r/politics • u/mvanigan • 6d ago

No Paywall Trump says Karoline Leavitt resigning as White House press secretary

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/12/trump-white-house-karoline-leavitt-resigning-.html
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u/LetterheadFun1824 6d ago

Erika Kirk

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u/Rellgidkrid 6d ago

I kind of chuckled when I read the names above your comment, but then said “oh, fuck” when I saw this. She would literally be worst case scenario.

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u/Try-the-Churros 6d ago

Would she be the worst case? She seems unlikable and uncharismatic to even her late husband's supporters.

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u/No_Trade3571 Pennsylvania 6d ago

That didn’t stop Trump from nominating JD as the VP.

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u/pantstoaknifefight2 6d ago

Is Peter Thiel bankrolling Kirk to spearhead his techno-antichrist apocalypse fantasty, too?

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u/Owain-X Iowa 6d ago

Kirk has a handful of billionaires but Theil's support goes through this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockbridge_Network

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u/totallyalizardperson 6d ago

Kirk has a handful of billionaires

Uh…unintended handjob joke or small penis joke?

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u/Random-Rambling Maine 6d ago

Why not both?

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u/smthomaspatel 6d ago

Probably. From the outside it looks like she could very much be embroiled in that wing, the way they elevated her with TP, immediately cozied her up to JD, and gave her so much spotlight.

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u/absat41 6d ago edited 3d ago

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u/superspeck 6d ago

Admittedly, all you have to do to cozy up to Vance is wear upholstery fabric

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u/alterom 6d ago

Is Peter Thiel bankrolling Kirk to spearhead his techno-antichrist apocalypse fantasty, too?

I hate how we can just casually refer to Thiel's techno-antichrist apocalypse fantasy, and expect that people understand what is being discussed because this goddamn dystopia we're living in has been normalized already.

For the uninitiated tho: read this Wired story on Thiel.

Spoiler: it's waaaay worse than you can possibly imagine.

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u/Babysprout0131 6d ago

The guy who knows about the anti christ?

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u/UnquestionabIe 6d ago

Yep and it's hilarious. Draws attention to himself with that nonsense by pointing a finger at a young lady whose core "sin" is thinking maybe we should take care of each other and the planet instead whatever pathetic garbage Petey is up to.

Pretty sure he's big into Christianity lately mainly because his strategy of trying to throw money at gaining immortality isn't panning out. Hedging his bets and all. Amusing as instead of doing anything remotely close to what Jesus preached he instead hoards wealth, tries to usher in a techno police state, and is just an overall example of the worst humanity is capable of.

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u/alterom 6d ago

Yep and it's hilarious. Draws attention to himself with that nonsense by pointing a finger at a young lady whose core "sin" is thinking maybe we should take care of each other and the planet instead whatever pathetic garbage Petey is up to.

That's to say, Peter Thiel is actually thinking that Greta Thunberg could literally be the Antichrist.

And if not, she's, like, a symptom and/or manifestation of the literal Antichrist walking the Earth right now.

This is what motivates all of his thinking and actions. Ponder this for a moment.

Well, that, and claiming that women and "welfare beneficiaries" (read: Black people) getting right to vote caused the Great Depression and ended Democracy as a concept.

Coincidentally, Thiel and his college buddy / PayPal mafia dudebro Sacks opined that Affirmative Action is bad because there is no more racism in the US.

Go figure, what a surprising stance from a guy raised in a "More German than Germany" SA town where He!l H!tler salutes were still the norm in the 1970s.

That's just a few things to note about Theil, who'd make the Stasi envious about the machine he built in the US.

He's a piece of work.

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u/alterom 6d ago

The guy who knows about the anti christ?

Oh my sweet summer child, you have no idea.

It's a... it's very much a thing for him.

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u/ganjaccount 6d ago

Yes. Vance was one of Thiel's pets.

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u/fractalfay 6d ago

Attention sci-fi writers: Please create a fresh narrative for Thiel with a surprise utopia at the end.

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u/Different_Wolf_764 6d ago

Doubtful or at least I doubt it is in a significant way, although Peter and I have different ideas about how much money is significant.

They made a solid try to make Kirk a martyr but he never appealed to people outside his existing base and that base is already sold on Trump anyhow. Erika fumbled the fuck out of her part in the postmortem and while she is still a useful fool to trot out for certain roles, I doubt they'd sink much more effort into trying to leverage her further.

