To throw one of his own hires under the proverbial bus….
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Donald Trump has said his controversial appointment as US postmaster general should lose his job if allegations of campaign finance violations against him are proved.
Louis DeJoy, a Trump donor and Republican party fundraiser appointed to his role in May this year, pressured employees at his former company into making donations to GOP candidates, it has been claimed.
As owner of New Breed Logistics, a North Carolina-based supply chain firm sold to XPO in 2014, Mr DeJoy often asked workers and managers to make donations to the campaigns of Republicans running for office, several former employees told the Washington Post.
It is alleged that staff who donated to Mr DeJoy’s favoured candidates would recieve company bonuses in return, with managers at the firm also expected to participate.
“Louis was a national fundraiser for the Republican party. He asked employees for money.
We gave him the money, and then he reciprocated by giving us big bonuses," David Young, a former human resources director who previously had access to New Breed’s payroll records, told the Post.
According to a Post analysis of campaign finance records dating back two decades, there was a “pattern of extensive donations by New Breed employees to Republican candidates.”
In a statement, Monty Hagler, a spokesperson for Mr DeJoy, said the postmaster general “regrets if any employee felt uncomfortable for any reason”.
Donald Trump generates a lot of noise. He talks. He tweets. He is echoed and amplified by a vast claque, on TV and online, made up of Americans and foreigners, humans and bots.
Never has he shouted louder than in the days since my colleague Jeffrey Goldberg reported the president’s disparaging comments about those who have fallen, been maimed, or taken prisoner in war.
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Amid the clamor, it’s easy to overlook those who are not yelling, those who are keeping silent.
Where are the senior officers of the United States armed forces, serving and retired—the men and women who worked most closely on military affairs with President Trump?
Has any one of them stepped forward to say, “That’s not the man I know”?
How many wounded warriors have stepped forward to attest to Trump’s care and concern for them?
How many Gold Star families have stepped forward on Trump’s behalf? How many service families?
The silence is resounding. And when such voices do speak, they typically describe a president utterly lacking in empathy to grieving families, wholly uncomprehending of sacrifice and suffering.
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And that’s it. Few former employees of the Trump administration praise him as a boss.
Few business partners speak of his honesty. Few tenants of Trump buildings have anything good to say about the homes he supposedly built.
Few officials of any city have been willing to celebrate any contribution to urban life. Few beneficiaries of any Trump philanthropy.
Imagine a man who has lived in the public eye for half a century, supposedly one of the country’s leading business figures, and when in trouble he struggles to summon credible or trustworthy witnesses from outside the Fox Cinematic Universe.
There’s just a gaping zero where goodness should be.
Obviously Stantis subscribes to Red propaganda, whatever his Never Trump cred may be. Biden’s demonstrated intellectual superiority to Trump. The only way Stantis wouldn’t know it is if he lives in the Fox bubble.
Some of the Trump agenda is standard for a Republican president. White-collar criminal prosecutions have hit a 33-year low.
The Justice Department defends state laws that could kick thousands off the voting rolls.
The National Labor Relations Board is now more sympathetic to employers than unions.
And military spending is on track to reach the same levels as during the height of the Iraq War.
But he’s gone further. While the media, understandably, focuses on Trump’s many scandals, his administration has quietly enacted a far more aggressive agenda than his Republican predecessors.
Big boosts to fossil fuel production have come at the expense of an unprecedented deterioration in air quality.
Tens of thousands of people have lost health insurance by administrative fiat, and millions are in the process of losing their nutritional assistance through the same mechanism.
He’s remade the judiciary, installing conservative judges at twice Obama’s pace, and he’s consolidated a conservative majority on the Supreme Court that may endure for decades.
Tax changes were Trump’s biggest legislative accomplishment, creating a huge windfall for wealthy shareholders and small gains for the middle class — with revenue losses much larger than initially forecast.
He’s also undertaken significant but little-noticed alternations in supervision of Wall Street that increase the riskiness of the banking system, plus drastic changes to immigration policy that go far beyond wall construction.
Kurtass about 4 years ago
I wonder if trump will wear a wire like GW did.
Cheapskate0 about 4 years ago
Back to cheap shots at Biden.
Which wouldn’t be so bad if he would only once in a while take a few shots at Republicans.
Only occasionally does he take a shot or two at Trump – but always follows it up with stuff like this.
Remember: Ten years of bunny strips (Hillary). Nothing like that for the skunk. And other Republicans, not at all. Only Democrats.
Silly Season about 4 years ago
What?
Trump is always ready!
To throw one of his own hires under the proverbial bus….
