She didn't even make it as long as a Scaramucci!*
The ouster came as Ms. Zacharia was shadowed by questions about how she had presented her legal career and handled her first press briefing.
- Origin: It is named after Anthony Scaramucci, who served as White House Director of Communications for just 11 days in July 2017 during the first presidency of Donald Trump.
- Usage: People use it as a tongue-in-cheek metric to measure the short-lived tenures of political figures, public officials, or corporate leaders.
- Synonym: Often shortened to a "Mooch" (e.g., saying someone lasted "4 Mooches" in a job).
The more important issue is this: When will this nation fully open its eyes and ears to the lack of gravitas that exists in, and drives trump regime?
ReplyDeleteShe was definitely an idiot.
ReplyDeleteAre you the same anymouse that burps and farts fascist gems elsewhere?
ReplyDeleteCurious minds want to know.
That was me.
DeleteI wish Hegseth lasted that long.
ReplyDeleteThey need to do little bit more research before appointing someone to a public position. We have a history of really good press secretaries who come into a meeting prepared and not just someone who is attractive.
ReplyDeleteShe was ill prepared for for the job and didn't have the fact that she was a minority and gay to fall back on. Both of the past two administrations have had very good press spokes person Psaki, Leavitt were very competent the we had the DEI appointment who was a bobble head and the last one who was appointed because she was a supporter. One of the problems the press faces is with biden his spokesperson was visible and needed to speak for him because he couldn't and with trump he has to be in the news every minute so the press person takes on a passive role.
Now who is next?
Of course. MAGA sentiments carrying zero validity. Except for MAGA bobbleheads.
DeletePer your comment below I know this is you skud. And I'm taking you to task for your bigoted ways. Shaw says you aren't a racist but jello shots to the moon you sure do walk and talk like one.
DeleteI did some fact checking about the performance of Karine Jean-Pierre. Sure, mainstream journalists were miffed when she'd reply to their questions with "I have nothing on that" or "I have nothing more to add". That's not saying she didn't know what the journalist was talking about, that's a press secretary doing their job when asked a question about a sensitive or classified matter. You wanted her to leak? You'd have condemned her for that too.
But of course you don't see that nuance. You go for the hair, the characterization that she was a bobblehead. How very male patriarchy, how systematically racist, and how on brand for who you are.
I've been practically begging you to do better but this is who you are. To say I'm disappointed is an understatement.
Oh, by the way, your harping on DEI hires is backfiring: this admin has all their loyalists in key places, not a DEI hire in the bunch. They are so incompetent that when they published the very important contract on SI (formally known as AI) they misspelled United States. Brilliant.
The topic of this post is Trump and you just had to bring in Biden. It's almost as if you have Democratic Presidential Derangement Syndrome. Might want to see if there is a cream of something. Looks painful.
Anon at 11:02 posted:
ReplyDelete"They need to do little bit more research before appointing someone to a public position."
Anon, et al...
What is left unsaid by everyone here is the utter incompetence of this administration. And the Zacharia appointment is simply more evidence of that incompetence.
Whatever the qualifications might be for serving as a presidential press secretary, there is one essential quality that ought to be nonnegotiable: truthful candor.
And since Trump's first term, we've been subjected to a parade of people at that particular podium who have demonstrated anything but.
First, Sean "This was the largest audience to ever witness an inauguration" Spicer.
Then Sarah "Countless FBI agents supported the firing of Comey" Sanders.
Then Kayleigh "President Trump never downplayed the coronavirus" McEnany.
Then Karoline "The Biden administration planned to spend $50 million on condoms for Gaza" Leavitt.
And now, Katie "I passed the bar in China" Zacharia.
What does all this say?
In August 2015, candidate Donald Trump promised the American people:
"I'm going to surround myself only with the best and most serious people. We want top-of-the-line professionals."
Clearly, he was either lying or badly mistaken.
Because even a cursory examination of his press secretaries suggests that he has surrounded himself with anything but "the best and most serious people."
And the rot goes much deeper into his administration.
How could a serious administration approve and recommend Zacharia for a position in the White House? Did nobody check her legal background? Did nobody bother to verify her claims about passing the bar?
Be honest, my conservative, MAGA-supporting friends.
There are two troubling possibilities.