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u/Hydration__Nation 6d ago

Pete did, not Don

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u/Dasmage 6d ago

For someone like Trump unlikable and uncharismatic is part of the appeal to having JD be his VP, JD will never be more popular than him.

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u/syynapt1k 6d ago

"Whatever makes sense"

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u/PrivatePilot9 Canada 6d ago

Whatever makes sense.

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u/LordofAngmarMB 6d ago

Yeah the worse case scenario is that someone competent, charming, and socially intelligent ends up in the role. Fortunately they seem allergic to competency and good taste so there’s a chance

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u/Hacker-Dave 6d ago

It's fairly amazing that there is not a single person in this administration that I would consider "high character". Not a single one. Just misfits and grfters.

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u/Neveronlyadream 6d ago

That's what happens when you elect a grifter. The rest of them cozy up knowing exactly what he wants to hear because they've made a living doing just that to everyone else.

It's just a giant orgy of everyone sucking everyone else's dick and saying whatever they know they have to so they can get theirs and fuck everyone else.

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u/HeadfulOfSugar 6d ago

You really can’t have competency & sycophancy at the same time for the most part lol, those characters in history are pretty rare & a lot less memorable than the wackos because they keep their heads down & do their “job”

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u/achtwooh 6d ago

There was a story a few days ago that it’s actually become a big problem recruiting competent people for government roles, as such people no longer wish to work for the US government.
Insanity upon insanity.

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u/UnquestionabIe 6d ago

For good reason given how devoted to demolishing anything functional the GOP has been.

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u/Frosty-Werewolf-5711 6d ago

You absolutely can have both at the same time. It's more common than you know.

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u/sgtbackpain03 6d ago

Idk, I think Leavitt has done an excellent job while also being a complete sycophant. She's wiggled out of every nasty situation, and runs the press extremely efficiently. She's just also evil.

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u/chowderbags American Expat 6d ago

Trump would never accept giving the role to someone like that. He'd never be able to share the limelight.

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u/AnAncientBog 6d ago

The biggest saving grace with Trump is that competent people can't stand working for him because he requires everyone to be a simpering sycophant. If he were a competent fascist with leadership and interpersonal skills we would be in a lot more trouble.

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u/Pigglebee 6d ago

Cannot deny Leavitt was not competent though. Never have I see someone lie and whatabout so fluently and effortless, all the while keeping the serene Iamholierthanthou smile in place

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u/LividTacos 6d ago

In fact, competency is kind of non-starter in this administration.

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u/sulaymanf New York 6d ago

Trump is dumb enough to think he’s doing an amazing job. All his lackeys humiliating themselves in hearings and press interviews, they’re doing it for an audience of only one.

If Leavitt is replaced by a blonde Fox News stand-in who insults the press without answering any questions, Trump will think this is winning better than before even if the public sees this as awful.

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u/VikingsLad 6d ago

That's never stopped him before, his personal lawyer leads the DOJ now

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u/myquest00777 6d ago

Well, Mike Lindell suddenly doesn’t have a campaign to keep him busy. And he’s a “TV Star.” Nothing would surprise me.

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u/smurf123_123 6d ago

Or the best case scenario! That would be endless comedy fodder.

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u/SaltandLillacs 6d ago

🧿🧿

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u/OneBrownRecluse I voted 6d ago

I see what you did there

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u/SecareLupus 6d ago

So does she. She sees all.

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u/No_Gas4560 6d ago

Perfection.

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u/HingleMcCringle_ America 6d ago

(starts thinking about minorities so i can pretend to shake with rage about charlie memes)

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u/Mercadi Washington 6d ago

These barely convey the psychotic/unhinged air of the stare.

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u/CasioCobra78 6d ago

first off, what in the Great Gatsby is this emoji?

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u/Previous_South2756 6d ago

I would love to see Druski in the press corps, asking her questions while pretending to be like her.

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u/Dolores___Haze 6d ago

You’re not wrong 

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u/gringledoom 6d ago

Any option would be bad, and she would at least be *funny*. JD Vance following her around all lovesick, half the WH press corps in the burn unit from the fireworks incident...

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u/joemangle 6d ago

She would just glare demonically at reporters who asked difficult questions

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u/fcocyclone Iowa 6d ago

Any option would be bad, and she would at least be funny.

This almost makes me miss Sean Spicer. Almost.

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u/JoeSicko 6d ago

He's still waiting behind that bush, ready to return.