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Donald Trump has said his controversial appointment as US postmaster general should lose his job if allegations of campaign finance violations against him are proved.
Louis DeJoy, a Trump donor and Republican party fundraiser appointed to his role in May this year, pressured employees at his former company into making donations to GOP candidates, it has been claimed.
As owner of New Breed Logistics, a North Carolina-based supply chain firm sold to XPO in 2014, Mr DeJoy often asked workers and managers to make donations to the campaigns of Republicans running for office, several former employees told the Washington Post.
It is alleged that staff who donated to Mr DeJoy’s favoured candidates would recieve company bonuses in return, with managers at the firm also expected to participate.
“Louis was a national fundraiser for the Republican party. He asked employees for money.
We gave him the money, and then he reciprocated by giving us big bonuses," David Young, a former human resources director who previously had access to New Breed’s payroll records, told the Post.
According to a Post analysis of campaign finance records dating back two decades, there was a “pattern of extensive donations by New Breed employees to Republican candidates.”
In a statement, Monty Hagler, a spokesperson for Mr DeJoy, said the postmaster general “regrets if any employee felt uncomfortable for any reason”.
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https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/louis-dejoy-postmaster-usps-campaign-finance-gop-trump-b405002.html
nosirrom about 4 years ago
Trump take no responsibility for anything. Especially for the people he hires.
Silly Season about 4 years ago
Donald Trump generates a lot of noise. He talks. He tweets. He is echoed and amplified by a vast claque, on TV and online, made up of Americans and foreigners, humans and bots.
Never has he shouted louder than in the days since my colleague Jeffrey Goldberg reported the president’s disparaging comments about those who have fallen, been maimed, or taken prisoner in war.
✁
Amid the clamor, it’s easy to overlook those who are not yelling, those who are keeping silent.
Where are the senior officers of the United States armed forces, serving and retired—the men and women who worked most closely on military affairs with President Trump?
Has any one of them stepped forward to say, “That’s not the man I know”?
How many wounded warriors have stepped forward to attest to Trump’s care and concern for them?
How many Gold Star families have stepped forward on Trump’s behalf? How many service families?
The silence is resounding. And when such voices do speak, they typically describe a president utterly lacking in empathy to grieving families, wholly uncomprehending of sacrifice and suffering.
✁
And that’s it. Few former employees of the Trump administration praise him as a boss.
Few business partners speak of his honesty. Few tenants of Trump buildings have anything good to say about the homes he supposedly built.
Few officials of any city have been willing to celebrate any contribution to urban life. Few beneficiaries of any Trump philanthropy.
Imagine a man who has lived in the public eye for half a century, supposedly one of the country’s leading business figures, and when in trouble he struggles to summon credible or trustworthy witnesses from outside the Fox Cinematic Universe.
There’s just a gaping zero where goodness should be.
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https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/09/everyone-knows-its-true/616138/
rossevrymn about 4 years ago
Oh, git off it, Stantisfernuthin!!!!!
William Robbins Premium Member about 4 years ago
Obviously Stantis subscribes to Red propaganda, whatever his Never Trump cred may be. Biden’s demonstrated intellectual superiority to Trump. The only way Stantis wouldn’t know it is if he lives in the Fox bubble.
Silly Season about 4 years ago
Some of the Trump agenda is standard for a Republican president. White-collar criminal prosecutions have hit a 33-year low.
The Justice Department defends state laws that could kick thousands off the voting rolls.
The National Labor Relations Board is now more sympathetic to employers than unions.
And military spending is on track to reach the same levels as during the height of the Iraq War.
But he’s gone further. While the media, understandably, focuses on Trump’s many scandals, his administration has quietly enacted a far more aggressive agenda than his Republican predecessors.
Big boosts to fossil fuel production have come at the expense of an unprecedented deterioration in air quality.
Tens of thousands of people have lost health insurance by administrative fiat, and millions are in the process of losing their nutritional assistance through the same mechanism.
He’s remade the judiciary, installing conservative judges at twice Obama’s pace, and he’s consolidated a conservative majority on the Supreme Court that may endure for decades.
Tax changes were Trump’s biggest legislative accomplishment, creating a huge windfall for wealthy shareholders and small gains for the middle class — with revenue losses much larger than initially forecast.
He’s also undertaken significant but little-noticed alternations in supervision of Wall Street that increase the riskiness of the banking system, plus drastic changes to immigration policy that go far beyond wall construction.
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https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/12/2/20970521/trump-administration-achievements
William Robbins Premium Member about 4 years ago
Wow, wordy new troll… and wrong on every point. New tack, apparently, for keeping the reluctant Trump voters.