"Hutchinson — who, let us not forget, diligently worked in in the Trump White House until this point"
This needs to be repeated over and over. She's in pictures happily laughing with some of The Worst Trump-Adjacent People, so she wasn't, y'know, uncomfortable. Also, she was an aide to Ted Cruz, so she has experience working with the Absolute Worst of Humanity. Whether or not her testimony leads to criminal charges against Trump or his associates . . .
<waits for hysterical laughter to die down>
she's probably just doing what everyone else who exited that cesspool did, which is launder her reputation to the point that she starts getting invited to parties and job interviews again (once the death threats die down).
I mean, yes, I do have sympathy for a 25 year old woman going against the apparatus that employed her and is now probably going to result in her having to go into some form of witness protection, but I'd be shocked if she isn't already eyeing a position in the DeSantis campaign.
Tim Murphy over at Mother Jones probably put it better:
"But perhaps we should be a bit more particular about applying the “hero” tag to anyone who spent that much time in Trump’s orbit, whether it’s a staffer, a vice president, or a member of the cabinet. Hutchinson signed up to help an aspiring autocrat wield power—she didn’t go undercover. It wasn’t exactly a mystery that Donald Trump was a vindictive goon who encouraged acts of violence among his supporters and treated everyone in his orbit like trash. Those were known knowns long before January 6th. They were known knowns long before November 8th, 2016 too. Lots of people were very clear about this. And she stuck with it over the course of a slow-motion coup that was quite easy to see happening from the outside. It was apparently even easier to see that happening from the inside. Providing an honest account of those days is the minimum threshold of accountability the public is owed after all this."
Not better, just differently. Both excellent reminders to not apply the word ‘hero’ to this woman who is doing the bare minimum now that she was called on the carpet. If she really put country over party or position she would have spoken up a long time ago.
Her actions after this will tell whether her testimony marks the beginning of character change or was merely the launching point to work for another fascist wannabe (DeSantis perhaps?). Time will tell.
One of the things that made trump’s White House amusing was that, unlike most pols who only have like 1-2 grifters floating in their orbit, with trump it was just grifters all the way down. So any time there was any heat it was all just rats fleeing a sinking ship with everyone happily stabbing their former coworkers’ in the back.
1000%. One of the weirdest and most fascinating sociological experiments that’s ever been run, to the massive detriment of our entire nation (and the world) 😂
I think we’ve all known about his extreme immaturity and psychopathy since he gleefully, willingly, crudely imitated and mocked a disabled reporter.
To call him a toddler is an insult to toddlers though. 😏 All the toddlers I’ve known were wonderful budding human beings - full of energy, curiosity, pure joy and eager to learn. The waste of space known as donald trump has never possessed even a sliver of those qualities.
The more I hear about this, the more I am convinced that the January 6th committee will accidentally convict Steve Cohen (D-TN) for telling Marsha Blackburn to jump off a bridge in 2018.
strong "and I saw one of the babies and the baby looked at me" vibes in the limo story. I think if she had continued it would have ended up with "and the president pooped himself and it smelled so bad they all died"
Think of all the energy trump expended from his battery’s reserve on his failed choke out maneuver! Think of the shortened lifespan he’ll now have because he wasted so much effort and filled his diaper over the prospect of not being able to march shoulder to shoulder with his hog supporters. What a waste.
"Hutchinson — who, let us not forget, diligently worked in in the Trump White House until this point"
This needs to be repeated over and over. She's in pictures happily laughing with some of The Worst Trump-Adjacent People, so she wasn't, y'know, uncomfortable. Also, she was an aide to Ted Cruz, so she has experience working with the Absolute Worst of Humanity. Whether or not her testimony leads to criminal charges against Trump or his associates . . .
<waits for hysterical laughter to die down>
she's probably just doing what everyone else who exited that cesspool did, which is launder her reputation to the point that she starts getting invited to parties and job interviews again (once the death threats die down).
I mean, yes, I do have sympathy for a 25 year old woman going against the apparatus that employed her and is now probably going to result in her having to go into some form of witness protection, but I'd be shocked if she isn't already eyeing a position in the DeSantis campaign.
Tim Murphy over at Mother Jones probably put it better:
"But perhaps we should be a bit more particular about applying the “hero” tag to anyone who spent that much time in Trump’s orbit, whether it’s a staffer, a vice president, or a member of the cabinet. Hutchinson signed up to help an aspiring autocrat wield power—she didn’t go undercover. It wasn’t exactly a mystery that Donald Trump was a vindictive goon who encouraged acts of violence among his supporters and treated everyone in his orbit like trash. Those were known knowns long before January 6th. They were known knowns long before November 8th, 2016 too. Lots of people were very clear about this. And she stuck with it over the course of a slow-motion coup that was quite easy to see happening from the outside. It was apparently even easier to see that happening from the inside. Providing an honest account of those days is the minimum threshold of accountability the public is owed after all this."
Not better, just differently. Both excellent reminders to not apply the word ‘hero’ to this woman who is doing the bare minimum now that she was called on the carpet. If she really put country over party or position she would have spoken up a long time ago.
Her actions after this will tell whether her testimony marks the beginning of character change or was merely the launching point to work for another fascist wannabe (DeSantis perhaps?). Time will tell.
One of the things that made trump’s White House amusing was that, unlike most pols who only have like 1-2 grifters floating in their orbit, with trump it was just grifters all the way down. So any time there was any heat it was all just rats fleeing a sinking ship with everyone happily stabbing their former coworkers’ in the back.
They are all an excellent case study in negative human behavior aren’t they?
1000%. One of the weirdest and most fascinating sociological experiments that’s ever been run, to the massive detriment of our entire nation (and the world) 😂
We'll probably find out tomorrow that she has a "tell-all" book coming out and this is media publicity for it.
Every point you made is spot on.
I think we’ve all known about his extreme immaturity and psychopathy since he gleefully, willingly, crudely imitated and mocked a disabled reporter.
To call him a toddler is an insult to toddlers though. 😏 All the toddlers I’ve known were wonderful budding human beings - full of energy, curiosity, pure joy and eager to learn. The waste of space known as donald trump has never possessed even a sliver of those qualities.
The more I hear about this, the more I am convinced that the January 6th committee will accidentally convict Steve Cohen (D-TN) for telling Marsha Blackburn to jump off a bridge in 2018.
Lol. Incapable of parody.
Satire has been getting dunked on repeatedly by reality for at least a decade now. The Washington generals to our darkest timeline’s globetrotters.
strong "and I saw one of the babies and the baby looked at me" vibes in the limo story. I think if she had continued it would have ended up with "and the president pooped himself and it smelled so bad they all died"
Ms. Hutchinson said what we all were thinking...
Think of all the energy trump expended from his battery’s reserve on his failed choke out maneuver! Think of the shortened lifespan he’ll now have because he wasted so much effort and filled his diaper over the prospect of not being able to march shoulder to shoulder with his hog supporters. What a waste.