The long nightmare has just begun: Inauguration of a fraud.

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The first female usher of the White House has been fired. Angella Reid, who took over the post in 2011 after managing the Ritz Carlton in Virginia.

Communications Deputy Sanders said of the firing, [FONT="]"It's not uncommon that you might have a transition of staff when a new administration comes in. And it's simply nothing more than that."

In point of fact, the position has been held by 9 people over the last 130+ years and is not traditionally administrative sensitive. Reid was only the second black Chief Usher to serve in that position since 1885.[/FONT]
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Any reazon as to why?
Racism?
Wouldn't kowtow to Trump's ego?
Insulted Ivanka's wardrobe?
Won't disclose old tax returns?
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Any reazon as to why?
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The article I read gave an anonymous official stating there was conflict involved, but that everyone parted amicably. Those statements seem a bit problematic to me. But maybe it's true. Maybe she was happy to leave that group behind.

Racism?

Wouldn't kowtow to Trump's ego?
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There was a statement by one of his former employees some time back that when Trump was younger the black employees at one of his places were removed from the floor before he made his walk through. And he was once sued as a property manager for discriminatory practices, but I don't know the answer to that, really. Indicators of a discomfort level, perhaps. :idunno:
 
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Two days after the healthcare vote, MSNBC is now reporting that only Republican House member in the nation has scheduled a townhall to inform their constituents concerning legislation that impacts on every American!

Some Republican House members even lack the "intestinal fortitude" to answer their phones.

Democratic House members are now threatening to hold their own townhalls in those Republican districts where the GOP representative refuses to hold public meetings with their constituents!
 
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in point of fact, the guy before her held the post for four and a half years
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Apparently he was making phone calls to Barbara Bush from the White House while it was occupied by the Clintons.

The White House usher is an important position and is responsible for supervising the staff.

Working at close quarters with the President, his family and appointees requires a greater deal of trust and descression - contact with the First Lady from the opposing party while on duty would lead to questions as to where one's loyalties lie!
 
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Apparently he was making phone calls to Barbara Bush from the White House while it was occupied by the Clintons.

The White House usher is an important position and is responsible for supervising the staff.

Working at close quarters with the President, his family and appointees requires a greater deal of trust and descression - contact with the First Lady from the opposing party while on duty would lead to questions as to where one's loyalties lie!
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i choose....
neither :banana:
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Democrats on offense over unpopular Republican health care bill

Congressman Sean Patrick Maloney, (D, NY), talks with Rachel Maddow about the pressure he is putting on GOP Rep. John Faso who represents a neighboring district and broke his promise to constituents with his vote for the Republicans health care bill.

http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/...ular-republican-health-care-bill-937743939959
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I've put up - now its "ok dossier" to back up his claim!
 
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GOP braces for healthcare blowback at home
05/06/17

House Republicans are bracing themselves for encounters with angry constituents when they return to their districts this weekend after casting votes on legislation to repeal and replace ObamaCare.

..... an amendment to the bill gives states the chance to be exempted from rules that prevent insurance companies from charging sick people higher premiums and that mandate the services health plans must cover
... the change has heightened the controversy surrounding the bill, with late-night host Jimmy Kimmel making waves nationally with an emotional late-night monologue about pre-existing conditions where he talked of his son’s congenital heart disease.

Rep. Tom MacArthur (R-N.J.)is among the few Republicans planning to talk with constituents in a town hall setting during the 11-day House recess that lasts through May 15.

As of Friday, only about a dozen Republicans had announced in-person town hall meetings over the recess, according to a list compiled by the Town Hall Project.

So far, all are Republicans who voted for the legislation but mostly represent safely red districts, like Reps. Dave Brat (Va.), Thomas Garrett (Va.), Raul Labrador (Idaho), Chris Stewart

Labrador's first town hall of the recess on Friday in a deep-red district quickly turned raucous. Attendees shouted "liar!" at him as he discussed health care, according to an Idaho Public Radio reporter.

