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Biden Taps Mao Zedong Fangirl As Senior Adviser
Hot Air.com ^ | January 16, 2021 | JAZZ SHAW

Posted on 01/16/2021 8:16:35 AM PST by Kaslin

Joe Biden continues to get the old Obama band back together while assembling his cabinet and White House staff. (Seriously… are there no new people in the Democratic Party?) His latest addition, however, should raise some eyebrows even in his own party. Anita Dunn is having her career resurrected by Uncle Joe, signing on to be one of his senior advisors in the Oval Office. (She’s actually been working on Biden’s campaign since 2019, though primarily in the background.) If that name sounds familiar to you, it’s probably because she served as Barack Obama’s communications director briefly at the beginning of his first term.

And that means really briefly. Dunn lasted barely six months in Obamaland before the press uncovered some remarks she made during a 2009 high school graduation speech where she cited two of her “favorite political philosophers. One was Mother Theresa, which was fair enough. But the other was Mao Zedong. She was out the door less than a month after that. But now she’s back, baby, and she’ll be whispering in Joe Biden’s ear as he makes critical foreign policy decisions, including how he plans to frame the United States’ relationship with China going forward. (Free Beacon)

President-elect Joe Biden will tap Anita Dunn, an Obama-administration alumna who praised Chinese communist leader Mao Zedong’s political philosophy, for senior White House adviser, Axios reported Friday.

Dunn’s last stint in the White House ended after just seven months, when she resigned after former Fox News anchor Glenn Beck aired a clip of the then-communications director saying Mao was one of her “favorite political philosophers.”

Dunn worked as senior adviser for the Biden campaign from 2019 until last spring when she took over its operations following a disastrous Iowa caucus showing. She then became co-chair of Biden’s transition team after his victory in November.

As a refresher, what Dunn claimed to admire most about Mao was boiled down to his “unique” approach to governance. “You’re going to make choices…. You’re going to figure out how to do things that have never been done before.”

To be fair, that was certainly true about Mao Zedong. By the time his bloody reign finally ended, it’s estimated that he wound up killing more than 45 million people. Hitler and Stalin were absolute pikers compared to Mao. In that sense, he clearly figured out how to “do things that had never been done before.”

This is one of the people that Joe Biden will be looking to for advice? We’re living in a time when China has been installing spies and thieves in American universities and companies at a breathtaking rate. Our intelligence agencies have been uncovering so many of their undeclared agents that we may need to set up private jets to fly them all out of the country. They’re in the middle of what is turning out to be a fairly efficient case of genocide against the Xinjiang Uighurs and other minorities. They’re also beefing up their naval aviation and warfare capabilities like never before. And don’t even get me started on the Wuhan virus.

Given everything that’s been going on with China, do we really want our Commander in Chief taking cues from a Mao Zedong cheerleader? For Pete’s sake, she was too much even for Barack Obama to tolerate. While he may never have publicly condemned her, let’s face the obvious reality. If Obama didn’t want her to go, he would have quietly told her she didn’t need to resign and that he would protect her. That obviously didn’t happen, and out the door she went.

Oh, and just as a side note, Anita Dunn spent some of her time outside of the government providing pro-bono “damage control” advice to Harvey Weinstein. As a capitalist, I won’t deny Dunn the ability to make a living in the private sector as she sees fit, but… come on, man. Harvey Weinstein? Aren’t we still in the middle of the whole Me Too generation or are we pretty much done with that now?

To quote William Boetcker, a man is judged by the company he keeps. That may or not be fair in all cases, but we can certainly raise valid questions based on the staff a person keeps on hand to give them advice. And Anita Dunn is no less problematic today than she was when she was shown the door during Barack Obama’s first year in office.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: advisor; anitadunn; ccp

1 posted on 01/16/2021 8:16:35 AM PST by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin
But of course.

And just think, his 4 years hasn't even bgun.

2 posted on 01/16/2021 8:31:20 AM PST by simpson96 (snackymouse)
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To: Kaslin

The insurrection occurred on November 4, 2020 and the JoeBama regime needs to be dealt with along with the CCP.
Treason! Treasonous congressional members need to be ousted.
Get recall petitions going!
And if all else fails, separation from the regime is the only recourse.


