Sometimes it seems a campaign day doesn’t end without
discoveries of flaws in top staff hired by Republican presidential candidate
Donald Trump.
And not only are the people picked controversial, Trump also
seems to be waiting to near the end of the race to fill important jobs.
Trump had fired his field director in April.
TV show journalist Rachel Maddow compared Trump’s decision
to not name a new field director until this week to meeting “your spouse for
the first time on the curb” outside your wedding.
Maddow also was stunned that Trump picked the only person
fired by New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie for the New Jersey “Bridgegate
Scandal.” Christie, who already works for Trump though he remains governor, was
accused getting revenge against a mayor who had refused to support by creating
a false construction zone on one of America’s busiest bridges.
“The Fort Lee lane closure scandal, also known as
the George Washington Bridge lane closure scandal, or Bridgegate, is
a U.S. political scandal in which a staff member
and political appointees of New Jersey Governor Chris
Christie (R) colluded to create traffic jams in Fort Lee, New Jersey, by closing lanes at
the main toll plaza for the
upper level of the George Washington Bridge,” according to
Wikipedia.
“The incident was investigated from a few possible motives.
The prevailing theory was that the lane closures were retribution against Fort
Lee's Mayor Mark Sokolich (D) for failing to
endorse Christie in the 2013 gubernatorial election.
That motive was alleged by federal prosecutors in May 2015, in charges
against Bridget Anne Kelly, former Deputy Chief of
Staff for Christie, and Bill Baroni and David
Wildstein, both of whom had been Christie-appointed officials at the
Port Authority. Wildstein pleaded guilty. The indictment charged that the three
conspired to commit fraud by illegally exploiting Port Authority resources for
political ends. Investigators had also examined other possible motives,”
Wikipedia said.
Trump this week named Bill Stepien as field director of his
get out the vote campaign. The York Times said Stepien was fired for his role
in “Bridgegate.” The scandal ended Christie’s presidential campaign, but he
latched on with Trump.
Last week Trump’s former campaign director, Paul Manafort,
was replaced when he was accused of having ties with the Kremlin.
Clinton campaign director Robby Mook had accused Trump himself
of refusing to “disclose
deep financial ties that potentially reach into the Kremlin, which could
influence his foreign policy decisions. None of this is being disclosed.”
Maddow, who has begun her Trump “personnel scandal of the
day” on her MSNBC show, said the hiring of Stepien was “not even remotely the
scandal of the day.
Media outlets were reporting scandals involving Stephen
Bannon, the former editor of the rightwing “Breitbart” website.
“Barely a week into the job, Donald Trump’s new campaign CEO is already facing harsh scrutiny over a 20-year-old domestic-violence charge and an allegation of voter-registration fraud.
“Barely a week into the job, Donald Trump’s new campaign CEO is already facing harsh scrutiny over a 20-year-old domestic-violence charge and an allegation of voter-registration fraud.
“On Thursday night, the New York Post and
other outlets reported that Stephen Bannon was charged with misdemeanor
domestic violence, battery, and dissuading a witness in 1996, after an
altercation with his then-wife in Santa Monica, California.” the Atlantic
reported.
“Early Friday morning, Guardian
US added its own bombshell: Bannon and another ex-wife are
registered to vote at a vacant house in Florida, a key swing state. That registration
could be a violation of election laws, representing voter fraud,” the Atlantic
added.
Within hours he had been accused of anti-Semitism.
Newtekworldnews reported in detail about Trump’s ties with
Brexit leader Nigel Farage, now one of the most unliked personalties in Britain
because he helped lead the campaign to get out of the European Union.
“Farage joined Donald Trump on stage in the USA this week.
“Mr Farage was touted as something of a hero to the American people; the man who enabled we British people to take back our country but “that is bunkum.
“There were candidates from all political parties representing the Brexit and the BRemain camp.
“But the BRexit camp used huge lies, whoppers in fact, to win over voters.
“And there were plenty of people who voted leave for many reasons and needed no political persuasion.
“The UK is currently in a sort of no man's land. “It is still an EU member but with a majority of people voting to leave the EU the proverbial has hit the fan and continues to do so.
“The value of the pound is in freefall. The country waits and waits and the future looks vague at best.
“Mr Farage was touted as something of a hero to the American people; the man who enabled we British people to take back our country but “that is bunkum.
“There were candidates from all political parties representing the Brexit and the BRemain camp.
“But the BRexit camp used huge lies, whoppers in fact, to win over voters.
“And there were plenty of people who voted leave for many reasons and needed no political persuasion.
“The UK is currently in a sort of no man's land. “It is still an EU member but with a majority of people voting to leave the EU the proverbial has hit the fan and continues to do so.
“The value of the pound is in freefall. The country waits and waits and the future looks vague at best.
The Guardian reported: “What a thrill to see new life
breathed into the buddy demagogue movie in Jackson, Mississippi, on Wednesday night. You only had to look
at Nigel Farage’s little face to see how thrilled he was at the chance to play
the Danny Glover to Donald Trump’s Mel Gibson. As for Trump, he was all over
Nigel’s cheap suit like a cheap suit.”
For those who want a deeper, inside look at Trump himself
and his friends, read “The Making of Trump.” It details his ties and
friendships with mobsters and politicians.
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