"[Tricia] McLaughlin was a key contributor to a particular Trump II aesthetic: young, photogenic, often blonde women going feral in front of cameras on behalf of President Trump and his most odious nativist policies, in a performative spectacle that rejected the very premise of transparency and public accountability."
~ David Kurtz
#TriciaMcLaughlin #Trump #KristiNoem #DHS #lies #disinformation
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https://morningmemo.talkingpointsmemo.com/p/trumps-fave-snarling-spox-exits-stage
"In its own odd way, it’s just the typical cycling through of staff at the one-year mark of a new administration — but with the twist of Trump bringing the prerogatives of reality TV casting to bear. Someone else — probably young, blonde, female, and snarling — will emerge as Trump’s favorite bombastic spokesperson, dodging tough questions from the press with pro-wrestling bluster and playground taunts. Rinse and repeat."
#TriciaMcLaughlin #Trump #KristiNoem #DHS #lies #disinformation
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"What … is going on in Ohio that McLaughlin turned out like this? Her grandfather Powell McHenry was director of the Republican Club of Hamilton County, so there’s a clue, and she got a job as spokesperson for the Ohio Republican party out of college."
~ Marcie Jones
#TriciaMcLaughlin #Trump #KristiNoem #DHS #lies #disinformation
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https://www.wonkette.com/p/kristi-noems-aryan-mini-me-quitting
"In Trump 1.0 she was chief of staff of the Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation, and during the Biden years she worked for Mike DeWine’s failed reelection campaign, then Vivek Ramaswamy’s campaign. ...
McLaughlin may be from Ohio, but she’s the spittin’ image of a Southern Belle of the pre-emancipation South. Ornamentation on top, active and eager complicity below. Just Donald Trump’s type."
#TriciaMcLaughlin #Trump #KristiNoem #DHS #lies #disinformation
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William Lindsey 
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