how authoritarian of them! TPM "WH Says Highly Inappropriate For Reporter To Question Marine

[NRaleighLiberal]

General"

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/white-house-highly-inappropriate-question-marine-general

By MATT SHUHAM Published OCTOBER 20, 2017 2:46 PM

The White House on Friday told a journalist who asked about errors chief of staff John Kelly made Thursday that it would be “highly inappropriate” to “get into a debate with a four-star Marine general.”

The militaristic language, used to refer to the civilian position in the White House occupied by the retired Marine general, came when the reporter pointed out that Kelly had inaccurately accused a congresswoman of claiming credit for securing funding for an FBI building in Miramar, Florida in 2015.

As video published Friday by the Sun Sentinel showed, the congresswoman, Rep. Frederica Wilson (D-FL), never claimed to have secured funding for the building. She did mention during her speech that she had led a congressional effort to name the building after two fallen FBI officials.

Sanders repeated a misleading statement regarding Kelly’s remarks in the press briefing Friday.

“As we say in the South, all hat, no cattle,” she added, a statement that could allude to the fact that Rep. Wilson is known to wear colorful hats.


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And more follow up from Josh Marshall

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/it-gets-uglier

It Gets Uglier

By JOSH MARSHALL Published OCTOBER 20, 2017 2:31 PM

Today White House Press Briefing may turn out to be uglier than yesterday’s. Sarah Sanders just doubled down on the phony FBI building story, claimed Wilson said the really bad things off camera and then it was “highly inappropriate” to get into a “debate” with a Marine 4 Star General.

“If you want to go after General Kelly that’s up to you but i think that that … if you want to get into a debate with a Four Star Marine General I think that that’s something highly inappropriate.”

Huckabee doubles down on the lies and says it's "highly inappropriate" to disagree with a Marine 4 Star General. pic.twitter.com/OiVHSeHP1d

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) October 20, 2017

[steve2470]

1. he may be a MCG but he's also human, our public servant and WRONG nt

[guillaumeb]

2. Worship the military?

Can anyone say: fascism?

[Brother Buzz]

3. When did The White House press corps become part of the Marine Corps?

[steve2470]

4. +1 nt

[msongs]

5. there is nothing particularly honorable about marines compared to the general population nt

[Ernesto]

7. Works for ME!

[Mr. Ected]

6. He left those medals in his dresser drawer when he signed on as COS

No one in the White House wants to answer any questions anyone asks them anytime because the answers would be self-incriminating.

Every. Fucking. Question. Every. Fucking. Time.

[chia]

8. "highly inappropriate..." Did she clutch her pearls when she said it?

smh

[Blue_Adept]

9. I'm sorry, he's the chief of staff. That means it's very appropriate to get into this.

And just as appropriate if he was a currently serving 4 star general. They serve the public.

[superpatriotman]

10. Bullshit

Our house. Not your house.

Don't like it? Get out.

[maxsolomon]

11. If you're in the Military I guess it would be inappropriate

But isn't Kelly retired?

If you're a civilian, you can get into a debate with whom ever you wish. Fuck this crypto-Fascism.