Tue Jul 10, 2018, 11:45 AM

White House doesn't deny report Trump made secret deal with Kennedy over retirement, replacement

It's not supposed to work like this.
AARON RUPAR JUL 10, 2018, 9:24 AM

During an CNN interview on Tuesday morning, White House deputy press secretary Raj Shah did not deny an NBC report that outgoing Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy “received assurances” from President Trump that if he retired, Judge Brett Kavanaugh — one of Kennedy’s former clerks — would be nominated to be his replacement.

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Asked repeatedly if some sort of deal between Trump and Kennedy was struck before Kennedy announced his retirement, Shah dodged, saying things like “I’m not going to read out private conversations that Justice Kennedy had with either members of the White House or the president,” and, “Justice Kennedy can speak for himself.” But what Shah didn’t do is deny that the NBC report is accurate.

https://thinkprogress.org/trump-anthony-kennedy-brett-kavanaugh-corrupt-secret-deal-13fd59473ecf/

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White House doesn't deny report Trump made secret deal with Kennedy over retirement, replacement (Original post)	workinclasszero	Jul 2018	OP
The fix is in	SonofDonald	Jul 2018	#1
No doubt about that now huh?	workinclasszero	Jul 2018	#3
What else did Kennedy Get?	katmondoo	Jul 2018	#2
Most likely..............	workinclasszero	Jul 2018	#5
I got to think by the end of the day	exboyfil	Jul 2018	#4
Gorsch should be looked upon as a corrupt pick in more than one way it was also a key to Kennedy	MattP	Jul 2018	#6
K&R	uponit7771	Jul 2018	#7
Can't he do anything straight and honest?	ginnyinWI	Jul 2018	#8
As a leader that's a great skill to have	SonofDonald	Jul 2018	#9

Response to workinclasszero (Original post)

Tue Jul 10, 2018, 11:55 AM

SonofDonald (1,677 posts)

1. The fix is in

Not that we didn't know that already.

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Response to SonofDonald (Reply #1)

Tue Jul 10, 2018, 11:58 AM

workinclasszero (28,270 posts)

3. No doubt about that now huh?

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Response to workinclasszero (Original post)

Tue Jul 10, 2018, 11:58 AM

katmondoo (4,431 posts)

2. What else did Kennedy Get?

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Response to katmondoo (Reply #2)

Tue Jul 10, 2018, 12:07 PM

workinclasszero (28,270 posts)

5. Most likely..............

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Response to workinclasszero (Original post)

Tue Jul 10, 2018, 12:04 PM

exboyfil (11,480 posts)

4. I got to think by the end of the day

there will be a firm denial. Not sure they have thought through the implications given Kennedy's 5-4 decisions at the end of the term. Kennedy's legacy is definitely in jeopardy. He may go down in history as corrupt. You would have thought he knew better.

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Response to exboyfil (Reply #4)

Tue Jul 10, 2018, 12:09 PM

MattP (3,274 posts)

6. Gorsch should be looked upon as a corrupt pick in more than one way it was also a key to Kennedy

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Response to workinclasszero (Original post)

Tue Jul 10, 2018, 01:45 PM

uponit7771 (55,123 posts)

7. K&R

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Response to workinclasszero (Original post)

Tue Jul 10, 2018, 02:52 PM

ginnyinWI (17,015 posts)

8. Can't he do anything straight and honest?

I guess not. Always has to hedge his bets. Always has to have an angle.

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Response to ginnyinWI (Reply #8)

Thu Jul 12, 2018, 12:21 AM

SonofDonald (1,677 posts)

9. As a leader that's a great skill to have

But as every last flippin thing he does is about him and not about the country he's supposed to be leading it's a skill learned in criminal settings.

I don't understand why there's some people to whom it just hasn't dawned on yet that there's not only something wrong there's something terribly wrong.

Willfully dense or just plain clueless, I think they need to be shocked into reality, I hope Mr Mueller makes a few moves pretty soon.

With the dolts coverage finally swung from his reality to ours there's a new screw up being exposed daily it seems, I want more.

It isn't coincidence when you need pages to list every thing they claim as.

I can't flippin wait, this is going to be epic.

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