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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Wed Feb 20, 2019, 09:23 AM Feb 2019

The White House Plan to Exploit McCabe's Book


February 20, 2019 at 7:15 am EST By Taegan Goddard

“White House officials and sources close to President Trump are treating Andrew McCabe’s book as an opportunity,” according to Jonathan Swan.

“These people plan to keep promoting bits from The Threat, which has rocketed past Michelle Obama’s Becoming to #1 on Amazon’s best-sellers list, that support their ‘deep state’ narrative. They also plan to argue that the rest of the former FBI deputy director’s claims are a pack of lies.”

“The part they’ll trumpet as true: McCabe’s comments about discussions, at the highest rungs of the FBI, about removing Trump from office. Trump and his allies view this as vindicating his narrative that there’s a Deep State ‘coup’ afoot.”

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https://politicalwire.com/2019/02/20/the-white-house-plan-to-exploit-mccabes-book/

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The White House Plan to Exploit McCabe's Book (Original Post) DonViejo Feb 2019 OP
A deep state coup that requires half of the Cabinet exboyfil Feb 2019 #1
Uh huh underpants Feb 2019 #2
I just ordered my hard-copy book.... FarPoint Feb 2019 #3
Double down on duplicity C_U_L8R Feb 2019 #4
Guaranteeing a runaway bestseller is the least they could do after firing him hours before retiring. tanyev Feb 2019 #5
He should have never mentioned that they discussed the 25th PTWB Feb 2019 #6

exboyfil

(17,863 posts)
1. A deep state coup that requires half of the Cabinet
Wed Feb 20, 2019, 09:25 AM
Feb 2019

2/3rds of the House and 2/3rds of the Senate. Also one in which he is not technically removed from office but only has Pence as acting President. He can still petition Congress for resumption of his duties.

Some coup.

C_U_L8R

(45,002 posts)
4. Double down on duplicity
Wed Feb 20, 2019, 09:31 AM
Feb 2019

But please, keep reminding everyone how dangerously unfit President Doofus is.

tanyev

(42,554 posts)
5. Guaranteeing a runaway bestseller is the least they could do after firing him hours before retiring.
Wed Feb 20, 2019, 09:55 AM
Feb 2019
 

PTWB

(4,131 posts)
6. He should have never mentioned that they discussed the 25th
Wed Feb 20, 2019, 09:57 AM
Feb 2019

If you’re not going to invoke it, don’t ever bring it up. That feeds completely into Trumps victimization / deep state BS and he will get incredible mileage with it.

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