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Kushner vs. Christie: The nasty Trump transition fight that goes back a decade
CNN ^ | November 16, 2016 | Gregory Krieg

Posted on 11/17/2016 5:16:04 AM PST by detective

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To: 9YearLurker

Link no longer woking.

http://articles.philly.com/1993-11-21/news/25945173_1_margolies-mezvinsky-press-secretary-caricatures

November 21, 1993

Tapper had read in the newspaper that Margolies-Mezvinsky, a family friend, was running for Congress. He called the house, and she immediately invited him over.

“You know, when you think about a political campaign, you picture this giant, organized machine,” Tapper said. “I got over there, and it was just Marjorie and two women sitting there talking.”

Tapper helped her with speeches, planning events, and “fell into” working with the press. After her primary victory, he joined her staff full time, where he has gained a reputation for bombarding media outlets with forests of shiny fax paper.

“I was seeing the fax machine in the beginning, but it was never a serious relationship. I really fell in love with my fax modem,” he quips.

After the election, Tapper asked Margolies-Mezvinsky on a train ride to Washington if he could be her press secretary. She agreed.

Margolies-Mezvinsky says she has known Tapper “since he was in the womb” and sometimes has to remind herself not to act like a doting relative. But she says Tapper instantly proved his worth early on in the campaign with his resourcefulness combined with a healthy sense of humor.

“I can’t say enough nice things about him without sounding like his mother,” Margolies-Mezvinsky said. “I had been in the media for 25 years, and I had gotten dozens of calls from friends after I won who wanted to work as press secretary. When Jake came to me and said, ‘I want to go to Washington,’ it was crystal clear to me that, despite all these people I had worked with in the field, he would be wonderful here, he would be just fine.”


21 posted on 11/17/2016 6:01:51 AM PST by maggief
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To: maggief

Thanks—is there anyone in the MSM covering news who wasn’t a Dem operative first? (George S., Chris M., previously Tim R., etc.)


22 posted on 11/17/2016 6:13:50 AM PST by 9YearLurker
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To: Mudflaps

So kind of DNCNN.


23 posted on 11/17/2016 6:55:11 AM PST by Anima Mundi (Envy is just passive, lazy greed.)
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To: detective

I would hope that Christie’s prosecution of Kushner’s father has nothing to do with this. His father was tried, convicted and did his time. Time to move forward.


24 posted on 11/17/2016 6:56:55 AM PST by EDINVA
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To: detective

Trump wants to hit the ground running on Day One.

Considering the on-the-fly mode and the speed at which the Trump admin is being put together ...expect changes, substitutions and corrections along the way. It’s like a chess game with do-overs.

It will be right and POWERFUL when done.


25 posted on 11/17/2016 7:40:31 AM PST by moovova
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To: jjotto

Perhaps Christie has too much of a ‘Mob Mentality’ like the Godfather?? New Jersey life?


26 posted on 11/17/2016 8:19:38 AM PST by ridesthemiles
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To: outinyellowdogcountry

“CNN making stuff for a lot more than a decade”
Bingo

Double bingo. It is CNN folks.


27 posted on 11/17/2016 8:44:30 AM PST by Parley Baer
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To: detective

bump


28 posted on 11/17/2016 11:43:31 AM PST by Albion Wilde ("Americanism, not globalism, will be our credo."--Donald Trump)
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To: Alberta's Child

The stories I could tell about Kushner.....


29 posted on 11/17/2016 2:21:08 PM PST by MattinNJ (I am optimistic about the USA fir the first time in a decade)
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