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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Wed May 31, 2017, 09:56 AM May 2017

Jeffrey Lord: 'Jared Kushner Is the Robert Kennedy of the Trump Administration'

by Colin Kalmbacher | 9:35 pm, May 30th, 2017

Hold on to your historical allusions.

On tonight’s Anderson Cooper 360, the panel discussion focused on the still-unfolding story regarding an alleged backchannel with Russia sought by Jared Kushner on behalf of the Trump transition team.

Opining as to why Donald Trump‘s White House has seemingly had some trouble getting their story straight on the Kushner-Russia issue,
The New Yorker‘s Ryan Lizza said:

<“You know what it reminds me of? It reminds me of the Clinton White House in the ’90s. When anything related to Hillary Clinton–those senior White House aides would walk on eggshells. And it was very difficult for them to go to the president’s wife and say ‘Hey, there is troubling reporting in the press. We need all the facts.’ There was this very tense relationship because it was the family member of the president. Kushner for some reason, anything that comes up that’s related to Kushner, it just seems like the senior White House staff is scared, doesn’t want to talk to him, doesn’t want to pressure him.”>

The titular host then threw it back to CNN’s stalwart Trump surrogate Jeffrey Lord. When asked what he made of the situation, Lord did not disappoint. He responded:

<“I would say that Jared Kushner is the Robert Kennedy of the Trump Administration. And I would disagree…about backchannels and secret channels because they can be the same thing. In the Kennedy era, quite specifically, the knowledge of this was limited to the two brothers. One was the president. One was the attorney general. They kept it out of the state Department–they kept everything away from everybody.”>

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Video & article here:
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/jeffrey-lord-jared-kushner-is-the-robert-kennedy-of-the-trump-administration/

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Jeffrey Lord: 'Jared Kushner Is the Robert Kennedy of the Trump Administration' (Original Post) DonViejo May 2017 OP
.............. LongTomH May 2017 #1
That's the most obscene thing I've heard that traitor say among a sea of obscenities. catbyte May 2017 #2
He meant to say FM123 May 2017 #3
Jared Kushner is no Robert Kennedy to compare the two is repulsive luvMIdog May 2017 #4
That's for sure PatSeg May 2017 #18
No comparison SummerSnow May 2017 #5
Nope, not even close especially their political stations . . . ATL Ebony May 2017 #22
Oh Jeffrey C_U_L8R May 2017 #6
LOL. Thread winner underpants May 2017 #12
Let me know when I can read this POS's obituary. WinkyDink May 2017 #7
I haven't seen Jeffrey Lord's tax return, but I'm pretty sure that ... dawg May 2017 #8
Comments like this are the reason CNN puts Jeffrey Lord on the air so regularly oberliner May 2017 #9
Jeffrey Lord is the Mad Hatter of CNN grantcart May 2017 #10
CNN Turbineguy May 2017 #13
Kushner, you're no Bobby Kennedy. Mrs. Overall May 2017 #11
If Robert Kennedy had been a secret Russian spy maybe... Demsrule86 May 2017 #14
The Dunning-Covfefe effect JHan May 2017 #15
I'm the Mona Lisa of graffiti. Solly Mack May 2017 #16
jeffrey lord...the asshole of CNN spanone May 2017 #17
All kinds of shit falls out of him gratuitous May 2017 #19
he has NO qualifications. he sells real estate. spanone May 2017 #20
Yeah, if RFK was a money-grubbing pretty boy. Vinca May 2017 #21

FM123

(10,053 posts)
3. He meant to say
Wed May 31, 2017, 09:59 AM
May 2017

Kislyak, not Kennedy
Jared Kushner is the Robert Kislyak of the Trump administration

PatSeg

(47,397 posts)
18. That's for sure
Wed May 31, 2017, 11:53 AM
May 2017

And if Kushner is Robert Kennedy, then that makes Trump JFK??? Do these people even think before they open their mouths?

ATL Ebony

(1,097 posts)
22. Nope, not even close especially their political stations . . .
Wed May 31, 2017, 03:18 PM
May 2017

RFK was an honest, very intelligent Attorney General. Jared slick, deceitful, lying, corrupt son-in-law. Not by any stretch of the imagination are they comparable.

That statement is an insult.

dawg

(10,624 posts)
8. I haven't seen Jeffrey Lord's tax return, but I'm pretty sure that ...
Wed May 31, 2017, 10:18 AM
May 2017

the line on page two where you list your occupation says "Troll".

 

oberliner

(58,724 posts)
9. Comments like this are the reason CNN puts Jeffrey Lord on the air so regularly
Wed May 31, 2017, 10:18 AM
May 2017

Ask yourself, what is CNN really all about?

grantcart

(53,061 posts)
10. Jeffrey Lord is the Mad Hatter of CNN
Wed May 31, 2017, 10:19 AM
May 2017

Close your eyes and tell me you don't see the Mad Hatter from the Disney movie.

Turbineguy

(37,317 posts)
13. CNN
Wed May 31, 2017, 11:12 AM
May 2017

maybe they are getting even by putting these idiots on to defend trump. Compliment with faint praise.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
19. All kinds of shit falls out of him
Wed May 31, 2017, 12:02 PM
May 2017

RFK was an attorney with government experience and therefore had some qualification to be Attorney General. What are Kushner's qualifications to be on the White House staff? Besides his marriage certificate, I mean.

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