Lawrence: 'You get monsters like Donald Trump thanks to people like Hope Hicks'

[bucolic_frolic]

MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell explains how former White House Press Secretary Hope Hicks’ testimony in Donald Trump’s criminal trial shows how her motto of “deny, deny, deny” enabled the Trump White House.

[brush]

1. Hicks went along with the lies and continued to work for the monster....

I believe through to tne end, J6 included. IMO anyone still clinging to their position (or was it paycheck?) to the end had no awareness of the evil that they were facilitating, or not a care about it at all.

She wasn't the trump admin press sec'y though...I think maybe the 2016 campaign press sec'y.

[tanyev]

7. Even worse, IMO, she got out and then came back.

She went to Los Angeles to work as a communications officer for Fox Media.

Washington — Hope Hicks, the former top West Wing aide and longtime confidante to the president, is returning to the White House roughly two years after she left. A White House official says Hicks will be working closely with Trump son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner and political director Brian Jack, and will not be a part of the communications department.

Hicks, 31, served as a top communications aide before leaving the White House in 2018 to take a position at the Fox Corporation in California. The announcement of Hick's departure came a day after she testified before the House Judiciary Committee during the Mueller investigation. Hicks will likely begin in early March, although the timeline isn't set in stone.

Hicks' return comes after the formal conclusion of two monumental investigations into the president — the Russia investigation and the impeachment saga.

Hicks is returning to the White House out of a sense of duty and purpose, a source close to Hicks said. While she was enjoying her life in the corporate world, outside the White House, she's returning partly due to a sense of duty to this president and this administration. The former model had been considering a return over the past few months.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hope-hicks-returning-white-house-jared-kushner-brian-jack-aide-advisor/

[dalton99a]

19. +1

[Irish_Dem]

2. Superb job by O'Donnell.

Yes Hope Hicks is not to be applauded.

[Patton French]

3. Same goes for all these "I've seen the light" former Trump enablers. NT

[2naSalit]

21. She's basically...

The pig's lipstick.

[Irish_Dem]

22. You nailed it.

Perfect description.

[2naSalit]

23. Thanks.

It's the nicest thing I could say.

[Irish_Dem]

24. Yes, brutal but refined.

Much worse could be said.

[2naSalit]

25. Indeed.

If I weren't so exhausted, I'd really be on top of it.

I helped a pal drive over 500 miles, round trip, to go get something, an ebike, in another state. These states are big out here and it takes a while to get somewhere. We had to go over the Continental Divide and three other passes to get there but there was a stop at a hot springs and that really helped.

I got online after nap#2 and here I am with at least three cylinders firing.

[Irish_Dem]

26. Hey you made a great comment despite being exhausted.

Wow that is a long time and over the mountains.
Scary and tiring.

You just stop you car and hop into the hot springs?

[2naSalit]

28. Not this one...

We passed through Lava Hot Springs, Idaho. It's almost a sin not to go soak for a few. It's a very nice, developed facility, heated floors in the changing suite. Really hot water. (+112F). There are a few places, if you know where they are, where you could just walk a short distance and access hot springs along rivers in the region. They can be fun too.


It was a pretty nice day and we were in a town-car so it wasn't a rough trip. Took out the back seat and everything fit just fine.

We were home by 12:15 am.

[Irish_Dem]

29. The hot springs sound nice and relaxing.

Good weather and a decent car make a big difference in a long trip.

Glad you got home safe and sound.

[2naSalit]

30. It's a rare opportunity...

To go to that hot springs since I live up in Montana on the other side of the park. We have several in the area but they aren't like Lava which is about 30 miles from the nearest interstate.

[Irish_Dem]

31. That's pretty neat.

I live in the flat midwest with a lot of cornfields.
No hot springs.

[gordianot]

4. Hope Hicks should be correct in her assessment of her future employability.

[gibraltar72]

5. I imagine she steamed him,

but not the way he likes.

[SunSeeker]

6. Best rant he has ever given. Perfection! nt

[oasis]

8. Give 'em hell, Larry. nt

[harumph]

9. There's plenty of blame to go around.

Seems a bit unfair to single her out with the likes of Meadows, Bannon, Eastman and Flynn also in the tank. There are many levels of personal weakness that lead to utter depravity.

[Lanius]

14. Why unfair? Especially when talking heads are treating her like a hero?

Is she to be treated with kid gloves because she’s an attractive young woman?

[Traildogbob]

10. Thank you

For posting. I could not wait to see the second airing last night after missing the first. I set my auto tune for 1:00 AM to see it. I woke up at around 1:55 to see His “Final Word” of the show.
I was so disappointed, and hoped someone here would post the segment.
Thank you thank you!!
Lawerence nailed it. A perfect analysis of her damage to our country.
He may be getting some more evil stares in that courtroom from The Hicks cult, that adore women like her, and a Noem,, because they Look pretty and accept the evil the are just for that.
And thank you Lawrence O’Donnell. A real treasure.

[bucolic_frolic]

12. My pleasure, TDB

I rarely catch Lawrence live. So I go by the YouTube recs. He really elevated his game, I guess TSF's stare got under his skin!

[Traildogbob]

13. 🤜🤛

[Auggie]

11. K&R

[notKeith]

15. There is a good idea as to why she started crying when she did. (Another thread covers this)

Agnifilo: Hicks said after Trump was President, they had a conversation about the payment to Stormy Daniels and what he said was it’s a good thing the story didn’t come out before the election… at that moment she started to cry. She just basically gave the prosecution what they needed.

[wolfie001]

16. Brilliant!!!

Left no stone unturned!

[onlyadream]

17. Hope Hicks zero integrity

And I hope her tears were tears of embarrassment.

[H2O Man]

18. Way, way recommended!

Lawrence was simply outstanding last night!

[dchill]

20. I love Lawrence - he gets to the point of it all.

[Bluethroughu]

27. And Pence, the Supreme Court, Bill Barr, Oath Keepers, Republican party in office etc...

The are all actors in the ongoing coup.