Spicer: Diplomats Should Either Back Immigration Order Or Leave

[DonViejo]

Source: Talking Points Memo

By CAITLIN MACNEAL Published JANUARY 30, 2017, 3:00 PM EDT

White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer on Monday afternoon responded to reports that a group of U.S. diplomats were [link:http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/exclusive-us-diplomats-filing-dissent-immigration-ban/story?id45135038drafting a memo] to condemn President Donald Trump's executive order denying entry to people from seven predominantly Muslim countries.

Spicer said that the career State Department employees should either fall in line behind Trump and his executive order or leave the agency.

"I think that they should get with the program or they can go," Spicer said at the daily press briefing, referring to State Department staff who "have a problem" banning people from the seven countries.

Spicer defended the executive order, insisting that it was about safety and arguing that the order "has been blown way out of proportion and exaggerated."

Read more: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/spicer-state-department-memo-opposition

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Spicer Melts Down: Criticizing Holocaust Remembrance Statement Is 'Pathetic'

By ESME CRIBB Published JANUARY 30, 2017, 2:46 PM EDT

White House press secretary Sean Spicer went on a tear Monday about criticism of the Trump administration's statement commemorating International Holocaust Memorial Day, saying that those "picking on" the statement's failure to explicitly mention Jews are "pathetic" and "nitpicking."

"The statement was written with the help of an individual who's both Jewish and the descendent of Holocaust survivors," Spicer told reporters at a White House daily briefing. "To suggest that remembering the Holocaust and acknowledging all of the people, Jewish, Gypsies, priests, disabled, gays and lesbians, it is pathetic that people are picking on a statement."

He cited an Republican National Committee statement issued at Christmas that reporters similarly seized upon.

"I remember we issued a statement at Christmastime calling Christ the king and many reporters that are in this room and otherwise started wondering if we were referring to the king as the President-elect," Spicer said, his voice rising in volume. "Do you know how offensive that was to Christians?"

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http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/spicer-melts-down-holocaust-statement-criticism-pathetic-nitpicking

[TranssexualKaren]

1. Everyone has a right to their own opinion!!!

Just because you have entered government service shouldn't mean you have lost the right to speak out on the issues.

[OKIsItJustMe]

19. Well, diplomats are notoriously uh... well... undiplomatic

Seriously, trying to make a career diplomat seem unreasonable is perverse.

Can they really afford to lose more people at the State Department?

[bucolic_frolic]

2. RESIST

It's what any Americans who don't support the shakedown are doing

Support all who RESIST, peacefully and enthusiastically

[atreides1]

3. I don't believe this!!!

"The statement was written with the help of an individual who's both Jewish and the descendent of Holocaust survivors,"




But this is Baghdad Sean, and he's all about alternative facts....

[Angry Dragon]

7. of course he provided no name...just take my word for it

[onenote]

10. That's a reference to Jared, Trump's son-in-law.

Whose paternal grandparents were Holocaust survivors. Interesting that they wouldn't say it was Jared.

[chowder66]

12. That would be Trump's son-in-law wouldn't it? nt

[Fred Sanders]

4. Racists and bigots when confronted uniformly become very defensive, am I right, Spicer?

Kushner on the team will not help when the attacks turn from Muslims and Mexicans to Jews.

[karynnj]

5. Contrast this to John Kerry meeting at the State Department with the people who dissented

with the Syria policy, politely telling them that there was no international law that would support what they were asking for.

[zonkers]

6. Fuck Spicer from my late grandmother who lost 10 brothers and sisters in WWII.

[benld74]

8. Name PLEASE of said individual

who's both Jewish and the descendent of Holocaust survivors,


DONT they ask ????? in these events?

OR do they LIKE geting raked over THEIR coals for NOTHING!!!

STAND UP for chrise sake!!!!!!

[onenote]

13. It's Jared. They didn't want to say his name, but its him.

He fits the description to a T.

[Demit]

16. Steve Miller is Jewish as well. Don't know if he's descended from Holocaust survivors, though.

[Grimelle]

21. JaredKusher

wouldn't be the first Jew siding with anti-Semites to further their goals.
SAD

[onenote]

9. The dissent channel process has been in place for more than 40 years and users are protected

from reprisals.

Per the Foreign Affairs Manual:

a. You may use the Dissent Channel without fear of pressure or penalty. Discouragement of, or penalties for use of, the Dissent Channel are impermissible. Dissent Channel users who believe that they have been pressured or penalized for their use of the Dissent Channel, that negative comments have been made in their evaluation reports because of their use of the Dissent Channel, that the transmission of their Dissent Channel message has been deliberately delayed or prevented, that the existence of their Dissent Channel messages has been divulged to unauthorized personnel, or that the protection of their Dissent Channel message has been jeopardized by improper treatment, should make a report to the Inspector Generals Office via the OIG Channel, with copies to the Director of S/P. S/P will inform the Under Secretary for Management when such reports are received.

b. The Director of S/P and OIG will consult about any such allegations, and, if warranted, OIG will investigate and recommend action to the senior officers of the Department or appropriate agency (e.g., USAID). Officers or employees found to have engaged in acts of reprisal or retaliation against Dissent Channel users, or who have improperly divulged the use of the channel by discussing the content or identifying the user to unauthorized personnel, will be subject to disciplinary action, which may include administrative (such as a letter of reprimand, suspension, or termination), civil and, in rare cases, criminal penalties.

[Else You Are Mad]

11. No doubt..

The Trump administration did not know about this, nor does it care. As they have shown over the last week and a half, they don't care what were the prior rules, they will do what they want.

[onenote]

14. Contrast Spicer's comment about the dissent channel memo with Josh Earnest's:

In June, reports surfaced that a State Department dissent channel memo critical of President Obama's Syria policy was circulating. When asked about it during the daily press briefing, this is how Earnest responded: "the President approves of this well-established process at the State Department. There should be an opportunity for people who do have a dissent to register to do so. And that's a healthy part of the process. And, look, the President has long acknowledged how difficult the situation in Syria is, and so the President would certainly welcome new ideas that are put forward for confronting it."

Day, meet night.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

15. Whining from the man in his daddy's suit

[C_U_L8R]

17. Trump cannot handle dissent.

He's so terribly weak. What a boob.

[OKIsItJustMe]

18. AP: White House, US diplomats clash over travel order

https://apnews.com/386a51f317fa4df1844e17459818b6a9/White-House,-US-diplomats-clash-over-travel-order

[font size=5]White House, US diplomats clash over travel order[/font]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House clashed Monday with a large group of American diplomats who are voicing dissent with Donald Trump's temporary travel ban on citizens from seven Muslim majority countries, challenging them to resign if they aren't on board.

"They should either get with the program or they can go," Sean Spicer, Trump's press secretary, said.

In startling language, Spicer dismissed the criticism from what he called "career bureaucrats." While he later said Trump appreciates the work of public servants, Spicer said they should respect the desires of the American people and the importance Trump places on protecting the country.

"If somebody has a problem with that agenda, that does call into question whether they should continue in that post or not," Spicer said.

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[tanyev]

20. I guess that tells us why the sr. leadership at State suddenly resigned.

[raccoon]

22. See what bullies and assholes Trump and his minions are. "If you don't like it, leave it."

They're like, if you don't agree with them, you're the problem.

God, they chap my arse.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

23. Trump: My way or the highway. nt