3 posted on 01/16/2021 8:31:35 AM PST by doc maverick
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To: Kaslin
Biden Taps Mao Zedong Fangirl As Senior Adviser

Biden is completely under the control of the Chinese Communists now. Expect disaster. Prepare to learn Mandarin.

4 posted on 01/16/2021 8:35:01 AM PST by Don Corleone (The truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth)
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To: Kaslin

They say this is Obama’s third term but I believe before he leaves office he will make Obama’s 8 failed years look like a masterpiece of presidential administration.


5 posted on 01/16/2021 8:39:05 AM PST by antidemoncrat
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To: Kaslin

The installation of Stalin rats continues! If we don’t win the senate back in two years we’ll BE SERIOUSLY SCREWED! We need to register ALL OUR loved dead relatives to mail in vote! ...AND I AIN’T KIDDING!! HOP TO IT!!


6 posted on 01/16/2021 8:42:26 AM PST by RoseofTexas
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To: Kaslin

Does this mean that there shall be lots of stuff from China to be sold at stores all over America. Auto parts, clothing, small appliances, and tools 🛠 for handy man applications?! And made by slave labor that the Democrat Political Party Completely approves of? Is there a story here somewhere?


7 posted on 01/16/2021 8:42:43 AM PST by Trumpet 1 (US Constitution is my guide.)
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To: Kaslin
Given everything that’s been going on with China, do we really want our Commander in Chief taking cues from a Mao Zedong cheerleader?

Anyone who doubts commies are behind a lot of this crap has their eyes closed and their brains turned off...

8 posted on 01/16/2021 8:52:25 AM PST by GOPJ (Megan McCain and Liz Chaney starting new Party - "Born On Third - Sure we Hit a Triple".)
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To: Kaslin
The author is quite right about Anita Dunn presenting a significant anti-MAGA influence in the Biden-soon-to-be-Harris administration.

But I will differ with the claim she was so radical that even "Obama couldn't tolerate her".

Dunn was married at the time to Robert Bauer, former partner at Perkins Coie and former personal counsel to President Obama and the White House Counsel. The three of them were very tight, and Biden was sitting in the room. The fact is that Dunn was not unloved, but was simply an uncomfortable lightning rod. (Note also Mr. Kamala Harris.)

America is likely looking at what Obama dreamed as his 3d and 4th terms, and it will be jacked on steroids. His reward might be the UN, how many nation's if any would vote against that?

9 posted on 01/16/2021 8:54:43 AM PST by frog in a pot (One of the problems... Americans face today is the immensity of what’s happening. --Andrea Widburg )
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To: doc maverick

Ousting doesn’t cut it, as the resurgence of Ms. Lizard Tongue clearly shows. KTF


10 posted on 01/16/2021 9:02:19 AM PST by Noumenon (s long as you have a rifle, you still have a vote. (KTF))
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To: Kaslin

About as good as Obama entertaining the Muslim Brotherhood in
the Oval Office, and him appointing them to various government
groups in Washington, D. C.


11 posted on 01/16/2021 10:45:45 AM PST by DoughtyOne (We are all to be treated like the Randy Weaver family and Banch Dividian folks now.)
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To: simpson96

I got the Razzzberry when I said, “I like Ike!” in HS.
Today’s Anita Dunn, “I love Mousie Tongue! gives 200k a yr.
to the patriot, Dunn. What a world!


12 posted on 01/16/2021 12:08:06 PM PST by UnklGene
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To: Kaslin

Considering that Joe Hiden is permanently and firmly in bed with the CCP, this makes perfect sense.

Also, seeing that Joe suffers from dementia and it’s getting worse by the day, I wonder how much input he brings to these decisions?


13 posted on 01/16/2021 2:04:16 PM PST by upchuck (The deep state swamp: You gotta be a snake killer or a snake. ~ h/t .44 Special)
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To: RoseofTexas

“The installation of Stalin rats continues! If we don’t win the senate back in two years we’ll BE SERIOUSLY SCREWED!”

I plan to register every squirrel in the Hickory trees on these eight acres, they are all diehard republicans. Don’t tell me it won’t work, a live squirrel’s vote is worth just as much as a dead democrat’s vote.


14 posted on 01/16/2021 4:53:42 PM PST by RipSawyer (I'm all out of sarc tags.)
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To: doc maverick

got ideas, we will see soon..


15 posted on 01/19/2021 10:17:40 AM PST by aces (and )
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