Spicer: Nordstrom Dropping Ivanka Trump's Line Is 'Direct Attack' On Prez

[DonViejo]

Source: Talking Points Memo



By KRISTIN SALAKY Published FEBRUARY 8, 2017, 2:19 PM EDT

White House press secretary Sean Spicer said Wednesday that Nordstrom's decision to stop carrying Ivanka Trump's clothing and accessories line is an attack on the president's policies and his daughter.

Spicer told reporters during his daily press briefing that the decision -- which Nordstrom said was a result of poor sales, not politics -- was because of the clothing company's displeasure with President Donald Trump's executive orders and his policies.

"I think this is less about his family's business and an attack on his daughter," Spicer said. "He ran for president. He won. He's leading this country. I think for people to take out their concern about his actions or his executive orders on members of his family, he has every right to stand up for his family and applaud their business activities, their success."

Earlier on Wednesday, Trump attacked Nordstrom on Twitter, saying that the brand treated his daughter "so unfairly."

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[NurseJackie]

1. Oh my goodness!

[FailureToCommunicate]

2. Poor little snowflake.

[Javaman]

3. Or...

her shit sucks and isn't selling.

[busterbrown]

7. Annnnnnddddddd...Her name

doesn’t help...much either.

[Javaman]

18. well of course. I chose not to state the obvious. Too easy. LOL nt

[Renew Deal]

4. Trump and Spicey talking about it is a conflict of interest.

[mpcamb]

52. A "family business' is an indisputable CONFLICT OF INTEREST and he should be censured and impeached

[C Moon]

5. Don't these morons have bigger problems to deal with...

other than a line of clothing?
Chripes!!!
The rest of the world must be shaking their heads in unison.

[The Wielding Truth]

6. Not when sales are down. They can't carry a line that isn't selling well.

[The Blue Flower]

8. This is an admission that the office is the family business

Don't let that point get lost in the discussion.

[bettyellen]

17. Yes! And that includes Melania's plan to monetize her position as well as all the new businesses

The family has registered world wide. They claim they are going to give profits? How's that work if we never see their tax returns.

[dixiegrrrrl]

45. And the moronic women SUES , and admits she hoped to take advantage of her name

ADMITS it, in the court documents.
Out loud
in public

god, they must have either very stupid lawyers or very well paid ones who don't mind being the laffing stock of the courts.

[TubbersUK]

19. +1000

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They've exploded the myth of the White House / Trump Inc firewall and illustrated just what their Alt-ethics look like.

Ethics experts warned that, without divestment and a blind trust, this sort of scenario would almost certainly occur.

[Ms. Toad]

41. Especially since it has now been retweeted from POTUS account. n/t

[Behind the Aegis]

9. You'd think this snowflake (how ironic), would recognize...

WINTER IS COMING

[Aristus]

10. It's the free market you bozos love so much.

There is a greatly reduced demand for Trump products. So a store continuing to carry those products makes no business sense. In order to increase shareholder value, these stores are eliminating floor and storage space reserved for these products so they can continue to make money on the products that sell.

See? Even Ayn Rand could figure that one out...

[Eyeball_Kid]

11. Trumpy's a raging, swollen nutbag at the center of every news cycle, every day,

every week. He will continue to be a raging, swollen nutbag, careening from one dissociated topic to another, for the next FOUR YEARS. My God! Think of the world of reptiles! Even the crocks will be driven mad! When they figure out where Trumpy's Mar a Lago mansion is, they'll storm the place and swallow him in chunks.

[Leghorn21]

22. A "raging, swollen nutbag" - yessss, Kid! DFT in three perfect words - good job!! eom

[teezy]

12. Discussion about conflict of interest aside...

Trump clearly instructed him to do this. This is NOTHING to do with the White House and has NO PLACE whatsoever in government discussions... let alone a White House press briefing. This is such a gong show.

Spicer needs to resign if he wants to spare his dignity, as well as future job prospects. Depending on whether or not he had to sign some strict non-disclosure agreement, he should go straight to CNN and spill. I bet he'll end up writing a book one day.

[Deb]

13. I hear mannequins laughing n/t

[FailureToCommunicate]

30. Wow! That's...really kinda eerie...

[get the red out]

14. Defending his family?

From what? Not being able to grift enough from his being POTUS?

She obviously wanted people to buy her shit because of the "Trump" name, now they won't buy her shit because of the "Trump" name, and business deals fall through. That's capitalism.

[bravenak]

15. Crazy bastard

[BigDemVoter]

16. Oh Boo Hoo!

After all, we can't prevent poor Ivanka from milking her father's illegitimate position for all it's worth . . .

I'm not the sort of person who EVER shops for anything. . . . I don't like to shop, and I resist going to ANY store.

Nonetheless, THIS is going to call for a shopping trip to Nordstrom's. If there's nothing for me there, I'll buy something for somebody else!