Reps. Rod Blum (Iowa), Don Bacon (Neb.) and MacArthur are the only Republicans to schedule town halls so far who are on the House Democratic campaign arm’s target list for the 2018 elections. Most of the vulnerable Republicans who voted for the healthcare bill on Thursday haven’t announced plans for town hall meetings.

Democrats in Rep. Pete King’s (R-N.Y.) Long Island district are holding a “Women’s Town Hall” to “discuss the major concerns that women in his district have about the policies of the current administration and what actions the congressman plans to take,” according to the group’s Facebook page.

And constituents in Rep. Mimi Walters’s (R-Calif.) district, which went for Clinton, created a Facebook group to pressure her to hold an open forum and invited her to a town hall on Tuesday.

A coalition of progressive groups — Planned Parenthood Action Fund, Organizing for Action, MoveOn.org, and Center for American Progress Action Fund — are coordinating more than 75 events nationwide through the weekend in response to Thursday’s vote.

“Phones will ring off the hook; district offices will be jammed full of angry constituents,” MoveOn.org Washington Director Ben Wikler said.

http://thehill.com/homenews/house/332162-gop-braces-for-healthcare-blowback-at-home
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- 238 Republicans members in the House

- 217 House Republicans (90%) voted for the GOP healthcare bill, 20 opposed, 1 not voting

- only a dozen (4.9%) House Republicans have scheduled town halls during the 11 day House recess

- 9 of these GOP townhalls (3.3%) are being held in relatively safe, deep-red Republican districts

- only 3 Republican townhalls (1.1%) are scheduled in states where Hillary Clinton received a majority

- most of the vulnerable Republicans who voted for the healthcare bill on Thursday haven’t announced plans for town hall meetings

- Planned Parenthood Action Fund, Organizing for Action, MoveOn.org, and Center for American Progress Action Fund — are coordinating more than 75 events nationwide

- Democrats in Rep. Pete King’s (R-N.Y.) Long Island district are holding a “Women’s Town Hall” to “discuss the major concerns that women in his district have about the policies of the current administration

- there are no women (0.0%) represented on the Republican teams that crafted the healthcare bill in the House and who are about to write the healthcare bill in the Senate
 
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Two days after the healthcare vote, MSNBC is now reporting that only Republican House member in the nation has scheduled a townhall to inform their constituents concerning legislation that impacts on every American!

Some Republican House members even lack the "intestinal fortitude" to answer their phones.

Democratic House members are now threatening to hold their own townhalls in those Republican districts where the GOP representative refuses to hold public meetings with their constituents!
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Keep in mind that 20 Republicans didn't vote to put millions of Americans in jeopardy:

Biggs, AZ
Coffman, CO
Comstock, VA
Costello, PA
Dent, PA
Donovan, NY
Fitzpatrick, PA
Buetler, WA
Hurd, TX
Jones, NC
Joyce, OH
Katko, NY
Lance, NJ
LoBiondo, NJ
Massie, KY
Meehan, PA
Reichert, WA
Ros-Lehtinen, FL
Smith, NJ
Turner, OH
 
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Keep in mind that 20 Republicans didn't vote to put millions of Americans in jeopardy:

Biggs, AZ
Coffman, CO
Comstock, VA
Costello, PA
Dent, PA
Donovan, NY
Fitzpatrick, PA
Buetler, WA
Hurd, TX
Jones, NC
Joyce, OH
Katko, NY
Lance, NJ
LoBiondo, NJ
Massie, KY
Meehan, PA
Reichert, WA
Ros-Lehtinen, FL
Smith, NJ
Turner, OH
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Some of these were hard liners that wanted repeal ONLY! There were hold outs from both extremes of the right. :think:
 
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Some of these were hard liners that wanted repeal ONLY! There were hold outs from both extremes of the right. :think:
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Well, that's actually worse...just when you think you've found bottom they dig in a bit deeper. Surely a few actually objected? They can't all be that bereft of decency. I know too many good people of the Republican stripe. Some in office.
 
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