Either the administration did its due diligence, discovered the problems, and recommended a flawed candidate to Trump anyway, or those responsible for vetting her failed to do their jobs and misrepresented her qualifications to the president.
Neither possibility inspires much confidence.
But it doesn't end there.
We have an ambassador reportedly caught pressuring a wealthy donor to pay her American Express bill.
A Secretary of Defense publicly calls for the execution of a prisoner, drawing enthusiastic support from evangelical sycophants, before Trump himself takes that option off the table.
And then there's the White House, at Trump's direction, publicly siding with Russia in its invasion of Ukraine.
This might be the worst week for a White House since Richard Nixon's resignation back in 1974.
What we're witnessing isn't merely a series of isolated mistakes or embarrassing appointments. It's a pattern of incompetence, dishonesty, and extraordinarily poor judgment.
And that pattern begins at the top.
Trump promised us the best people. Instead, we're watching an administration whose failures are increasingly impossible to ignore.
With the very real possibility of Democrats taking control of both the House and Senate in the coming elections, the pressure is mounting.
And as Trump panics, the incompetence of those around him is becoming more apparent by the day.
Speaking of Trump and incompetence and dishonesty, he's still promoting the incredibly stupid lie that children in grammar schools get sex change operations without their parents' consent.
DeleteHoping for competence, honest candor, integrity, and actual service to improve on America's deep issues from the trump regime is like expecting elephants to fly.
ReplyDeleteIOW's Dave is right. The embarrassment and disgrace the trump regime successfully places on America almost daily now is only going to worsen.
America has lost the respect it once had with most nations on the planet.
Ms. Shaw, Sorry but you are mistaken "Yes, under specific state laws, teenagers aged 15 and older can legally consent to medical and surgical gender-affirming care without parental permission, though public data shows actual surgeries for minors are exceedingly rare." One is to many (INMO).
ReplyDeleteDave, Press secretaries are to follow directions given to them by the administration but they should know what is going on. The curly top one said she didn't know the answer more than she provided one. She also said biden was competent when she spent time with him and was either stupid or lied.
BTW that was me as anon 1102, sometimes I get logged out and if I don't verify my sign in it posts as anon.
In some states, minors aged 15 and older can legally consent to certain medical transgender procedures without parental consent, though this is rare and generally restricted to non-surgical medical care.
DeleteWhile the vast majority of U.S. states require parental approval for a minor to access any form of transition-related care—and roughly half of all states have banned gender-affirming care for minors entirely—a few jurisdictions operate under broader medical consent laws that extend to gender-affirming care.
Even in states like Oregon where minors 15 and older can consent to medical care independently, surgical procedures remain heavily restricted.
• National medical guidelines and hospital protocols within the United States heavily restrict surgical interventions for individuals under 18.
Major healthcare providers across the country almost universally require explicit parental or guardian consent—and often extensive mental health evaluations—before performing any major surgical procedure on a minor, except in highly rare legal situations involving fully emancipated youth.
The truth is in the details, skud.
Skud said... "Dave, Press secretaries are to follow directions given to them by the administration but they should know what is going on. The curly top one said she didn't know the answer more than she provided one."
ReplyDeleteNice job Skud. In a post about Trump, you couldn't resist the Biden Administration could you? But it's worse. As someone married to a "curly top", your description of Biden Press Sec Karine Jean Pierre is both racist, uncaring and offensive.
You could have kept the same criticism without bringing her hair, which she was born with, into the discussion. But racists, or at best, racially insensitive ppl sometimes can't help themselves.
Because y'all think those remarks are just "good, clean humor."
Finally... if "Press secretaries" are to follow directions from the Admin, as you claim, what you are saying is all of Trump's Press Secretaries have lied at his behest.
Not shaded the truth, not evaded giving an answer, not said I'll get back to you, but they have been instructed, by the POTUS, to lie to the press and by extension, America.
I agree with you.
And Zacharia's problem is that unlike Leavitt et al, she's not a good liar. So he fired her.
Word on the street is Susie Wiles did NOT like Zacharia at all. She set up that interview with Hannity and by the next day poor Katie was gone.
