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Michelle Obama's former chief of staff aborts Senate campaign amid scandal over hiring of criminal noncitizen
The Blaze ^ | October 17, 2025 | Joseph Mackinnon

Posted on 10/20/2025 7:33:12 AM PDT by Twotone

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1 posted on 10/20/2025 7:33:12 AM PDT by Twotone
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Good.


2 posted on 10/20/2025 7:33:47 AM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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3 posted on 10/20/2025 7:35:31 AM PDT by OldHarbor
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How do these AWFULs get into positions of power?


4 posted on 10/20/2025 7:38:21 AM PDT by Henry Hnyellar
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5 posted on 10/20/2025 7:38:42 AM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s
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6 posted on 10/20/2025 7:39:08 AM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives)
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To: Twotone

Also just charged with falsely claiming he was a US citizen on I-9 form.

Norris been blacked!


7 posted on 10/20/2025 7:42:03 AM PDT by jjotto ("...saith the LORD: yet I loved Jacob, And I hated Esau...")
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Also worth mentioning that he was registered to vote in another state (Democrat, naturally).


8 posted on 10/20/2025 7:48:15 AM PDT by Yardstick
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Another airhead “leftist” white woman who virtue signaled her leftist credentials by hiring a back man based on the color of his skin not the conduct of his character.

Why am I not surprised?


9 posted on 10/20/2025 7:48:21 AM PDT by Uncle Lonny
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While I wouldn’t disagree with the points made by Steve Deace in the last 2 paragraphs of the article, I could be persuaded that the now-withdrawn candidate does possess the smallest possible scintilla of shame to still be able to call herself a Democrat. She is, of course, dodging & deflecting at every opportunity, as is expected from the power-hungry. The entire incident may have a positive outcome if the voters of Des Moines decide they’ve had enough of the DEI shenanigans in their schools. We can only hope…🤞


10 posted on 10/20/2025 7:51:23 AM PDT by T-Bird45 (It feels like the seventies, and it shouldn't. )
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“The recent Des Moines Public Schools Superintendent crisis demanded my full attention as Board Chair and, overnight, put the School Board, our community, and me personally in the crosshairs of vicious and coordinated attacks,” said Norris.
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Telling the truth about liberals = vicious attacks


11 posted on 10/20/2025 7:52:10 AM PDT by Yardstick
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She should have tweeted about killing her opponent, his wife, and family... that doesn’t seem to bother the Demonic Party filth.


12 posted on 10/20/2025 7:54:29 AM PDT by Common Sense 101
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Rep. Hinson suggested that instead of “radical empathy,” it was time for “radical accountability.”
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Ha, nailed it!


13 posted on 10/20/2025 7:54:49 AM PDT by Yardstick
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BlazeTV host and Iowa native Steve Deace told Blaze News. “This is still the party that won’t denounce their attorney general nominee in Virginia who has a murder fetish. Do not think Jackie is the first Democrat in recent memory.”

Deace added, “Obamaist Jackie is ending her bid because Virginia is so red that having her on the ticket all but assured a Democrat loss, and obtaining power is all Democrats care about. Now it’s time to pursue her criminally and make an example out of her.”


Methinks that’s the main reason why she quit running: she faces
l/e for her rank stupidity..........hiring a criminal to oversee children.


14 posted on 10/20/2025 7:55:09 AM PDT by Liz (To make a conservative mad, lie to him. To make a leftist mad, tell him the truth.)
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I wonder how many people died in that area of overdoses?


15 posted on 10/20/2025 8:01:39 AM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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Roberts spent over 20 years in education, holding top posts from coast-to-coast, but was controversial.
<><>“He ruined our district for three years.”
<><>”He was very smooth, affable, but all you got was smoke and mirrors,” a co-worker said.
<><>he was said to have sex w/ a coworker on school property
<><>at the time of the sexual innuendo, he was a super in rural Pa, a post he held from 2020-23.
<><>Ex-colleagues claimed Roberts was a sketchy figure and pathological liar.
<><>he was hired because of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion — but on the job he did little work.
<><>based on casual comments Roberts made, some gleaned he was not a citizen
<><>some expressed concern to the Pa school board that Roberts wasn’t a legal resident
<><>but concerns about his citizenship were ignored, colleagues said.


16 posted on 10/20/2025 8:02:33 AM PDT by Liz (To make a conservative mad, lie to him. To make a leftist mad, tell him the truth.)
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Interesting that she seems to have been kept out of the story until now, when the media can’t help but address it!


17 posted on 10/20/2025 8:03:56 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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Does Jackie Norris Want to be One of Them, Yogi?


18 posted on 10/20/2025 8:04:40 AM PDT by Navy Patriot (President Trump Decisively Won, Celebrate Recivilization!)
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.Obama suckup Jackie Norris is stultifyingly incompetent.

She now claims she doesn’t “have time for politics” or fundraising, so will get out of the race.

Reality Check

Norris the owner of Horizon Group, formerly known as the State Public Policy Group (SPPG). That firm holds contracts in Des Moines tied to .....drum roll, please.....immigrant research and settlement.

Given that background, it strains credibility to suggest she was unaware of Mr. Roberts’ immigration status while he was superintendent.

Her financial record also raises questions. An earlier federal audit flagged $763,702 in payments to her under the Iowa Secretary of State’s HAVA program as “questioned costs” ........the result of “sole-source contracts” awarded “without competitive bidding.”

With that history, the public deserves to know why Norris should not again be the subject of criminal investigations.


19 posted on 10/20/2025 8:08:32 AM PDT by Liz (To make a conservative mad, lie to him. To make a leftist mad, tell him the truth.)
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To: Henry Hnyellar
"How do these AWFULs get into positions of power?"

The Des Moines School Board chairman is selected by the seven elected board members from among the seven board members.

The Des Moines School Board also unanimously appointed Ian Andre Roberts as superintendent.

The entire Des Moines School Board should resign in shame and disgrace. And the Des Moines voters who elected them should be ashamed.

20 posted on 10/20/2025 8:22:29 AM PDT by Carl Vehse (Make Austin Texas Again!)
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