch.

[jcgoldie]

38. If they couldn't foresee what Trump would do to their career prospects...

... and they had no ethical qualms working for him...

Then they probably don't have the intelligence or character to do those jobs anyway.

[Jilly_in_VA]

39. As my dad would have said,

"My heart just BLEEDS for them!" /S