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riversedge

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Thu Feb 13, 2020, 02:40 PM Feb 2020

Trump rehires Reince Priebus and Sean Spicer to White House roles [View all]

Source: raw story





Published 1 min ago on February 13, 2020


President Donald Trump has rehired his former chief of staff Reince Priebus and former press secretary Sean Spicer almost three years after both men unceremoniously departed the White House.

This article was originally published at Salon

Priebus and Spicer will each join the President’s Commission on White House Fellowships, according to a White House announcement Tuesday. As a part of the commission, the pair will interview and recommend to their former boss national finalists for appointments.
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Spicer, who resigned in July 2017 out of dissatisfaction with the hiring of Anthony Scaramucci as communications director, courted controversy for repeatedly telling lies on behalf the president. Among those were false claims that Trump’s inauguration had the biggest crowds in history, that the president would have won the popular vote in the 2016 if not for voter fraud, that former President Barack Obama wiretapped Trump Tower and that Adolf Hitler had not used chemical weapons............................

Read more: https://www.rawstory.com/2020/02/trump-rehires-reince-priebus-and-sean-spicer-to-white-house-roles/



I thought this was the Onion when I first saw the headline. Trump is recycling his trash.

But I saw Reices Pieces a few weeks ago on Fox and asked--why? I though he joined the Navy--???
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Next rehire: Misha "Moscow" Mikey Flynn Leghorn21 Feb 2020 #1
THis is getting really strange. n/t katmondoo Feb 2020 #2
Yes, this is a symptom of something. Mike 03 Feb 2020 #9
Hail, hail, the gang's all here What the heck do we care What the heck do we care riversedge Feb 2020 #42
I think it's more indicative that he has no trust in his current cadre of *advisors* Texin Feb 2020 #45
It's not a good sign, and Trump knows better. BKDem Feb 2020 #54
Second Childhood True Blue Drew Feb 2020 #62
I heard that Hope Hicks MontanaMama Feb 2020 #3
Yes, she is! Mike 03 Feb 2020 #10
Does he consider this his "dream team" MontanaMama Feb 2020 #13
She's his "wet dream team."... lastlib Feb 2020 #41
Gah!!! MontanaMama Feb 2020 #48
Can just imagine snowybirdie Feb 2020 #57
He forgot Rebl2 Feb 2020 #75
Yes, this ought to be interesting. LisaM Feb 2020 #20
Wouldn't that be something? MontanaMama Feb 2020 #50
I saw that here on DU too. Jamastiene Feb 2020 #70
she's coming back to babysit. mopinko Feb 2020 #71
I was gonna say that Hope was back MontanaMama Feb 2020 #72
Obviously can't find anymore people to work for him...no one wants to work for such a ... SWBTATTReg Feb 2020 #4
Looks like Trumpie tapped the HR well leftieNanner Feb 2020 #5
".... Melissa McCarthy back on SNL as Spicey???" Talitha Feb 2020 #60
After the way he treated them, why on earth would they go back? The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2020 #6
Maybe because shit tends to clump together? cstanleytech Feb 2020 #11
THAT made me laugh out loud. MontanaMama Feb 2020 #15
because there isn't enough suffering in the world DBoon Feb 2020 #51
I thought about that question too. Jamastiene Feb 2020 #68
Getting the old gang back together. SamKnause Feb 2020 #7
When you get the old gang back together you also get Mike 03 Feb 2020 #24
Good heavens... Someone warn me before he announces Bannon's return... hlthe2b Feb 2020 #8
Maybe to lock in the KKK voters? Of course you would think he would have already locked them in as cstanleytech Feb 2020 #18
You gotta know that's next. Bannon has been kissing up to Trump nonstop. SunSeeker Feb 2020 #21
eeks. I did not even think of that horrible thought! riversedge Feb 2020 #38
If they are working for him they can't write books. redstatebluegirl Feb 2020 #12
Or be required Lindsay Feb 2020 #16
The leaks will still come out . . . Iliyah Feb 2020 #14
oh my... stillcool Feb 2020 #17
He's already went through everyone else now he has to rehire people. blueinredohio Feb 2020 #19
Must be why he wants a light sentence for Roger Stone.😳🥵 lkinwi Feb 2020 #22
Bring back the Mooch! IronLionZion Feb 2020 #23
😄😄😄 Drum Feb 2020 #63
I hope he brings back Bannon Mike 03 Feb 2020 #25
Melissa McCarthy and SNL might like the news about Sean Spicer Sanity Claws Feb 2020 #26
Ha! Mme. Defarge Feb 2020 #36
Gettin' weird, yinz guys... BusyBeingBest Feb 2020 #27
How stupid can two political operatives be. Here is the answer. Unbelievably stupid! usaf-vet Feb 2020 #28
Rinse! Blues Heron Feb 2020 #29
If he is as far into dementia murielm99 Feb 2020 #30
maybe he's buying silence. Grasswire2 Feb 2020 #31
Well, after all, they've learned their lesson. nt eppur_se_muova Feb 2020 #32
Bwa-hahhahhahhah!!!! hatrack Feb 2020 #74
Here's a theory that came to me: Mme. Defarge Feb 2020 #33
Slim pickings these days. lamp_shade Feb 2020 #34
Symptomatic of Alzheimer's if not advanced: he's only able to go back in time (say, more than machoneman Feb 2020 #35
Either Trump can not get anyone,or he really is True Blue American Feb 2020 #47
Por que no los dos? hatrack Feb 2020 #73
He is rehiring everybody that he needs to keep their mouth shut! There is mfcorey1 Feb 2020 #37
Dance (ahem) lessons from Sean. n/t cloudbase Feb 2020 #39
Maybe it's an audition for... N_E_1 for Tennis Feb 2020 #40
He didn't get very far on that one did he? llmart Feb 2020 #43
Agree N_E_1 for Tennis Feb 2020 #44
Towards the end, Reince Priebus became one of the major suck-ups in the room saying, keithbvadu2 Feb 2020 #46
Yep. empedocles Feb 2020 #58
Wash, Reince, repeat. maddogesq Feb 2020 #49
I wonder what they had to pay them to come back? Frustratedlady Feb 2020 #52
What worse than having Trump Admin on your resume? C_U_L8R Feb 2020 #53
Why not dig up Roy Cohen's corpse ? rickford66 Feb 2020 #55
Love to see he's snowybirdie Feb 2020 #56
Uh . . . Okay? DarthDem Feb 2020 #59
Any word on Omarosa? Talitha Feb 2020 #61
He needs help with witty replies to Mike Bloomberg Red Mountain Feb 2020 #64
Everything old is new again Drum Feb 2020 #65
trump is afraid they'll start flapping their gums... mmbrevo Feb 2020 #66
He's restocking the swamp packman Feb 2020 #67
So...the reality show is going into reruns, huh?? Maeve Feb 2020 #69
Spicey couldn't make it on "Dancing with the Stars"... George II Feb 2020 #76
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