Have you ever asked yourself, “How does Trump budget director and acting WH chief of staff Mick Mulvaney — or someone with his same name and background — perform in online trivia?” Of course not, but a HuffPost reporter has broken the story nonetheless:
it appears that mick mulvaney is getting his ass kicked in his private trivia league https://t.co/mVsewzRmTv
— Ashley Feinberg (@ashleyfeinberg) March 29, 2019
also, i'm @pbump now https://t.co/mVsewzRmTv pic.twitter.com/JOmdtwURz3
— Ashley Feinberg (@ashleyfeinberg) March 29, 2019
What’s great about Mick Mulvaney being bad at trivia is — among every Member I’ve covered — I can’t think of another person who’d be more embarrassed about being bad at trivia.
The greatest gap between how smart he thinks he is, and how smart he is. https://t.co/N38CtBp78D
— Matt Fuller (@MEPFuller) March 29, 2019
Step aside, Woodward & Bernstein!
Modern journalism is important and worth saving. https://t.co/pNTPByT6mg
— eric (@eriContrarian) March 29, 2019
Can you say “Pulitzer”?
and some people say journalism is in crisis https://t.co/cEm5wv60vW
— Sean Soendker Nicholson (@ssnich) March 29, 2019
This sure disproves that! *Eye roll*
Publicly shaming someone for private trivia game losses? (Which indicates he didn’t cheat, incidentally.) Your journalism skills deserve better. pic.twitter.com/Gpu9PUlrXJ
— Nicole Neroulias (@NicoleMN6) March 29, 2019
I am in this trivia league and I refuse to condemn Mick Mulvaney for how stupid it can make you feel. https://t.co/VMcC8lpzrq
— The Shrimp Muppet (@bosum32) March 29, 2019
Hey @ashleyfeinberg, I’m sending you an invite to join Learned League. What’s the best e-mail for you? We’re can revisit this article after your first season. https://t.co/ybjvpqQjGj
— Chris DeRose (@chrisderose) March 29, 2019
Maybe next a reporter can do some digging into the trivia prowess of AOC or some Democrats.
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