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Hope Hicks to Resign as White House Communications Director
NYT ^ | February 28, 2018 | Maggie Haberman

Posted on 02/28/2018 1:54:43 PM PST by Pinkbell

Hope Hicks, the White House communications director and one of President Trump’s longest-serving advisers, said Wednesday that she was resigning.

Ms. Hicks, 29, a former model who joined Mr. Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign without any experience in politics, became known as one of the few aides who understood his personality and style and could challenge the president to change his views.

Ms. Hicks had been considering leaving for several months. She told colleagues that she had accomplished what she felt she could with a job that made her one of the most powerful people in Washington, and that there would never be a perfect moment to leave, according to White House aides.

Her resignation came a day after she testified for eight hours before the House Intelligence Committee, telling the panel that in her job, she had occasionally been required to tell white lies but had never lied about anything connected to the investigation into Russia’s interference in the 2016 election.

She did not say what her next job would be, and her departure date was unclear, but it is likely to be in the next few weeks.

Ms. Hicks said that she had “no words” to express her gratitude to the president, who responded with his own statement.

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To: DoodleDawg

Iirc, the administration line is that Mr. Porter did nothing wrong.


81 posted on 02/28/2018 3:48:48 PM PST by Tax-chick (I'm being sarcastic, but a lot of you aren't.)
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To: TTFlyer

Agree on McMaster, but Sessions is doing his job—while taking the public heat for not doing it, too!


82 posted on 02/28/2018 3:52:32 PM PST by 9YearLurker
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To: x

In her Congressional testimony, did she ever specify what little “white liees” she told?

Often “white lies” are merely exaggerations.


83 posted on 02/28/2018 3:53:56 PM PST by elpadre (AfganistaMr Obama said theoal was to "disrupt, dismantle and defeat al-hereQaeda" and its allies.)
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To: x

In her Congressional testimony, did she ever specify what little “white liees” she told?

Often “white lies” are merely exaggerations.


84 posted on 02/28/2018 3:54:17 PM PST by elpadre (AfganistaMr Obama said theoal was to "disrupt, dismantle and defeat al-hereQaeda" and its allies.)
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To: ifinnegan

She seemed full of herself.


All women that look like she does are full of themselves. The world is their oyster.


85 posted on 02/28/2018 3:58:10 PM PST by lodi90
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To: Lopeover

Never heard the MSM call the claims by zero, rice and godzillary (about Benghazi being caused by a video) even a “white lie”, when it was actually a humongous planned lie on the eve of an election.


86 posted on 02/28/2018 3:59:07 PM PST by Reddy (B. O. stinks)
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To: PMAS

She’s been with Trump for 3 years, it’s time to move on and cash in


Yep. Hopefully she replaces Shemp at Fox.


87 posted on 02/28/2018 3:59:23 PM PST by lodi90
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To: Tax-chick
Iirc, the administration line is that Mr. Porter did nothing wrong.

I believe that's Mr. Porter's line too. A couple of ex-wives say otherwise.

88 posted on 02/28/2018 4:08:24 PM PST by DoodleDawg
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To: Pinkbell

One bucket for money.
One bucket for crap.
When one bucket gets full.
You go home.

8 hours of grilling by a gang of congressional fools would fill my crap bucket plum to the top. I have my limits too.


89 posted on 02/28/2018 4:28:16 PM PST by Sequoyah101 (It feels like we have exchanged our dreams for survival. We just have a few days that don't suck.)
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There is no way she would have gotten her job if she didn’t look like that.


90 posted on 02/28/2018 4:41:45 PM PST by TakebackGOP
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To: TakebackGOP

Trump surrounds himself with beauty, marries beauty, fathers beauty. Hicks was a little too much beauty. Very high maintenance hair.


91 posted on 02/28/2018 4:48:59 PM PST by cymbeline
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To: elpadre

Possibly she was asked if she ever lied for the president and in total honesty said yes. May be as simple as the president is out when he was really in the John.


92 posted on 02/28/2018 5:06:34 PM PST by pnut22
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To: DoodleDawg

Perhaps Ms. Hicks will be wise enough to avoid disaster.


93 posted on 02/28/2018 5:49:44 PM PST by Tax-chick (I'm being sarcastic, but a lot of you aren't.)
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To: CivilWarBrewing

Porter, not Palmer


94 posted on 02/28/2018 5:50:44 PM PST by dmcnash (Back off! I'm a Scientist.)
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To: dmcnash

‘Addicted to Love’ was the song by Robert Palmer, not Rob Porter.


95 posted on 02/28/2018 6:19:19 PM PST by CivilWarBrewing (Get off my back for my usage of CAPS, especially you snowflake males! MAN UP!)
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To: 9YearLurker

Agree


96 posted on 02/28/2018 7:11:26 PM PST by DAVEY CROCKETT (Thank you Free Republic. Thffank you President Donald J Trump, Greatest election Ever.)
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To: lodi90; CGASMIA68

“All women that look like she does are full of themselves. The world is their oyster.”

She is smart and accomplished also.

Yeah. It’s not like she doesn’t have a reason.

Still, when she wore that tuxedo it was clear it was all about her.


97 posted on 02/28/2018 7:56:19 PM PST by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: Pinkbell

This isn’t news. I heard back in December or early January that she was planning to leave in the spring.

Only reason it’s relevant today is because she testified yesterday — and it’s good gossip.


98 posted on 02/28/2018 8:43:36 PM PST by Jedidah
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To: 9YearLurker

I’m sorry but sessions is doing his “job”?

Hillary, obama, holder, lynch, etc, etc are still walking free.


99 posted on 02/28/2018 8:52:23 PM PST by 2CAVTrooper (Democrats... BETRAYING America since 1828.)
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To: forgotten man

No, you want a session with her photo retoucher.


100 posted on 02/28/2018 8:58:26 PM PST by Nationale7
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