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Transportation secretary's Twitter account deletes tweet telling Dem lawmaker to sue Trump
Washington Examiner ^ | 3/22/17 | Caitlin Yilik

Posted on 03/22/2017 3:11:14 PM PDT by markomalley

The Twitter account of Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao briefly posted a peculiar tweet on Wednesday responding to Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters, who has told President Trump to prepare for impeachment.

"SUE HIS VERY SOUL MAXINE!!!" Chao tweeted.

Chao's tweet was deleted after about 15 minutes.

"Get ready for impeachment," Waters tweeted Tuesday.

"The tweet was posted by an employee with access to the account. The employee took action outside of his scope of work and duties and without any approvals. We are taking appropriate action," a Department of Transportation spokesperson said in a statement to the Washington Examiner.


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To: miss marmelstein

I think her comment may have been intended as sarcasm.


21 posted on 03/22/2017 3:21:52 PM PDT by independentmind (In te Domine confido non confundar in aeternum)
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To: markomalley

Is it possible this might, or may be, a forgery, fake, hack etc.?


22 posted on 03/22/2017 3:21:52 PM PDT by Signalman
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To: Gene Eric

If this is going on behind closed doors...then RYANCARE is a big setup to delegitimize and tint Trump remaining presidential years...something stinks!! And Trump better realize quick that he doesn’t have any friends there!! Backstabbing weasels!!!!


23 posted on 03/22/2017 3:22:11 PM PDT by RoseofTexas
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To: All

Turtle McConnel’s Wife, and the serpent Trump clutched to his bosom.


24 posted on 03/22/2017 3:22:56 PM PDT by LegendHasIt
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

‘Elaine was in the jug.’

I had a friend who was very active on a particular site. One night she got into the jug [my newest favorite expression] and read ~a dozen members the riot act. The following day she claimed she’d left the site open on her computer, and her husband had taken the occasion to give all those people a piece of his mind.

I’m with you. Chao did it, and now comes the flimsy cover story.


25 posted on 03/22/2017 3:23:33 PM PDT by Fantasywriter (Any attempt to do forensic work using Internet artifacts is fraught with pitfalls. JoeProbono)
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To: jersey117

I don’t get it either. He’s got a lot of bad, weak people around him. I suppose it’s the learning curve.


26 posted on 03/22/2017 3:24:16 PM PDT by miss marmelstein
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To: Gene Eric

It was a challenge, not necessarily a merely loopy reply.

Essentially, what the tweet said was “Put up or shut up, Maxine!”

Also there is no certainty that Elaine Chao actually sent the tweet, as the account may have been left unguarded for a few minutes.


27 posted on 03/22/2017 3:24:20 PM PDT by alloysteel (John Galt has chosen to take the job. This time, Atlas did NOT shrug.)
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To: All

I doubt she is so stupid to send that Tweet. I think it is more likely that an employee did send it.


28 posted on 03/22/2017 3:25:22 PM PDT by LuvFreeRepublic ( #MAGA)
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To: independentmind

“I think her comment may have been intended as sarcasm”

That is a possibility knowing what an imbecile Maxine is.


29 posted on 03/22/2017 3:27:21 PM PDT by Parley Baer
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To: independentmind
Her last name is Chao not Cooper.
30 posted on 03/22/2017 3:30:45 PM PDT by skimbell
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To: SE Mom

Actually Mrs. McConnell should be fired. Is she is charge or not?


31 posted on 03/22/2017 3:31:03 PM PDT by dforest
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To: RoseofTexas

I think Trump should hold a prrss conference, disengage from this ryancare bill and just straight up say he doesn’t agree with it and doesn’t trust the leadership. Just like during the campaign, neither party can be trusted. It feels like both sides of the aisle are setting him up.


32 posted on 03/22/2017 3:32:08 PM PDT by jersey117
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To: Republic

ping


33 posted on 03/22/2017 3:32:16 PM PDT by timestax (American Media = Domestic Enemy)
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To: independentmind

Bovine excrement...she meant it!


34 posted on 03/22/2017 3:32:57 PM PDT by nopardons
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To: Memphis Moe

Even MORE stupid and CORRUPT than her TURTLE “love”.


35 posted on 03/22/2017 3:34:10 PM PDT by nopardons
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To: markomalley

Sounds like her sarcastic tweet was mocking Maxine. No big deal.


36 posted on 03/22/2017 3:35:00 PM PDT by Cementjungle
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To: jersey117

Trump needs to fire Priebus and any Wisconsin connections. He also cannot, and should not, trust Turtletard or his spouse.


37 posted on 03/22/2017 3:35:28 PM PDT by dforest
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To: miss marmelstein
This is sheer INSANITY!

She needs to be FIRED right now and the president needs to stop EVERYTHING he is doing, and comb through every single department, handing out PINK SLIPS!

We won, but we still lost. :-(

38 posted on 03/22/2017 3:36:35 PM PDT by nopardons
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To: Signalman
A resounding HELL NO !
39 posted on 03/22/2017 3:37:39 PM PDT by nopardons
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To: independentmind
"I think her comment may have been intended as sarcasm."

That's the way I took it.

The actual words of the tweet make no sense at all.

Suing has nothing to do with impeachment.

And Chao tweeting publicly that she is in favor of impeachment makes absolutely no sense.

40 posted on 03/22/2017 3:39:14 PM PDT by Neanderthal
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