written by Joan McCarter / Daily Kos July 12, 2019
There’s another book coming about the ascendancy of Donald Trump to the White House, penned by Politico chief political correspondent Tim Alberta. The Washington Post got an advance copy of American Carnage and highlights the parts that demonstrate just how irredeemable the Republican Party is.
There’s former Republican National Committee aide Madeleine Westerhout, who “broke down crying, ‘inconsolable’ over Trump winning the election.†That was election night, 2016. Now? “To the amusement of her RNC peers, she was later chosen as the president’s executive assistant and now sits just outside the Oval Office,†Alberta writes. “Westerhout now tells others she would do almost anything for Trump, and he calls her ‘my beautiful beauty.'†There’s plenty more in the article about all the pre-election “never-Trumpers†who rolled over for the guy once he won: Sean Spicer, Reince Priebus, Sens. Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz. But three stand out: Mike Pence, Mick Mulvaney, and Paul Ryan.
Alberta writes that Karen “Mother†Pence didn’t want to appear in public with her husband after the infamous “grab ’em by the pussy†tape was released, and that Pence fundamentally disagreed with Trump on most key issues. ...they still love them some Trump...
https://www.alternet.org/2019/07/how-trump-swallowed-the-gop-whole-and-exposed-paul-ryans-craven-moral-failings/
Interesting look from the dark side.
