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applegrove

(118,659 posts)
Tue Apr 19, 2016, 06:13 PM Apr 2016

Trump Staffers Face Threat of Blacklist

Trump Staffers Face Threat of Blacklist

https://politicalwire.com/2016/04/19/trump-staffers-face-threat-of-blacklist/

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Politico: “But according to interviews with more than a dozen operatives — including several who oppose Trump, some who support him, and the leaders of some prominent D.C. political shops — some of those who go to work for Trump face an implicit, and occasionally overt, threat: Help Trump, and you’ll never work in this town again.”

“It may be unenforceable, but the push to stigmatize Trump’s aides, advisers and vendors is among the last remaining pieces of ammunition available to a Republican establishment that has tried just about everything else to block the billionaire from taking over of the GOP. And, critically, it has complicated Trump’s efforts in recent weeks to hire top-tier operatives, according to sources familiar with Trump’s campaign.”



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Trump Staffers Face Threat of Blacklist (Original Post) applegrove Apr 2016 OP
Yeah, right . . . gratuitous Apr 2016 #1
Even Clinton's toe sucker had no problem finding work with the wingnuts Major Nikon Apr 2016 #2

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
1. Yeah, right . . .
Tue Apr 19, 2016, 06:26 PM
Apr 2016

The Republicans are a party that doesn't shrink from continuing to employ the likes of Karl Rove and Dick Cheney. Eliot Abrams has never fallen out of favor. They still pine for the days of the Man Called Petraeus. If they could reanimate the corpses of Reagan and Nixon, they'd run them on a dream fusion ticket.

If you're a sufficiently conniving little creep, you'll never need to look very far for employment with some Republican politician desperate to stave off the righteous wrath of an ill-served electorate. And, after paying some minor dues in such a catastrophic race, aides, advisers and vendors will be welcomed back by a party that values loyalty above everything else.

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