Posted on 04/02/2019 6:53:26 PM PDT by SJackson
Valerie Jarrett, a senior White House adviser to former President Barack Obama, writes in her new book that she still hasnt accepted President Trump won the 2016 election.
"Since the night Donald Trump became president of the United States, Ive been going through the five stages of grief, sometimes all five in the same day, Jarrett writes in Finding My Voice: My Journey to the West Wing and the Path Forward.
"In the beginning, denial and anger were high on the list; I still haven't embraced acceptance, she writes.
Jarrett, a longtime adviser to Obama and his wife Michelle, said that Trump's unexpected victory against Hillary Clinton felt like a punch to the stomach.
Obviously we were surprised by the outcome of the election. It kind of was like a, Im not sure what the right analogy would be, but like a punch in the stomach, lets say. Soul-crushing might be another description, Jarrett said at the time. But thats the democracy that we have: The people get to decide and the elections matter and we have to get about the business of doing our job.
I’m from the South. On this one I claim close enough.
that’s OK Valerie - I never accepted Obama as a legit president in those 8 miserable years - nor his citizenship.
I haven’t accepted her being above room temperature yet.
Ice wouldn’t melt in her mouth.
I never accepted Obama because he was never eligible to be President.
He is NOT a natural born citizen.
Natural born citizens are NATURALLY citizen because they can’t possibly be anything else.
Born here of citizen parents.
Children of foreign nationals are themselves born foreign nationals even if born here.
The quality of citizenship the founders were going for was the most restrictive, not just born a citizen or native born citizen, they chose natural born citizen as the best way to exclude foreign influence on the office of Commander-in-chief.
Natural born citizens are solely Americans and are not anything else.
Anyone born with multiple citizenships is PRECISELY who the founders were excluding.
Her country of birth would be the natural choice. She was born in Shiraz, Iran. Who knows, maybe there's a pallet awaiting her there.
The adults in the room realize it’s only four years.
It can seem a very long time with an incompetent like Obama in office, but with Trump it feels like it’s only been two weeks.
His first and second term will be over before we know it, and by then Mitch will probably have died in office, obstructing until his last breath, and placing roadblocks so even that won’t be the end of it.
We’re not getting our money’s worth.
Sweetie....there’s always a rope.Or a handful of pills.That might be your best option given that you’re sure to be indicted any day now.
We never accepted you running our country either, but you didn’t shiv a get, did you?
Do you really think any rational, competent people care what you can accept now?
I haven’t gotten over him being the man behind the curtain. Valeri, that is.
Mitch and the rest of the Bush League Republicans MUST be replaced.
When a Democrat gets a book deal, one wonders what dirty job they are being paid for through the publisher, and by whom.
She should move back to Iran if she is so unhappy.
I understand that. I did not, do not, and will never accept obama as president.
I don't think I can repeat the things I called Obama for the 8 years he occupied the White House.
I can guarandamntee you that "President" was not one of them however.
Fraid so...
Valerie Jarrett: I still havent accepted that I am an America-hating Muslim.
Bkmrk
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