Hillary Clinton has taken a wry swipe on Twitter at Michael Flynn following his resignation as some potential replacements are identified to become National Security Adviser.
Mrs Clinton retweeted a post from longtime confidante Phillipe Reines, where he suggested General Flynn and his son, Michael Flynn Jr, get jobs at Domino’s.
Flynn Jr circulated a fake-news story tying the Clinton campaign to the so-called Pizzagate conspiracy theory, alleging in December that she had used the Comet Ping Pong pizzeria in Washington, D.C. to run a child sex-trafficking operation. Flynn Jr was the first to be sacked from the Trump transition team before inauguration.
General Flynn was also one of Mrs Clinton’s biggest critics regarding her email server and was seen at Trump rallies leading chants of “lock her up.”
Philippe's got his own way of saying things, but he has a point about the real consequences of fake news… https://t.co/a02sXiaHfp
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) February 14, 2017
“Philippe’s got his own way of saying things, but he has a point about the real consequences of fake news,” Mrs Clinton said in her tweet.
Mr Reines had written, “Dear Mike Flynn & Mike Flynn Jr., What goes around COMETS around. And given your pizza obsession …”, with a link to Domino’s Pizza’s job site.
Gen. Flynn stepped down late on Monday, ending days of speculation about his fate following reports that he had misled Vice President Mike Pence and other officials about his contacts with Russia.
Gen. Flynn conceded that discussions of sanctions may have come up during several calls with the Russian ambassador during the transition period leading up to Mr Trump’s January 20 inauguration.
He acknowledged that he gave “incomplete information” about those discussions to Mr Pence who, apparently relying on information from the national security adviser, initially said Gen. Flynn had not discussed sanctions with the Russian envoy.
However there seemed to be confusion in the White House over how to deal with Gen. Flynn.
TRUMP HAD NO PLANS TO SACK MICHAEL FLYNN
Trump counselor Kellyanne Conway, who only yesterday claimed that Gen. Flynn had the “full confidence” of the president, revealed that Mr Trump was not set to fire the National Security Adviser if he didn’t resign.
Conway said during a 4pm interview yesterday that Gen. Flynn was safe but an hour later White House press secretary Sean Spicer said Mr Trump was “evaluating” the situation. By 11pm, Gen. Flynn had handed in his resignation.
Asked on the Today show who was right, Conway said “both were true,” referring to her statement and Spicer’s. “The president is loyal. He’s a very loyal person. And by night’s end Mike Flynn had decided it was best to resign. He knew he had become a lightning rod and he made that decision.”
Morning Joe host Joe Scarborough said that Conway, despite having walk-in privileges in the Oval Office, was among the last to know.
“She goes out and lies and you find out about those lies a couple hours later,” Scarborough said. “Or if she’s not lying … she is – actually what I’ve heard, she is so out of the loop. She’s in none of the meetings and she just goes out without talking without having the facts.”
General Flynn now has the dubious honor of being sacked by one US president for insubordination and now delivering his resignation to another.
Mr Trump named retired Lt. Gen. Keith Kellogg as the acting national security adviser and a senior administration official said he was one of three candidates the president was considering to replace Gen. Flynn on a permanent basis.
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