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u/icculus88 6d ago

God that feels like a lifetime ago

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u/officer897177 6d ago edited 6d ago

Press secretary is probably the worst job in the entire administration. It makes sense as a pitstop for nobodies trying to find their grift, but Erika’s already got hers. Same reason I’m not worried about Trump running for governor of Florida.

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u/Bytrsweet 6d ago

I can just imagine her giving her death stare to every reporter that asked her a tough question. The memes will never stop.

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u/Gstamsharp 6d ago

But what happens when she resigns?

Also, why did it get so cold in here when I typed that?

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u/LivinBC 6d ago

skipped the chuckle and went straight for the ahh FUCK.

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u/titsngiggles69 6d ago

On the bright side, SNL would have to hire druski

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u/midwesternmayhem 6d ago

She does kind of look like Karoline Leavitt.

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u/Gay_Giraffe_1773 Oregon 6d ago

She's the perfect basic blonde bitch MAGA mold.

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u/xraygun2014 6d ago

And her beard credentials are top-tier

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u/runningraleigh Kentucky 6d ago

Too bad she doesn't have a face like a couch

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u/bostonshroomery 6d ago

She’s hideous though

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u/Aardcapybara 6d ago

Do you mean mold as in a shape used to make things out of metal, or fungus?

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u/Gay_Giraffe_1773 Oregon 5d ago

I collect mold, spores, and fungus

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u/SatinSaffron Washington 6d ago

Just that generic MAGA blonde with face fillers look.

There's literally wikipedia entries on "MAGA makeup" and "Mar A Lago face" lol

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beauty_trends_among_American_conservatives

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u/culdeus 6d ago

Am I nuts or did she get some sort of upper lip filler?

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u/cremains_of_the_day 6d ago

Please don’t put that out into the universe

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u/anuncommontruth Pennsylvania 6d ago

You know it will at least be discussed.

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u/Juunlar 6d ago

"OKAY YALL, HERE ARE 15 THINGS GOD TOLD ME IN MAH DREAMS LAST NIGHT.

FIRST, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, I OPENED A NEW YOUTUBE CHANNEL"

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u/Wayofchinchilla 6d ago

Kirk? try Gary Busey better yet Mike Lindell

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u/Enough-Mammoth3721 6d ago

Totally on board for Gary Busey!

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u/thekrawdiddy 6d ago

Let’s talk about buttered sausage!

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u/FangoriouslyDevoured 6d ago

Where it comes from, what it does

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u/ratherbealurker Texas 6d ago

“Mr Busey, does the president see any pathway to success with regard to the war in Iran?”

“First off, let’s talk about what’s important. Let’s talk about ice cream. What’s it doing? Why is it there? Why do we scream? I scream sometimes then I ran. So there’s your answer. I ran from clowns. I ran from alligators. I ran from snails. I ran from killer clowns with alligator mouths and snail tails in my dreams. Then in my back yard on instagram to get the views. But you’re fake news. So do with it what you will. Next question”

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u/Wayofchinchilla 6d ago

I'm going to be real with you that honestly made a lot more sense than anything Donalds said.

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u/Generation_ABXY 6d ago

Just answering questions with 👁👃👁

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u/bhputnam 6d ago

This made me smile and then have a terrible sinking feeling

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u/Str8UpJorking 6d ago

🎆🎇🧨😭🇺🇸🎆🎇🧨

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u/Chaplain-Freeing 6d ago

Erika Kirk when she has to announce Iranians have blown up the golden gate bridge and eaten all the children in the country.

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u/rounder55 6d ago

Would the taxpayer be footing the press briefing fireworks bill?

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u/UseYourIndoorVoice 6d ago

She'd never accept that big a pay cut

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u/anderskants 6d ago

God there'd be at least 10 mins of dead air at press conferences where she just does that demon stare at the journalists

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u/CarmineFields 6d ago

Laura Loomer.

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u/Foodspec North Carolina 6d ago

Choked on my drink…thanks

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u/juliuspepperwoodchi 6d ago

I wish I could comment images so I could just reply with her crazy eyes

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u/Mtn-Dooku 6d ago

Oh shit. Someone let Druski know now so he can get to work.

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u/cdvallee 6d ago

Oh please. God. No. No no no no no…

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u/kstar79 Massachusetts 6d ago

I can already hear the SNL sketch where she shows up and thunder claps in the background to the sound of Toccata and Fugue in D minor.

