Trump berated Hope Hicks for telling Congress she sometimes lies for him -- and that was her final

[Julian Englis]

Source: Raw Story

CNN anchor Erin Burnett reported Friday that Hope Hicks left the White House after being berated by President Donald Trump for being “so stupid” in admitting to Congress she sometimes tells lies for the president.

“Breaking news, White House in turmoil. Hope Hicks — the White House communications director and perhaps the president’s closest confidante — gone, abruptly resigning, just a day after admitting she’s told lies for the president,” Burnet explained. “Just to give you an idea how vital Hicks is to the president. One of the president’s close allies telling me tonight, quote, ‘she was his last emotional crutch’ — that’s how crucial she is.”

“That source telling me Hicks departure was sudden,” Burnett continued. “The source saying Trump berated Hicks after her testimony to Congress yesterday, you know, the nine hours in which she admitted to telling lies on behalf of the president.”

“According to the source, Trump asked Hicks after the testimony, how she could she be so stupid,” Burnett continued. “And apparently that was the final straw for Hope Hicks.”

Read more: https://www.rawstory.com/2018/02/trump-berated-hope-hicks-telling-congress-sometimes-lie-final-straw-report/

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This seems a bit confusing. I’d post from the primary source but I’m in a bar on my phone.

[jberryhill]

1. Theres a bar on your phone?

And you’re in it?

[Glamrock]

4. Can I

get that app?

[jberryhill]

9. Seriously

Beats the shit out of Angry Birds.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

30. two angry birds walk into a phone

[Beartracks]

41. Lookin' for cheep drinks.

=====*=

[BumRushDaShow]

48. !!!!

[Docreed2003]

29. Seconded...lol

[Skittles]

2. Trump, berating someone for being STUPID

OH THE HUMANITY

[dchill]

6. To be fair, he thinks everyone is more stupid than he is.

Him being a genius and all.

[OhNo-Really]

16. duh....STABLE genius...show some r spect

[dchill]

22. We can't all be as smart as the SG.

[Hekate]

66. I dunno--he has his IQ embroidered on his cuffs...

He misunderstood which end of the bell curve the guidance counselor was talking about.

[dchill]

67. Yeah, it's not golf.

[jdale]

3. Bar and beer

There's a bar on Hope Hicks phone and a tear in her beer. Donnie john was done with her.

[Leghorn21]

7. Well now you done gone and broke mah hart, jdale!

And WELCOME TO DU, PARDNER!!!

[OhNo-Really]

21. Is there a lethal limit to Trumpian gallows humor? per diem? lifetime?

I am weary , want to post a youtube song here to cheer us up
but got reported to admin for posting vid of The Lion Sleeps Tonight
in the "Name your favorite doo op song" post the other day.

So pretend there is a video of Bob Marley singing

GET UP, STAND UP

is it now a problem posting music videos on DU?

[Leghorn21]

23. I have heard nothing about when one may or may not post a video on DU, No - ??

[OhNo-Really]

35. Thank you 👍

[AnotherMother4Peace]

12. I think she was done with him - she divorced her idiot Whitehouse husband, because he's

throwing her under the bus. nt

[bronxiteforever]

17. Cheeto says he hires the BEST people

[Ferrets are Cool]

5. Resigning has to be the ONLY smart thing she has done since joining this circus

[OhNo-Really]

37. She's probably being cult deprogrammed by Mueller bless her little ❤️

[dem4decades]

8. The idea of being under oath is lost on Trump. It's going to be great.

[CanonRay]

62. Exactly

He has no clue how NOT to lie.

[SeattleVet]

10. He berated her for telling the truth about telling lies for him.

Once again demonstrating that this is NOT your normal White House and administration, but rather some type of transplant from Bizarro-World.

[Stuart G]

57. This is it....your top sentence tells the story..k and r..for your top sentence...

[marylandblue]

11. So, wait, Hicks admits she is willing to lie for Trump

But she is not willing to lie about it under oath? No wonder he is mad at her! And he is big trouble.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

40. Trump wanted her to lie about lying.

She will leave pissed off at IQ45, and I'm sure Mueller will be glad to talk with her once again about her former, ungrateful boss who wanted her to perjure herself to protect his ass.

[BobTheSubgenius]

13. Of course he's angry with her!

Without that bombshell admission, who knows how long the WH could have kept the fact that they occasionally lie a secret? Just little white lies, mind you.

[SergeStorms]

45. I never would have guessed it.

Not in a million years. And all this time I thought Little Donnie Trump was a paragon of truth and virtue.



NOT!

[UpInArms]

14. Thats just rich

Berated for telling the truth ... which is that she doesn’t tell the truth

You just can’t make this shit up

[NBachers]

15. A cold, icy chuckle rasped its way up from deep in Melania's throat as she sat in a darkened room,

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her silhouette captured by light filtering in through drawn curtains.

[fierywoman]

20. (...hee-hee-hee ...)

[lunatica]

28. Nice

I can see her glinty stare as her face finally showed emotion for the fist time since she married. She almost looked human.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

32. i can see it

You made me see a Grinch grin in film noir mode.

[catbyte]

47. ...

