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DonViejo

(60,536 posts) Mon Feb 12, 2018, 01:01 PM Feb 2018

'Fox And Friends' Host To WH Spox: Why Won't Trump Publicly Condemn Ex-Aide?

By Nicole Lafond | February 12, 2018 11:36 am

A “Fox and Friends” co-host on Monday morning pushed back on a White House spokesman’s claims that President Donald Trump, a noted fan of the morning talk show, has been “very clear” about his opinion on domestic violence and abuse.

Co-host Brian Kilmeade asked White House deputy press secretary J. Hogan Gidley to respond to an Axios report that Trump has been privately disgusted by allegations of domestic abuse against his former staff secretary Rob Porter.

“Why won’t he say that publicly?” Kilmeade asked Gidley.

“The President has been very clear that all forms of abuse, all forms of battery against women, is deplorable and disgusting,” Gidley replied.

Kilmeade interrupted, “But he hasn’t said that.”

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https://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/fox-rare-fact-check-wh-claim-trump-been-clear-on-abuse

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'Fox And Friends' Host To WH Spox: Why Won't Trump Publicly Condemn Ex-Aide? (Original Post) DonViejo Feb 2018 OP

Even the cheering section is starting to squirm BeyondGeography Feb 2018 #1

"The president has been very clear PatSeg Feb 2018 #2

Foxxx to Trump: "This is serious, so just mouth the words, like your fake apology for the Fred Sanders Feb 2018 #4

And he never really apologized PatSeg Feb 2018 #6

I don't believe for an instant that Trump was privately critical of Porter. 50 Shades Of Blue Feb 2018 #3

Now we know what Murdoch wants Trump to do. HopeAgain Feb 2018 #5

BeyondGeography

(39,382 posts)

1. Even the cheering section is starting to squirm

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Mon Feb 12, 2018, 01:07 PM

Feb 2018

Trump re. Porter on Friday: “It’s a shame what happened to him.” Wtf?

PatSeg

(47,609 posts)

2. "The president has been very clear

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Mon Feb 12, 2018, 01:08 PM

Feb 2018

that all forms of abuse, all forms of battery against women, is deplorable and disgusting"??? When was that?

I just love his name - Hogan Gidley. It sounds like a character from the Li'l Abner comic strip. I'm trying imagine what his parents were thinking when they named him. If you have a last name like Gidley, you should go with something simple like John or Tom. He cracks me up every time I see him on TV. The face goes with the name.

Fred Sanders

(23,946 posts)

4. Foxxx to Trump: "This is serious, so just mouth the words, like your fake apology for the

Reply to PatSeg (Reply #2)

Mon Feb 12, 2018, 01:11 PM

Feb 2018

birther stuff".

The Base will get it again you are not serious.

PatSeg

(47,609 posts)

6. And he never really apologized

Reply to Fred Sanders (Reply #4)

Mon Feb 12, 2018, 01:57 PM

Feb 2018

for the birther stuff. He bragged that somehow he had resolved the issue by getting Obama to released his birth certificate.

Trump never apologizes.

50 Shades Of Blue

(10,049 posts)

3. I don't believe for an instant that Trump was privately critical of Porter.

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Mon Feb 12, 2018, 01:10 PM

Feb 2018

HopeAgain

(4,407 posts)

5. Now we know what Murdoch wants Trump to do.

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Mon Feb 12, 2018, 01:14 PM

Feb 2018

Don't be surprised if Trump does it now. Someone posted an interesting article over the weekend showing that the RW uses Fox and Friends to control Trump's thinking.

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