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White House says anonymous 'coward' behind NYT op-ed should resign
The Hill ^ | September 5, 2018 | Tal Axelrod

Posted on 09/05/2018 3:01:56 PM PDT by jazusamo

White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders ripped the anonymous senior White House staffer who wrote an op-ed for the New York Times slamming President Trump’s conduct.

“The individual behind this piece has chosen to deceive, rather than support, the duly elected President of the United States,” she said in a statement. “He is not putting country first, but putting himself and his ego ahead of the will of the American people.”

This coward should do the right thing and resign,” she added.

The statement follows criticism from Trump himself, who called the op-ed’s author “gutless.”

The author of the op-ed wrote that there are multiple people in the administration who are acting as a check on the president’s “misguided impulses.”

“We want the administration to succeed and think that many of its policies have already made America safer and more prosperous. But we believe our first duty is to this country, and the president continues to act in a manner that is detrimental to the health of our republic. That is why many Trump appointees have vowed to do what we can to preserve our democratic institutions while thwarting Mr. Trump’s more misguided impulses until he is out of office,” the staffer writes.

The White House aide says meetings with Trump often “veer off topic and off the rails” and slams the president as “amoral.”

“The root of the problem is the president’s amorality. Anyone who works with him knows he is not moored to any discernible first principles that guide his decision making,” the staffer says.

Any successes from the White House “have come despite — not because of — the president’s leadership style, which is impetuous, adversarial, petty and ineffective,” the author wrote.

he adds.

Sanders’ statement also issued a defense of the president.

“President Trump has laid out a bold and ambitious agenda. Every day since taking office, he has fulfilled the promises he made. His accomplishments in less than two years have been astounding,” she said.

The Trump administration has repeatedly railed against The New York Times, slamming it as “fake news” and labeling it the “failing” New York Times.

“We are disappointed, but not surprised, that the paper chose to publish this pathetic, reckless and selfish op-ed. This is a new low for the so-called ‘paper of record,’ and it should issue an apology…This is just another example of the liberal media’s concerted effort to discredit the president,” Sanders said.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Political Humor/Cartoons; Politics/Elections; US: New York
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

Got to be someone that fancies themself a paragon of virtue. Also must possess the type of condescending arrogance routinely found in the deep state. A perfect example would be an ex Senator full of himself. That’s why I thought of Sessions first.


41 posted on 09/05/2018 3:17:38 PM PDT by Kudsman (I'm normnal.)
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To: jazusamo
My guess...it's someone in the NYT posting this...

I mean...they are total FAKE NEWS...not a small skip to post/print something like this.

They are desperate.

42 posted on 09/05/2018 3:17:39 PM PDT by Osage Orange (Whiskey Tango Foxtrot)
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To: proust

I’ve always suspected Kellyanne as a snake in the grass.


43 posted on 09/05/2018 3:18:44 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam (Have an A-1 day.)
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To: jazusamo
The good news is the New York Times is failing. And this last 'jump the shark' BS is going to assist with that process...
44 posted on 09/05/2018 3:19:07 PM PDT by GOPJ (Republicans act like they're at a country club- Democrats like they're at a boxing match. Starboard)
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To: printhead
How do we know he’s a he?

Sarah specifically said "he" and she is usually quite precise in her choice of words.

“The individual behind this piece has chosen to deceive, rather than support, the duly elected President of the United States,” she said in a statement.
“He is not putting country first, but putting himself and his ego ahead of the will of the American people.”

IMHO that makes it highly likely that she knows the identity of the author.


45 posted on 09/05/2018 3:19:19 PM PDT by Vlad The Inhaler
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To: jazusamo

If the writer (with no backbone or spine) chooses to remain anonymous them I choose not to read his article. As for the low life, scum & vermin New York Times....they have joined the lunatic, failing Democrat Party.

If these buffoons think that they are going to down Trump this way...I can assure them, they are only making Trump stronger with his millions of supporters!!!

Folks in the Montana area states...attend the “MASSIVE” Trump Rally (10,000 + people) in Billings, Montana, tomorrow evening. For Info, get on “The Trump For POTUS” website to get two (2) free tickets. Do it!!!


46 posted on 09/05/2018 3:19:32 PM PDT by JLAGRAYFOX (Defeat both the Republican (e) & Democrat (e) political parties....Forever!!!)
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To: printhead

“How do we know he’s a he?”

On FBN last hour, one of the talking heads said the Times specifically said it is a man.


47 posted on 09/05/2018 3:19:45 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam (Have an A-1 day.)
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To: MayflowerMadam

#MeToo


48 posted on 09/05/2018 3:20:09 PM PDT by Electric Graffiti (Jeff Sessions IS the insurance policy)
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To: printhead
Hell....we never know that anymore...

He is a she...and She is a he..........

49 posted on 09/05/2018 3:20:25 PM PDT by Osage Orange (Whiskey Tango Foxtrot)
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To: jazusamo

General Kelly must be busy outing this douche bag.


50 posted on 09/05/2018 3:20:37 PM PDT by ExTexasRedhead
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To: tennmountainman

“I think it is Kellyanne, as well.”

I think so too. During the campaign we had “journalists” like Mourning Joe claim that off camera she was saying she was just doing it for the money.


51 posted on 09/05/2018 3:20:50 PM PDT by Reverend Wright (I am a Putin bot. And I approve this message.)
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To: proust

Or Sessions?


52 posted on 09/05/2018 3:20:58 PM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: snarkytart

I do not know if she is.
But u don’t know if she isn’t.


53 posted on 09/05/2018 3:21:02 PM PDT by tennmountainman ("Trust Sessions" Yeah Right)
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To: GOPJ
The good news is the New York Times is failing. And this last 'jump the shark' BS is going to assist with that process...

Bump!

54 posted on 09/05/2018 3:22:06 PM PDT by jazusamo (Have You Donated to Keep Free Republic Up and Running?)
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To: Kudsman

I don’t think so because Sessions was never a big free trader, or proponent of war against russia.


55 posted on 09/05/2018 3:22:42 PM PDT by Reverend Wright (I am a Putin bot. And I approve this message.)
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To: SaveFerris

SPOT ON !


56 posted on 09/05/2018 3:22:43 PM PDT by nopardons
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To: miss marmelstein

Good point!


57 posted on 09/05/2018 3:24:04 PM PDT by nopardons
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To: jazusamo

Trump just TWEETED : “TREASON? “ about this crap.


58 posted on 09/05/2018 3:25:19 PM PDT by nopardons
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To: nopardons

Thank you. They are keep the Presidency in a constant state of siege.

I sigh at what their efforts will be going into the mid-terms.

And then if those don’t turn out the way they want.....what will they do next?

I put nothing past these people. Absolutely nothing.


59 posted on 09/05/2018 3:25:23 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: jazusamo

Could be a fraud from NY Slimes and there is no inside man.


60 posted on 09/05/2018 3:25:41 PM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you. O)
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