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Miller Escorted Off Studio by Security (none / 1)

After spat over Trump book, White House adviser said ousted from CNN by security | Times of Israel |
After 'State of the Union' talk show host Jake Tapper accuses Stephen Miller of wasting his viewers' time and ends interview, Miller refuses to leave studio, sources say.
US President Donald Trump's special adviser Stephen Miller was escorted off a CNN set by security after he refused to leave the "State of the Union" studio following a fiery interview with host Jake Tapper, the Business Insider reported Monday.
The paper said two sources reported that Miller had refused several requests to leave and that in the end security was called to escort him out of the building.
"You're not answering the questions... There's one viewer that you care about right now. Your being obsequious, you're being a factotum in order to please him [Donald Trump] and I think I've wasted enough of my viewers' time," Tapper charged, abruptly ending the interview and turning to the camera to announce another item.

This Limo is like a bulletproof tank,with the interior of a Cadillac,placed on the frame of a race car #TrumpPence16 pic.twitter.com/wxj9M3RczM
— Stephen Miller (@StephenMillerAL) July 31, 2016

by Oui (Oui) on Mon Jan 8th, 2018 at 12:28:11 PM EST
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I admit I have no idea what Miller was trying to achieve by talking down at Jake Tapper like that.

It's just a student bully trick that most people grow out of by the time they're 25 (or in my case, hopefully 60. I'm 59). However, in certain circles, presumably close to Trump, I guess it's considered the height of sophistication, but it still makes you look stupid.

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Mon Jan 8th, 2018 at 04:12:37 PM EST
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I was thinking of the description sophomoric.

'Sapere aude'

by Oui (Oui) on Mon Jan 8th, 2018 at 05:55:52 PM EST
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It's politics as kabuki. The endpoint foreseen by H. L. Mencken:

As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.

She believed in nothing; only her skepticism kept her from being an atheist. -- Jean-Paul Sartre

by ATinNM on Tue Jan 9th, 2018 at 06:12:10 PM EST
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