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riversedge

(70,095 posts)
Wed Aug 21, 2019, 12:36 PM Aug 2019

Katharine Gorka steps down as Customs and Border Protection press secretary after two months

Source: Cnn


By Geneva Sands, CNN
Updated 5:03 PM EDT, Tue August 20, 2019

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"I have served the administration for almost three years. I've decided it's time to spend more time with my family," she said, adding that it was "100%" her choice to leave the position.

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Acting CBP Commissioner Mark Morgan joined the agency in early July after a short stint at Immigration and Customs Enforcement. With Gorka's departure, both CBP and ICE will also be without a political appointee in their communications offices.

Gorka is married to Sebastian Gorka, the former deputy assistant to President Donald Trump, who was an outspoken and combative defender of the President's national security agenda, known for his dire warnings of Islamic terrorism while writing for Breitbart.

Before joining CBP on June 24, Katharine Gorka was a political appointee in the Homeland Security policy office who stirred controversy for her role in the department's efforts to combat violent extremism in the US. Over the past year, outside watchdog groups have requested records during her time as a senior adviser at DHS, with one group suing to get documents.

"We're suing to find out whether her extreme and biased views are driving Homeland Security resources away from real threats," said Democracy Forward spokeswoman Charisma Troiano in March. ....................................

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Katharine Gorka steps down as Customs and Border Protection press secretary after two months (Original Post) riversedge Aug 2019 OP
damn freak show. she never should have been there in the first place. EveHammond13 Aug 2019 #1
To spend more time with her Nazi and KKK friends dalton99a Aug 2019 #2
She should have chosen a better excuse not fooled Aug 2019 #3
"family" code for hoping to duck a shitstorm dixiegrrrrl Aug 2019 #5
The absurdity of it all awesomerwb1 Aug 2019 #4
I See She In Fact Is The Nazi's Wife Me. Aug 2019 #6
Apart from the Nazi, does she have family to spend time with? muriel_volestrangler Aug 2019 #7
Don't let the door hit ya where the good Lord split ya meow2u3 Aug 2019 #8
Translation vlyons Aug 2019 #9
This message was self-deleted by its author lunasun Aug 2019 #10

not fooled

(5,801 posts)
3. She should have chosen a better excuse
Wed Aug 21, 2019, 12:42 PM
Aug 2019

Retiring because she wants to spend more time with the repulsive mr. gorka is a very hard sell.




dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
5. "family" code for hoping to duck a shitstorm
Wed Aug 21, 2019, 12:54 PM
Aug 2019

pending investigation of her other position, most likely.

awesomerwb1

(4,265 posts)
4. The absurdity of it all
Wed Aug 21, 2019, 12:50 PM
Aug 2019

The wife of a Nazi getting a job at Customs and Border Protection.

Can't make this shit up. Unreal.

muriel_volestrangler

(101,271 posts)
7. Apart from the Nazi, does she have family to spend time with?
Wed Aug 21, 2019, 12:58 PM
Aug 2019

No mention of children on the Wiki page for them. There's a lot of difference between "spending more time with innocent kids" and "spending more time with a narcissistic bigot who lies a lot". If it's the latter, then there's no difference from working for Trump.

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