Conservative Heritage Foundation fires leader Jim DeMint right after Trump called him amazing

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Bye bye.




Conservative Heritage Foundation fires leader Jim DeMint right after Trump called him “amazing”
By Oliver Willis | May 2, 2017

The conservative Heritage Foundation has let go its leader Jim DeMint, shortly after Donald Trump lavished him with praise at the National Rifle Association's annual convention. DeMint is the latest leader of the right, along with Fox's Roger Ailes and Bill O'Reilly, to lose their jobs shortly after Trump's reverse Midas touch.





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Jim DeMint has been fired as the head of the conservative Heritage Foundation, only days after Donald Trump praised “all of the people” at the foundation and described DeMint’s leadership as “amazing.”

The board of trustees held a meeting Tuesday to vote on DeMint’s future with the foundation and issued statement that “by a unanimous vote, [the board] has asked for and received the resignation of Jim DeMint as president and CEO of the organization.”

The statement goes on to say it was “a difficult and necessary decision,” but gave no specific reasons for DeMint’s firing.

DeMint is the latest conservative leader to receive a Trump endorsement and then find himself out of a job, suggesting Trump may have a reverse Midas touch. Fox News’ Roger Ailes and Bill O’Reilly were both removed from their jobs shortly after Trump offered his public support of them..............................................

[lame54]

1. There's the Colbert Bump and the Trump Dump

[gratuitous]

2. President Trump has the Merdas Touch

Those familiar with the French word "merde" will get it.

[2naSalit]

6. Oui! Vraiment!

[louis-t]

3. Kiss of Death Drumpf

[PoorMonger]

4. Make Way For Bannon

Joy tweeted yesterday about how Bannon's sugar mama Rebekah Mercer was pushing for Bannon to take this job ( once he washes out of the White House, possibly this week)

This just makes me think that's what's going on.

[2naSalit]

8. I'd bet money on that...

if I had any.

[MedusaX]

5. DeMint is just collateral damage.... Bannon knows all of the Mercer's secrets..

So if he exits the WH with no pre-determined destination, he might seek revenge on 45 & flip for a deal....
But that would require exposing the Mercer's role in all of this....
which goes far beyond Cambridge Analytica ....

So Mercers need to keep Bannon focused, involved, and content.....
If that means booting out DeMint so Bannon can take his place...
abracadabra presto --see ya!

[Initech]

7. Poor little snowflakes!