ReplyDeleteI didn't like the lady. Honestly, she said on air more than once that she was a corporate lawyer or a lawyer so.... not sure how the vetting team missed this one. LOL No, I know why they didn't. To a person the foot soldiers are loyalists, no independent thought required. If the direct command wasn't given they didn't go the extra mile to ensure the admin wouldn't be embarrassed. Mistake or malicious compliance? Could be both.
No Ms. Shaw, you stated trump lied that children in grammar schools get sex change operations without their parents' consent. I merely provided proof that he was correct. As you state, the truth is in the details.
ReplyDeleteDave, This was about incompetence with press secretaries. My description of jean-pierre was descriptive just like some leftist folks referring to the blond bimbo when describing the latest spokesperson. BTW how is curly top racist? I do realize that everything said from the right is racist but that is expected. When in doubt, call racism and they will back down look at those who criticized the swell guy.
CHILDREN IN GRAMMAR SCHOOL DO NOT GET SEX CHANGE OPERATIONS. GRAMMAR SCHOOLS DO NOT EMPLOY SURGEONS TO OPERATE ON CHILDREN. Trump has stated more than once that this happens, that children go to school as one sex, and then come home as another.
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DeleteMajor healthcare providers across the country almost universally require explicit parental or guardian consent—and often extensive mental health evaluations—before performing any major surgical procedure on a minor, except in highly rare legal situations involving fully emancipated youth.
Sjud asked this... "My description of jean-pierre was descriptive just like some leftist folks referring to the blond bimbo when describing the latest spokesperson. BTW how is curly top racist?"
ReplyDeleteWell Skud, it works like this, and remember, I even added the caveat that it could be racially insensitive, depending on the person.
So... here's how it works. If a person says something offensive, racist, insensitive, etc., and it gets called out, as I did with your use of "curly top", the immediate response matters.
Your immediate response was essentially a defense, as opposed to a mea culpa, I did not mean to offend respond. Your response was not, "Wow, I was unaware, help me get better", it was other people say bad stuff too.
I'm not going to spend my time educating you on whether middle aged white guys making a nick name out of a black woman's hair is offensive or racist. Because if my 2026 you have not already learned that, you're unlikely to accept any explanation.
The remark was part of a series of racist tropes while have used for years towards black people, then you shrouded it in the "but it's true" defense. It's like calling a black person a darkie. True? Maybe. Racist? 100%.
But again, you've made your mind up. You live by the MAGA credo of no political correctness and never apologize, never accept anything you say should be offensive, and never admit when you are wrong.
Because you never are.
This is just another example.
Dave, I will ask again, how is calling someone curly top racist. Don Imus called a female basketball team nappy-headed and was excoriated for it being a racial statement. Shirley Temple was called curly top so I guess it was a racist statement.
ReplyDeleteHere is an idea. Lets refer to people as people. We can't say man or women, we can't say black, white, Asian we have to refer to everyone as people unless that offends the binary crowd, which I'm sure it will. Of course this would not give the identity crowd anything to be offended by or the I can't provide for myself because I am discriminated against so it probably won't work but lets see how it goes.
I’ve come across many people who don’t like to be corrected when they use insensitive or racially loaded words to describe people who don’t look like them.Usually, not always, but usually, these people are majority white people who have been used to using insensitive terms about people who are not the white majority. In the past, no one corrected them, so they’ve never understood how certain terms can insult people. That’s because we’ve become, or are becoming, better at taking into consideration other people‘s feelings or other peoples sensitivities. I’m old enough to remember when I heard grown-ups referred to people with dark skin as “jiggaboos,” It was quite common. I heard this as a child and had no idea what it meant until an adult told me it referred to people with dark skin. Why do you suppose people no longer use that term? Could it be because it was offensive? Well, there were other terms you’ve been informed that fit that description when they are used to describe minorities! In my lifetime, we’ve come a long way away from using stereotypical words to refer to minorities.
ReplyDeleteBecause my heritage is Italian, when I was a kid many people called me “meatball,” “dago,” “wop!” Well, they don’t do that to young Italian American children anymore. Can you understand why? These are a few examples. But to refer to someone by how she wears her hair or what kind of food they eat is considered stereotyping. And polite people don’t use those terms.
It’s difficult to give up habits we’ve had since we were children, but once you do, it can be very liberating. And it can make people more respectful toward people who do not look like them.
skud, great start to your comment. But... In you just couldn't help yourself, could you?
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