[IMG][/IMG]

[PJMcK]

55. That's great! (n/t)

[Stonepounder]

18. OK, the story seems perfectly plausible. But...

This is Wednesday. Hicks testified yesterday, which was Tuesday. She announced her departure today. So, how did CNN's Erin Burnette report her being berated by Trump for her testimony on Friday? Last Friday she hadn't testified yet, and next Friday isn't here yet.

So, what the heck?

[FiveGoodMen]

26. Yeah, I have the same problem with it.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

34. rawstory confused?

It may be that whoever wrote the rawstory piece needs a break -- continuous bombardment by corruption and scandal can make you forget what day it is, what year it is, and why are those damned birds singing like this is a normal universe and GET OFF MY LAWN!

[PJMcK]

56. Raw Story is often sloppy

Their writing is frequently poor and the copy editing is non-existent. Additionally, their sourcing and writing often seems like cut-and-paste jobs.

Several months ago, someone on DU commented that the Raw Story website will dump scores if not hundreds of cookies into your system. I've avoided the site ever since.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

59. cookie monsters

I'm very selective about taking cookies from strangers. DU is one of the select few from which I'll accept them. Once set up to manually allow or deny cookies, it's shocking how many sites want to bombard your system with them.

The little box -- "use my choice for all cookies from this site" -- stays checked. That makes the initial bombardment the only one.

[TheOther95Percent]

19. I wonder if she would roll on him.

She has to have been privy to some conversations that could land Trump in more hot water.

[Ilsa]

25. Mueller will offer her the deal. Trump will think

it is because she's pretty, and like a NY senator, would grant Mueller sexual favors for a deal. That's where trump's mind would go.

[Zoonart]

27. For all we know she was...

wired today when tRump yelled at her and called her stupid. Wouldn't that be sweet?

[Turbineguy]

24. It the age of trump

you lie all the time, you fuck up all the time. You just never admit it.

[House of Roberts]

31. Tells lies FOR the President?

I thought she said she tells lies TO the President!

[Gothmog]

33. For this thread

Link to tweet

[Hulk]

39. Thumbs up on that one.

Greedy, no soul, swamp dwellers. We are so stupid as a nation. So damned stupid.

[Hulk]

36. "How could she be so stupid"?? Money....no soul....no conscience....fame, gullible and just stupid.

There...answered that question in one rather simple sentence. ANYONE who has held on to this disgusting administration is a swamp dweller first class. Some of the lowest life forms...greedy, corrupt and lacking in ANY ethical standard whatsoever. That goes right up to this slime bucket, Kelly & Co.

[Sam McGee]

38. I'm hoping . . .

I'm really, really hoping that when he exploded all over her, she stood up, flashed the Big Finger, and said: "Go fuck yourself." And resigned.

[Beartracks]

42. Ew.

[nwduke]

43. Who in their right mind

Would work for this jackass! He would not only run over you, he would back up to make sure you were dead!

[SergeStorms]

44. For Donnie Dim-Wit, loyalty is a one way street.

And that loyalty traffic is always heading his way. He's thrown so many people under the bus that it's wheels don't touch the ground anymore.

Plus, she's "dated" just about every single (and some not single) guy in the Trump administration during the past year. She needs to move on to a different dating site. Here's a little tip for you Hope; don't get your meat where you get your bread. It shouldn't be that difficult for you to find a guy you don't work with.

[Dave Starsky]

52. She seems to have very flexible hip joints.

If you catch my drift.

[SergeStorms]

65. You know, she is very intelligent and talented.

Why she decided to hitch her wagon to Trump's cavalcade of criminals is beyond me. She would have done very well (and still may) in the private sector, but she decided early on to be part of 'Team Trump', and it's going to haunt her for the rest of her life. When the history books are written about this dark, seedy episode of American history, anyone connected to 'Don-the-Con' will not be judged lightly.
It's her life. She's entitled to screw it up any way she wants.

[Hugin]

46. Wait, she puts on her walking boots after being called stupid and not after being called tail?

Never mind all of that illegal stuff she did in between that somehow didn't rise to the level of quitting.

On the bright side the tea leaves say she's got a dirty Victoria's Secret stashed in the back of her closet that will come out when she's informed quitting a job is not grounds for acquittal.

[trusty elf]

49. White Lies Matter

[ProfessorGAC]

50. Clearly, The Term "Under Oath". . .

. . .is totally lost on the moron. To think someone is stupid because they won't commit perjury is as dumb as dumb can be.

[Thrill]

51. But telling her she was the best piece of ass

Someone has had, was ok with her?

[keithbvadu2]

53. WH ethics... Lies are OK... Admitting it is not

[lapfog_1]

54. Hope Hicks stmt on resignation

"I have no words to express my gratitude to President Trump for the opportunities afforded to me..."



I bet she has "no words".

[DonaldsRump]

58. Wonderful catch on Hopi's words.

Similar to the wonderful reference given by a former employer to a not-so-good former employee: "No one would be better at this job."

Hope, you did learn something!

[Sam McGee]

60. It's a question of grammar.

When the committee asked Hope this question, did they use the word "lie" or "lay?" After all, she did say she encountered a "little white one" from time to time . . . maybe there was a big misunderstanding.

[randr]

61. Maybe she realized for the first time

that she was working for a traitor?

[Kablooie]

63. An NY Times reporter said this had nothing to do with the reason she left.

The reporter said she couldn't explain how she knows about this but she does.

[Marcuse]

64. No slush fund attorney fees for you!