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Ocelot II

(121,648 posts)
Sat Nov 2, 2024, 11:05 AM Nov 2

Here's how the "floating garbage" comedian got hired for the MSG hate-fest:

This disaster came about through the machinations of one Alex Bruesewitz, a Vance staffer, who had been instrumental in Vance's spreading the pet-eating lie about Springfield's Hatian residents.

One staffer in particular—a young activist named Alex Bruesewitz—helped convince Vance and his team that this was an opportunity to put his stamp on the campaign. Vance agreed. “Reports now show that people have had their pets abducted and eaten by people who shouldn’t be in this country,” the senator posted on X, catching the Trump campaign’s leaders entirely off guard. Figuring there was no use in half measures, Bruesewitz led Vance’s minions in blasting the social-media post around their networks and urging officials on other GOP campaigns, as well as at the Republican National Committee, to join Vance’s assault on the migrant community of Springfield.

Bruesewitz then managed to worm his way into the inner circles of the Trump campaign.
Technically a mid-level staffer—formally a liaison to right-wing media, informally a terminally online troll and perpetual devil on the campaign’s shoulder—Bruesewitz had grown his profile inside Trump’s orbit. The candidate’s appearances on various bro-themed podcasts were hailed as acts of strategic genius. But there was one guest booking Bruesewitz couldn’t secure: He wanted Trump to talk with Hinchcliffe on his show, Kill Tony. When word got around that Trump was looking for opening acts at the Garden, Bruesewitz made the introductions. Trump’s head of planning and production, Justin Caporale, ran with the idea. No senior staff ever bothered to vet Hinchcliffe themselves.

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/11/trump-2024-campaign-lewandowski-conway/680456/
and https://archive.ph/aC1tA
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Dennis Donovan

(27,780 posts)
3. How can you NOT vet your comedian? This was supposed to be Trump's HUGE closing message.
Sat Nov 2, 2024, 11:10 AM
Nov 2

He really has a shitty staff - no wonder they don't want any part of his potential administration.

gay texan

(2,916 posts)
6. I read that article
Sat Nov 2, 2024, 11:17 AM
Nov 2

Trump surrounded himself with yes men that couldn't manage their way out of a wet paper bag.

Typical for a bullshit artist

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