Rep. Barbara Lee of Texas is the winner of the dumbest take on DHS Secretary and retired United States Marine Corps general John F. Kelly taking the White House Chief of Staff job:
By putting Gen John Kelly in charge, Pres Trump is militarizing the White House & putting our executive branch in the hands of an extremist.
— Rep. Barbara Lee (@RepBarbaraLee) July 28, 2017
An “extremist” who was overwhelmingly confirmed to serve as the head of DHS by the Senate:
That extremist, by the way, was confirmed to run Homeland Security by an 88-11 vote, which means 37 @SenateDems were totally cool with it. https://t.co/NU4sF0L5hb
— Ron Hogan (@RonHogan) July 28, 2017
And an “extremist” who lost his son fighting in Afghanistan:
Gen. Kelly earned respect everywhere he went in the USMC. He's a Gold Star father who knows the costs, don't think "extremist" is fair. https://t.co/rhHostL8An
— David B. Larter (@DavidLarter) July 28, 2017
What’s wrong with her?
https://twitter.com/SethAMandel/status/891049109095940097
Breathe. Just breathe. https://t.co/xjjXnnNMks
— Jonah Goldberg (@JonahDispatch) July 28, 2017
It does probably mean Kelly is the right guy for the job:
If making Kelly Chief of Staff is going to cause more of this
It's even better than I thought
Bring the crazy
Dems https://t.co/grDAu1loBp— Jim Hanson (@JimHansonDC) July 28, 2017
If this is Lee’s response I am automatically going to assume John Kelly is a great pick. https://t.co/7ZdKzklJvx
— Mike Beasley (@MikeBeas) July 28, 2017
And evergreen:
We live in incredibly mind-numbingly stupid times. https://t.co/D18tOsAXTo
— Ken Gardner (@KenGardner11) July 28, 2017
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