Tag Archives: Mick Mulvaney

Mulvaney Hopes Trump “Doesn’t Win The Nomination”

The Hill reports: Mick Mulvaney, who served as former President Trump’s acting White House chief of staff, on Monday said he hopes Trump does not win the 2024 GOP presidential primary if he runs for reelection. “We’ve got younger people, it’s time for Donald Trump to sort of go to the sideline, continue to push the policies that made him …

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Mulvaney: FBI Informant Must Be Very Close To Trump

Politico reports: Mick Mulvaney, the former Trump administration acting chief of staff, said on Thursday that the reported informant who tipped off authorities about where Donald Trump was storing classified documents at Mar-a-Lago would have to be “very close” to the former president. “This would be someone who was handling things on day to day, who knew where documents were, …

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TODAY: Mulvaney To Testify Before Jan. 6 Committee

CBS News reports: Former Trump White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney is scheduled to testify Thursday before the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol. Mulvaney had already left the Trump White House by Jan. 6, 2021. Mulvaney was ousted by Trump from his chief of staff role in March 2020, and Mulvaney resigned from his …

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Mulvaney: I Heard Meadows Had “Nervous Breakdown”

The Hill reports: Former acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney said that a “friend” who was in the White House during the Jan. 6 Capitol riot told him that Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows was experiencing “a little bit of both” incompetence and a “nervous breakdown” as the event unfolded. He said he was texting with a …

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Mulvaney Turns On Trump: It Will Get Worse From Here

The rats are abandoning the traitorous ship: Former White House official Mick Mulvaney is predicting things will “get worse” from here on out for his former boss Donald Trump, after explosive testimony before the January 6 congressional subcommittee on Tuesday. In a string of tweets, Mulvaney offered his own analysis of Cassidy Hutchinson’s testimony. The former White House aide alleged …

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New CBS Hire Mulvaney Attends Anti-Cheney Fundraiser

This is going just great: CBS’s newest contributor, former acting Trump Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney, attended a fundraiser Wednesday night for Rep. Liz Cheney’s primary opponent Harriet Hageman. CBS’s decision to hire Mulvaney raised eyebrows and sparked furor within the news organization as multiple journalists and CBS employees expressed their frustration with the move to the Washington Post. “I …

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CBS News Hires Former Trump Aide Mick Mulvaney

The Hill reports: Mick Mulvaney, a former Republican congressman from South Carolina and top aide to former President Trump, has been hired by CBS News to serve as a contributor, the network announced this week. Mulvaney appeared on CBS’s streaming service for the first time on Tuesday and was asked about President Biden’s recent budget proposal, the framework for which …

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Mulvaney: Trump Lied About Riot, I’d Still Vote For Him

“I was surprised to hear the President say that. Clearly there were people who were behaving themselves, and then there were people who absolutely were not. “But to come out and say that everyone was fine and there was no risk, that’s just manifestly false — people died, other people were severely injured. “It’s not right to say there was …

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Mulvaney Can’t Believe Rioters Took Trump Literally

USA Today reports: Former White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney told NBC News’ “Meet the Press” TV show Sunday that he doesn’t currently know “what’s going on inside the Oval Office now” and “inside the president’s head” following riots this week in Washington, D.C. Mulvaney announced his resignation Thursday as President Donald Trump’s special envoy to Northern Ireland after …

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Mulvaney Quits State Dept Over Rioting: “I Can’t Stay”

NBC News reports: President Donald Trump’s former chief of staff and current special envoy to Northern Ireland said Thursday that he’s resigning from his diplomatic post. “I called [Secretary of State] Mike Pompeo last night to let him know I was resigning from that. I can’t do it. I can’t stay,” Mick Mulvaney told CNBC in an exclusive interview. “Those …

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Mulvaney Turns On Giuliani: “This Isn’t A TV Program”

Politico reports: Former acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney on Wednesday slammed Rudy Giuliani’s leadership of the Trump campaign’s election-related legal challenges, saying the effort to reverse the presidential race’s outcome “is not a television program” and should be handled by more experienced attorneys. “I’m still a little concerned about the use of Rudy Giuliani. It strikes me …

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Mulvaney “Absolutely Guarantees” Peaceful Transfer

The Hill reports: Former White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney on Thursday guaranteed that President Trump would facilitate a peaceful transition of power if Democratic nominee Joe Biden wins the election. “If the process runs, and I expect it to run, and at the end of that process Joe Biden’s the president, you can absolutely guarantee a peaceful transition …

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Mulvaney Blasts Testing Delays For His Own Children

Mick Mulvaney writes in an op-ed for CNBC: I know it isn’t popular to talk about in some Republican circles, but we still have a testing problem in this country. My son was tested recently; we had to wait 5 to 7 days for results. My daughter wanted to get tested before visiting her grandparents, but was told she didn’t …

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Trump Hire Mick Mulvaney: Trump Doesn’t “Hire Well”

“I think if there was one criticism that I would level against the president is that he didn’t hire very well. He did not have experience in running government and didn’t know how to put together a team that could work well with him. “There is something that’s generally consistent with that list that you just gave, which a lot …

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Trump Ousts Chief Of Staff Mulvaney For Mark Meadows

The Daily Beast reports: President Trump named Rep. Mark Meadows (R-NC) as chief of staff on Friday evening. “I am pleased to announce that Congressman Mark Meadows will become White House Chief of Staff,” Trump wrote in a tweet. “I have long known and worked with Mark, and the relationship is a very good one.” He also said that ousted …

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Mulvaney: Media Hypes “Hoax” Virus To Hurt Trump

The New York Times reports: Mick Mulvaney, the acting White House chief of staff, on Friday blamed the media for exaggerating the seriousness of coronavirus because “they think this will bring down the president, that’s what this is all about.” Speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference, an annual gathering of conservative activists, Mr. Mulvaney played down concerns about the …

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Mulvaney: The GOP No Longer Cares About Deficits

Talking Points Memo reports: Acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney said the quiet part out loud on Wednesday night. Mulvaney reportedly admitted during a speech at an Oxford Union event in Britain that today’s Republican Party doesn’t honestly care about curtailing the now-staggering deficit when it comes to their preferred policies, according to an audio tape obtained by …

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Mulvaney Has “No Recollection” Matching Bolton’s

The Associated Press reports: Acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney is disputing former national security adviser John Bolton’s claims in his forthcoming book. Among the claims is an allegation that President Donald Trump told Bolton he wanted to withhold hundreds of millions of dollars in security aid from Ukraine until it helped investigate a Democratic political rival. Mulvaney …

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Senate Republicans Kill Bid For Mulvaney To Testify

The New York Times reports: Senate Republicans blocked a Democratic attempt on Tuesday to issue a subpoena summoning Mick Mulvaney, the acting White House chief of staff, to testify in President Trump’s impeachment trial. The 53-to-47 vote, which fell along party lines, was the latest effort by Democrats to force the inclusion of new evidence in the proceeding. Mr. Mulvaney …

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REPORT: Mick Mulvaney To Exit After Senate Trial

Talking Points Memo reports: Acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney is widely expected to leave his current position once the Senate wraps up its impeachment trial and the intense scrutiny of the West Wing settles down, according to five aides and confidants to President Donald Trump. Trump allies and White House aides, who have been nudging the president …

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