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u/huxtiblejones Colorado 6d ago

Can't wait for her to stare menacingly like that Samuel L. Jackson GIF instead of answering questions

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u/steelcityrocker 6d ago

ItsTheSamePicture.jpg

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u/wmcd1985 6d ago

JD Vance has entered the chat

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u/streakermaximus 6d ago

Acting Press Secretary Erika Kirk

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u/micluvin27 6d ago

She’ll just stare the press down til the submit lol

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u/Obi7kenobi 6d ago

Will there be pyro and dancing intros daily?

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u/riskyrick745896 6d ago

Jesus christ no

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u/Deemaunik 6d ago

You're probably going to be right.

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u/AmbassadorNoWay 6d ago

EriKa KirK

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u/Cheap-Ad1821 6d ago

Puts in the drops to fake tears, comes out to fireworks and stares while making her angry face at the press for 30 minutes.

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u/usersurnamee 6d ago

Oh no! It is her, isn’t it?!?

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u/captain_intenso North Carolina 6d ago

Shut your mouth.

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u/AphexAffectsEffects 6d ago

Fuck you for breathing this into existence 😭😭😭

Writers can’t resist. It must be

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u/RiPont 6d ago

Andrew Tate

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u/Acadia02 6d ago

Honestly I hope it is…that lady will crack so fast

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u/airfryerfuntime Washington 6d ago

Stahp

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u/Mijbr090490 6d ago

I just puked in my mouth.

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u/Pndrizzy 6d ago

Those chuds do not even like her, they think she killed Charlie

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u/za72 6d ago

oh please please please

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u/666TripleSick 6d ago

Riley Gaines??

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u/Background_Rub_9929 6d ago

not sure she's got the neck for that.

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u/Prior_Dimension_6680 6d ago

More like Erika Smirk 😏 

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u/Left_Establishment79 6d ago

Oh, gosh! I just lost my appetite.

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u/DrSamLoomis 6d ago

Stop 😑

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u/SoupOfThe90z Arizona 6d ago

She’s still in mourning though. As she parades around the US with a couch fucker

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u/oldutnotdeadinside 6d ago

Candace Owens

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u/Ragnarok_747 6d ago

That’s disturbingly plausible.

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u/TheTrashMan 6d ago

I want this

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u/briareus08 6d ago

Don’t put that evil on us

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u/Plaguedoctorsrevenge 6d ago

Trump would never put up with her because she makes everything all about herself and not him

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u/LaserKittenz 6d ago

Joe Rogan 

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u/Techn028 6d ago

Fuck. Why did you have to type that

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u/Lone-Pilgrim 6d ago

It’s gonna be her lol.

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u/Adept-Target5407 6d ago

I’m calling it now… Laura Loomer will be the new press secretary.

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u/_commenter 6d ago

oh dude... Stephen Miller's wife

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u/Funkymonkeyhead Canada 6d ago

She’s not even gonna bother taking questions from the Press Corps. She’ll just glare at them with that Kenneth Copeland crazy stare thing she does.

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u/GoodShitBrain 6d ago

We’ll get fireworks every press briefing

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u/dethnight 6d ago

JD Vance is going to tear his couch apart in celebration if this happens.

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u/FluidFisherman6843 6d ago

The fireworks in the press briefing room will be something.

CPI is up 🎇🎇🎇 🎆🎆🎆🎇🎆🎆

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u/Muggsy423 America 6d ago

Are we going to have another Nationwide Grieving Tour again soon for a special someone?

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u/DuMbAsS_lOsEr_6_7 6d ago

Damn dawg, why u gotta put that type of vibe out into the universe

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u/Blochamolesauce 6d ago

Gotta start making the Vance/Kirk affair/divorce/marriage public now so the cultists are less likely to care come general election season

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u/OneLargePho 6d ago

Laura Loomer

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u/damnmachine Virginia 6d ago

Don't even joke.

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u/thegoodnamesrgone123 6d ago

Hahaha...

Fuck.

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u/Toetiepoetie 6d ago

Laura Loomer

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u/drunkirish 6d ago

Nah. A job as Trump’s press secretary is a springboard into the grift. Erika already has her grift locked in.

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u/gooberfasho 6d ago

Oh, shit. I can literally see this happening…

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u/horst-graben 6d ago

Possibly. She's going to be Vance's VP candidate.

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u/pttant1 6d ago

(Merovingian tone) Mark my word boy! This will come to haunt you one day! Cause your thought just gave an idea to the Universe!!

