So Trump campaign lied about the butler no longer working there? https://t.co/emEzqFseoC
— Greg Pollowitz (@GPollowitz) May 12, 2016
@GPollowitz Did they just, I don't know, forget all the fawning coverage from earlier this year that included the butler?
— Brian Cates (@drawandstrike) May 12, 2016
So, you know that story about Donald Trump’s super-racist Mar-a-Lago butler? Well, Team Trump is now feverishly trying to do damage control:
A spokeswoman for the Trump campaign says, "This individual has not worked at Mar-a-Lago for many years." https://t.co/75yR781jUQ
— Margot Sanger-Katz (@sangerkatz) May 12, 2016
Trump spox re: butler: "He does not work at mar-a-Lago and hasn't in many years. We totally disavow and condemn these horrible statements."
— Alexandra Jaffe (@ajjaffe) May 12, 2016
No doubt Anthony Senecal didn’t become a crazy racist until after he left Mar-a-Lago. Because let’s face it: Trump would never associate with someone like that. No sirree.
Here’s the thing, though. Just less than two months ago, The New York Times ran a profile on Senecal, who was then described as “Mr. Trump’s longtime butler.” Does anyone remember Trump’s people trying to distance him from Senecal back then?
I mean this–from March 15–is pretty unequivocal. https://t.co/DeSsmZiuG4 pic.twitter.com/yuXztDezzh
— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) May 12, 2016
he tried to retire in 2009, Trump persuaded him to stay on in another capacity… he works there. pic.twitter.com/Qahxi5mghj
— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) May 12, 2016
Wait, so Senecal was introducing Trump at Mar-a-Lago on March 6? Even though he hadn’t worked there for “many years”? And even though he’d made many of his “horrible statements” in 2015?
Somebody’s got some ‘splaining to do …
Either Trump’s spox is lying, or NYT lied about butler on March 16, 2016: https://t.co/AdBYO2xdko
(h/t @nycsouthpaw) pic.twitter.com/dUSLFd0yas— T. Becket Adams (@BecketAdams) May 12, 2016
What reason would the NYT have to lie about the butler’s employment on March 16, 2016? He’s an unknown entity and unremarkable. So…
— T. Becket Adams (@BecketAdams) May 12, 2016
Senecal also appeared on CNN back in March — before the Times’ profile was published — singing Trump’s praises.
The Trump campaign didn’t run from him then, either.
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Related:
Donald Trump’s butler explains why Mar-a-Lago doesn’t hire Americans
Yes, Trump’s butler sounds like a flaming racist nutjob, but why no MSM freakout over THESE guys?
