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29. Kari Lake latest losing candidate set to join Trump's second term team
Thu Dec 12, 2024, 01:13 PM
Dec 12

As Trump chooses Kari Lake to lead the Voice of America, a larger pattern is coming into focus: The president-elect is picking a lot of failed candidates.
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https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/kari-lake-latest-losing-candidate-set-join-trumps-second-term-team-rcna183937

Exactly eight years ago this week, there were reports of concerns among Voice of America officials that Donald Trump — in his first go-around as president-elect — might try to politicize the network’s coverage. Several years later, federal investigators determined that Michael Pack, a Trump-appointed official who helped oversee the VOA, did abuse the powers of his office.

Pack, it’s also worth noting, faced complaints from more than 30 whistleblowers during his tenure.

It’s against this backdrop that Trump is president-elect again, and he has someone new in mind for the network. NBC News reported:

President-elect Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he wants ally Kari Lake to be the next director of the Voice of America, a federal network that’s part of the U.S. Agency for Global Media. ... Lake said on X she was “honored” by Trump’s announcement. “Under my leadership, the VOA will excel in its mission: chronicling America’s achievements worldwide,” she said.


As NBC News’ report added, “The VOA’s stated mission is not to promote America’s achievements; rather, its website says it is ‘committed to providing comprehensive coverage of the news and telling audiences the truth.’”.....

As for Trump’s motivations, The New York Times published a related analysis that noted, “It’s a surprising development for a political figure who has long deployed the word ‘loser’ as an insult, and who tried to overturn the 2020 election rather than admit he lost it. But some of these Republicans lost their races in part because of their support for Trump — which means losing can make for winning politics in Washington when loyalty to Trump is the coin of the realm.”

All of which suggests the so-called “Team of Losers” list might yet grow longer.

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WTF ? dweller Dec 11 #1
I wish. highplainsdem Dec 11 #3
I thought she was going to be ambassador to Mexico. rsdsharp Dec 11 #2
No. Trump picked Ron Johnson (NOT the senator - a former ambassador to El Salvador) for that yesterday. highplainsdem Dec 11 #4
LOL HUAJIAO Dec 11 #10
It wasn't a joke. rsdsharp Dec 12 #11
Yeah, he's really flailing now. Hugin Dec 12 #15
That would have been fun. LeftInTX Dec 12 #17
On the bright side, she won't be "on-air talent"-- Jack Valentino Dec 11 #5
That was my immediate thought too. Which would all but ruin VoA as a Strategic tool. nt SomewhereInTheMiddle Dec 12 #16
Tokyo Rose action Prairie Gates Dec 12 #28
there's a spot for every loser NJCher Dec 11 #6
one suspects voa may be just a shell of its former self in importance nt msongs Dec 11 #7
Tokyo Rosa. Chipper Chat Dec 11 #8
This message was self-deleted by its author dalton99a Dec 11 #9
I always preferred the BBC World Report when I was overseas JoseBalow Dec 12 #12
R.I.P. V.O.A. RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Dec 12 #13
This will be like Russian state TV. oldmanlynn Dec 12 #14
VOA was a voice of democracy back in the day when shortwave radio was the worlds media choice yaesu Dec 12 #18
The next verse is the same as the first, but a little bit louder and a little bit worse - from 2020: muriel_volestrangler Dec 12 #19
And Trumpf never heard of Voice of America. Somebody in the GOP pyramid told him about it. C0RI0LANUS Dec 12 #20
From the Associated Press: mahatmakanejeeves Dec 12 #21
Kari Lake says terrible things about our country. travelingthrulife Dec 12 #25
Another barrel bottom scraping Pas-de-Calais Dec 12 #22
VOA sounds like a good place to start cutting the budget, right Elon? Ray Bruns Dec 12 #23
Change it's name to "Voice of an Asshole" mdbl Dec 12 #24
Disgraceful orangecrush Dec 12 #26
WE ARE CURRENTLY THE LAUGHING STOCK OF THE WORLD vapor2 Dec 12 #27
Kari Lake latest losing candidate set to join Trump's second term team LetMyPeopleVote Dec 12 #29
Kinda like putting Goebbels in charge of the BBC in 1939. Ping Tung Dec 12 #30
Spot on! C0RI0LANUS Dec 12 #31
"But Trump doesn't have the authority to unilaterally install Lake; the hire is dependent on......... riversedge Dec 12 #32
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