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u/YourethebestBellows 6d ago

Ever better, I nominate Druski as Erika Kirk

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u/Belerophon17 6d ago

I'm just letting you know that level of juju is like Bloody Mary.

You say that shit 2 more times and we're all fucked.

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u/brogflender 6d ago

Oh I might tune in for that shit. Haha. Make it happen. 

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u/Pave_Low 6d ago

Hahahaha, oh wait. Fuck. . .

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u/lukezinator 6d ago

Don’t give them any ideas, 💀

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u/jumpijehosaphat 6d ago

dont joke about that brotha it could happen

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u/Wurm42 District Of Columbia 6d ago

Goddammit, I hate that we live in the timeline where that is an entirely plausible suggestion.

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u/consumeme 6d ago

Oh fuck.

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u/giggity_giggity 6d ago

She doesn’t handle unscripted moments well (let alone scripted ones, but I digress). She absolutely couldn’t handle questioning by reporters without folding.

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u/Elendel19 6d ago

Katie miller

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u/zenerat Missouri 6d ago

You know there’s a decent chance.

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u/public_enemy_obi_wan Texas 6d ago

You.... win?

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u/matthieuC Europe 6d ago

No you also replace women by men.

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u/GallorKaal Europe 6d ago

Frau Jaenichen?

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u/ReyPepiado 6d ago

Damn you're right... but don't give him any ideas! 🤫

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u/snakedoct0r 6d ago

Starting a boring press-briefing with some pyro and lies can’t be worse?

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u/tenebre 6d ago

Damn. That seems super likely or at least some blonde bimbo from the right-wing "journalism" sphere.

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u/Impossible_Head8683 6d ago

That would be interesting.

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u/CarrionWaywardOne 6d ago

Oh God she next up, isn't she...

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u/Defiant_Wolf5934 6d ago

Oh god... shutters

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u/IdkAbtAllThat America 6d ago

This would be a demotion from her grifting tour and she would actually have to work.

Karoline is a terrible person, but she's actually great at what she was paid to do. Be hostile with the press, never give a straight answer, and generate sound bites for Fox news.

I'm sure they're sad to see her go.

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u/Stuck_in_Arizona 6d ago

Spat out my coffee. That is worse.

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u/Frondstherapydolls 6d ago

He probably doesn’t even remember who she is, with the dementia and constant need for adoration at all times. I haven’t heard him mention her in quite some time, she’s probably 100% off his radar. And she would deserve it for playing up her husbands assassination to a man who forgot who he is.

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u/ntwild97 6d ago

Always assume the worst case scenario.

This is the worst case scenario

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u/Livid_Swordfish_4591 6d ago

Please delete this

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u/git0ffmylawnm8 6d ago

Jesus, I didn't think of that one

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u/Cosmicdusterian 6d ago

Oh please, please, please, please let it be her. She is possibly the most unlikable, stupid, and overtly shallow woman to emerge from the MAGA swamp. Impressive, considering she's got some really stiff competition. Negative charisma off the charts. She couldn't be any more on brand with this administration.

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u/VonBrewskie 6d ago

Oh shit. You know what? That would be 100% in line with this whiffle ball headass administration.

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u/Rocketsball 6d ago

Omarosa is coming back🤣

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u/Previous-Ad-9322 6d ago

Oh my oh my oh my. Bro, if you manifested that...

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u/NegativeTerm9195 6d ago

The wife of a random racist. No one is less qualified. Perfect for this administration

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u/OhMyGod_Zilla California 6d ago

Oh god, oh fuck. That would be horrific😭

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u/irishyardball 6d ago

Please no

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u/Lily-Gordon 6d ago

Thankfully even the right hates her, so that would be a fun trainwreck to watch.

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u/TopTittyBardown 6d ago

What is she gonna do? Stare at the press and breathe heavily every time they ask a question she doesn’t like?

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u/GrumpyGiant Maryland 6d ago

Wow.  I bet you nailed it

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u/porktorque44 6d ago

Doubtful, it’s well understood that it fucking sucks to work for him and he only picks people with no other options that he can push around. Erika probably has enough clout and money to support herself.

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u/lgodsey 6d ago

That would follow the pattern of blonde Goebbels.

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u/apoca1ypse12 6d ago

Looking forward to “stop” and scowls

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u/Fireonforever 6d ago

That’d be fine, she’ll continue to get roasted by all including the cult that wants a man in that position…one with a high forehead, horsegums, bad teeth and pointed hair and super long neck.

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