In Mark Meadows, Donald Trump finally has a chief of staff as stupid as he is

[riversedge]

In Mark Meadows, Donald Trump finally has a chief of staff as stupid as he ishttps://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/7/20/1962186/-In-Mark-Meadows-Donald-Trump-finally-has-a-chief-of-staff-as-stupid-as-he-is






Monday July 20, 2020 · 12:00 PM CDT


White House chief of staff Mark Meadows has been, from the start of his political career, a complete ideologue. A tea party darling, Meadows led the U.S. House Freedom Caucus—the crazy wing of the crazy party. Among his greatest hits was voting against Hurricane Sandy relief, leading the charge for the 2013 government shutdown, and providing the catalyst (via a resolution) for Republican House Speaker John Boehner’s resignation in 2015. And he was oh-so-loyal to Donald Trump from day one.

One would think, however, that being a back-bencher in a chamber with 435 seats was different than actually being in charge of staff. One would further think that once put in actual charge would lead one to behave more responsibly. But nope. In Meadows, Trump finally found someone as destructively stupid as he.

Exhibit A: There are lots of reasons Trump has f’d up the national response to the global mass death event wreaking havoc in our country. Turns out, Meadows is a big one. In one corner, you had Trump too afraid to lead, over his head, and stewing that the virus was so unfairly harming his reelection chances. In the other corner, you had ….

Casting the decision in ideological terms, Mr. Meadows would tell people: “Only in Washington, D.C., do they think that they have the answer for all of America.”

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In other words, you have to be a special kind of asshole to think that the most powerful and best-resourced governmental institution should sit out a pandemic raging throughout the country. But, if you remember that Meadows voted against federal aid for disaster-struck Texas and Louisiana, well then, it makes more sense, right?

Exhibit B: This:

Some of Mr. Trump’s closest advisers are adamant that the best way forward is to downplay the dangers of the disease. Mark Meadows, the chief of staff, has been particularly forceful in his view that the White House should avoid drawing attention to the virus, according to people familiar with the discussions.

Mr. Meadows has for the most part opposed any briefings about the virus [...]


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[OnDoutside]

1. And as racist.

[still_one]

2. and as racist when he brought an African American woman as a prop during the Eligah Cumming's

hearing as if that would show trump and the republicans weren’t racist because of that


https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.politico.com/amp/story/2019/02/27/rashida-talib-mark-meadows-1193943

[riversedge]

5. Thanks, I missed that episode.

[yankee87]

3. Sarah Palin redux

I wonder if he can see Russia from his home?

[lagomorph777]

6. Well, he likes to look at pictures of it on the back of Roubles.

And I think he had a nice vacation there on the 4th of July a couple of years ago.

[czarjak]

4. They won though?