[MacLaughlinComm]

20. Spicer needs to get real

I honestly can't remember a press secretary ever spewing such a regular barrage of fibs and lies. It was a business decision - plain and simple.

[trueblue2007]

21. you piece of CRAP. SHUT UP. you R President,stop attacking private companies!

[Sanity Claws]

23. He has awfully thin skin for someone who is into fake tans

I thought those fake tans act like layers of paint. Those layers should have given him thicker skin.

[Phoenix61]

24. Nordstrom cares about making money

Carrying a line that isn't selling doesn't make money. Twitler doesn't seem to understand that. No wonder he went bankrupt so many times.

[Kber]

25. So the Trump administration will consider "not doing business with the family"

as a direct attack.

Noted.

Is it fascism yet?

[Solly Mack]

26. I guess not eating at KFC is also an attack on Trump.

Don't eat Big Macs? You're attacking Trump!

Don't like comb-overs? You're attacking Trump!

Poor family! All the ways people are attacking the Trump family simply by not doing stuff they wouldn't normally do anyway.

Sad.

[guillaumeb]

27. Yes, the Trump family members are the victims here!!!

The victims of Donald Trump's history of lying and cheating and treating everyone badly.

[heather blossom]

28. Fuck you Spicer

Let's all go shop at Nordstrom's.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

29. Damn that free market!

[Yavin4]

53. The invisible hand knocked her crap off the shelves. n/t

[truthisfreedom]

31. He makes it sound like a surface to air missile, but it's simple

Business. Who wants to be associated with herr sniffler's daughter?

[randome]

32. Reporters should have pigeon-holed him: "Why do you think Nordstrom is lying about the reason?"

[hr][font color="blue"][center]Donald Trump's scorecard:
Muslim ban = failed. Yemen raid = failed. Approval ratings = failed.
Mexican wall = failed. Economic utopia = failed. Grade point average = 0.[/center][/font][hr]

[LuckyLib]

39. This is what needs to happen. A complete comeback each and every time they

shovel their stuff.

[progree]

33. I think he's more wacko than even Melissa McCarthy's SNL portrayal

[Cha]

50. Melissa tried.. lol

Link to tweet

[maxrandb]

34. We may never recover our country again

It is over!

It is finished!

Would the last person leaving please shut out the lights?

There is a level of hypocrisy in politics, but never on a level like this. Republicans are drunk with power, and afraid to upset their AM Hate Radio listening base.

They will not even hold this President to even the lowest level standard of decency, professionalism, competence, temperament, empathy or comportment.

Republicans are the party that has the voting power to put an end to this, or at least place a check on it, but they can't and they won't.

The only thing that saves us is FIERCE RESISTANCE at every point.

American cities that overwhelmingly vote Democratic should cancel any contract with any company that has any, even the most minute, connection to Trump. His hotels should be picketed. All travel for city employees should be restricted from staying at a Trump owned hotel. Golfers should have to navigate a sea of megaphone yelling protesters to play a round of golf.

Republicans aren't listening. Perhaps a General Strike will get their attention.

Bottom line is that if we are relying on Republicans to put country over party...well...I wouldn't hold my breath.

[Retrograde]

35. Silly me - I always thought the GOP was in favor

of letting the free market sort things out. If it's good enough for health care it should be good enough for bling.

[Maven]

36. OH FINE. I GUESS I HAVE TO START SHOPPING AT NORDSTROM AGAIN nt

[MFM008]

37. All this bitch does is whine

Would he conduct some fucking business for the country???

[Ray Bruns]

38. Oh my God - Is this what we are going to have to listen to for the next 4 years?

[Ms. Toad]

40. This has now been retweeted from the POTUS account.

My daughter Ivanka has been treated so unfairly by @Nordstrom. She is a great person -- always pushing me to do the right thing! Terrible!

[truthisfreedom]

54. It's only logical to assume that he intends to do

The wrong thing and she sets him straight. He's disintegrating before our eyes.

[roamer65]

42. The "trump" brand has become poison.

No business wanting to make a profit will use it.

Sorry, Dump...but that's how business works.

[smirkymonkey]

43. It couldn't possibly be because her merchandise is cheap, tacky overpriced crap.

Just like everything the Trump family has every tried to sell to the public. They are revolting!

[complain jane]

44. Soon they'll be hawking her garbage on the WH website

[Cha]

49. And, on the front lawn

[complain jane]

51. LOL That too!

[Cha]

46. gd straight.. no one decent wants his daughter's shit

[uppityperson]

47. K&R for dictators

[Zorro]

48. The self-inflicted damage to the Trump brand might be enough to make Cheetolini resign

One can hope.

[subterranean]

55. Even if Nordstrom's decision was driven by disagreement with Trump's policies...SO WHAT??

They are a private business and they have the right to decide what they'll sell or not sell, whatever the reason. It is not something the White House should be involved in. Period.

[Beartracks]

56. Where did I put that thing? Where is... Ah, here it is!

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