Left-wing critics of President Trump cheered the news late on Thursday night that the president, First Lady Melania Trump, and White House Adviser Hope Hicks had all tested positive for COVID-19.
“This evening I received confirmation that both President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump have tested positive for the SARS-CoV-2 virus,” White House physician Dr. Sean Conley <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/president-trump-first-lady-test-positive-for-coronavirus">said</a> in a statement. “The President and First Lady are both well at this time, and they plan to remain at home within the White House during their convalescence.”
“The White House medical team and I will maintain a vigilant watch, and I appreciate the support provided by some of our country’s greatest medical professions and institutions,” the statement continued. “Rest assured I expect the President to continue carrying out his duties without disruption while recovering, and I will keep you updated on any future developments.”
Several Trump critics quickly reacted online, some saying that they hope Trump dies a painful death and mocking the president.
Writer Alex Blagg tweeted: &#8220;Just a quick note of support for Hope Hicks and President Trump I hope they both die.&#8221;
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Just a quick note of support for Hope Hicks and President Trump I hope they both die
&mdash; Alex Blagg (@alexblagg) <a href="https://twitter.com/alexblagg/status/1311844430714937344?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 2, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Anti-gun activist Cameron Kasky repeatedly laughed at the notion that Trump had the coronavirus, posting <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20201002092234/https://twitter.com/cameron_kasky/status/1311899356627300358">numerous</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20201002093856/https://twitter.com/cameron_kasky/status/1311897471207960576">videos</a> on Twitter.
Kasky also <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20201002052638/https://twitter.com/cameron_kasky/status/1311894786199056386">responded</a> to the president by writing, &#8220;I hope you get a mutation of the virus that makes your anus fall off,&#8221; <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20201002094027/https://twitter.com/cameron_kasky/status/1311894509370839040">and</a> &#8220;inject some bleach.&#8221;
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My sincere apologies to the president and First Lady. 
Wishing them a speedy recovery. <a href="https://t.co/W9VqUGcBtS">pic.twitter.com/W9VqUGcBtS</a>
&mdash; Cameron Kasky (@cameron_kasky) <a href="https://twitter.com/cameron_kasky/status/1311899356627300358?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 2, 2020</a></blockquote>
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&mdash; Cameron Kasky (@cameron_kasky) <a href="https://twitter.com/cameron_kasky/status/1311897471207960576?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 2, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Daniel Golson from Roadshow tweeted: &#8220;I don&#8217;t feel bad about hoping he dies because I&#8217;ve been hoping that since 2015.&#8221;
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I don&#39;t feel bad about hoping he dies because I&#39;ve been hoping that since 2015
&mdash; Daniel Golson (@dsgolson) <a href="https://twitter.com/dsgolson/status/1311899588328976384?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 2, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Black Lives Matter activist Danielle Muscato <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20201002074340/https://twitter.com/DanielleMuscato/status/1311902819889410048">tweeted</a>: &#8220;I&#8217;m not one to laugh at other people&#8217;s suffering, but&#8230;. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA Burn in hell you mother f***er.&#8221;
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I&#39;m not one to laugh at other people&#39;s suffering, but&#8230;.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Burn in hell you mother fucker<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/COVID19?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#COVID19</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TrumpHasCovid?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TrumpHasCovid</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/coronavirus?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#coronavirus</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TrumpIsARacist?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TrumpIsARacist</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TrumpLiedPeopleDied?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TrumpLiedPeopleDied</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Trump?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Trump</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@realDonaldTrump</a>
&mdash; Danielle Muscato (she/her) (@DanielleMuscato) <a href="https://twitter.com/DanielleMuscato/status/1311902819889410048?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 2, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Blogger Brad Gallaway <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20201002074525/https://twitter.com/bradgallaway/status/1311923795653914624">tweeted</a>: &#8220;I don&#8217;t want the current powers of the GOP to rally behind someone savvier and more civilized than Trump because we&#8217;re already in enough trouble as it is, but I&#8217;m not gonna pretend and be polite here &#8211; i hope Trump f***ing dies a painful COVID death and I&#8217;m not sorry.&#8221;
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I don&#39;t want the current powers of the GOP to rally behind someone savvier and more civilized than Trump because we&#39;re already in enough trouble as it is, but I&#39;m not gonna pretend and be polite here &#8211; i hope Trump fucking dies a painful COVID death and I&#39;m not sorry.
&mdash; Brad Gallaway (@bradgallaway) <a href="https://twitter.com/bradgallaway/status/1311923795653914624?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 2, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Another random verified Twitter account tweeted: &#8220;Cheer up, Mr. President. Herman Cain got Covid and he’s still managing to tweet.&#8221;
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Cheer up, Mr. President. Herman Cain got Covid and he’s still managing to tweet.
&mdash; Pete Woods, average person (@thatpetewoods) <a href="https://twitter.com/thatpetewoods/status/1311896586570657798?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 2, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Film director Michael Bonfiglio <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20201002055349/https://twitter.com/mbonfiglio2000/status/1311899561682755587">tweeted</a>: &#8220;I hope Trump’s diagnosis wakes his supporters up to the reality of the pandemic and also that it makes him suffer and die.&#8221;
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I hope Trump’s diagnosis wakes his supporters up to the reality of the pandemic and also that it makes him suffer and die.
&mdash; Michael Bonfiglio (@mbonfiglio2000) <a href="https://twitter.com/mbonfiglio2000/status/1311899561682755587?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 2, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Trump critic Whitney Cummings tweeted: &#8220;I don’t get how Melania got it &#8211; she’s been social distancing from trump since they got married.&#8221;
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I don’t get how Melania got it &#8211; she’s been social distancing from trump since they got married
&mdash; Whitney Cummings (@WhitneyCummings) <a href="https://twitter.com/WhitneyCummings/status/1311906277128245249?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 2, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Cummings added: &#8220;Of course Trump didn’t know he had covid he never had taste in the first place?&#8221;
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Of course Trump didn’t know he had covid he never had taste in the first place?
&mdash; Whitney Cummings (@WhitneyCummings) <a href="https://twitter.com/WhitneyCummings/status/1311897012908945409?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 2, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Leftist Padma Lakshmi tweeted: &#8220;Karma.&#8221;
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Karma <a href="https://t.co/uZ1ytkR0By">https://t.co/uZ1ytkR0By</a>
&mdash; Padma Lakshmi (@PadmaLakshmi) <a href="https://twitter.com/PadmaLakshmi/status/1311895476283736069?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 2, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Far-left activist Linda Sarsour tweeted: &#8220;Seems like someone don’t wanna go back to the debate stage.&#8221;
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Seems like someone don’t wanna go back to the debate stage. 🤔🤔
&mdash; Linda Sarsour (@lsarsour) <a href="https://twitter.com/lsarsour/status/1311898296483545088?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 2, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Pro-Democrat group Democracy for America <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20201002053731/https://twitter.com/DFAaction/status/1311895397955186689">mocked</a>: &#8220;It is what it is.&#8221;
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It is what it is. <a href="https://t.co/EjhVCEAla5">https://t.co/EjhVCEAla5</a>
&mdash; Democracy for America 🏳️‍🌈 (@DFAaction) <a href="https://twitter.com/DFAaction/status/1311895397955186689?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 2, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Former Green Party presidential nominee Jill Stein tweeted: &#8220;1st thought &#8211; I wish a speedy recovery to the human being buried deep inside the racist, xenophobic, fascist. 2nd thought &#8211; Maybe now Trump will start taking action on the pandemic. Not holding my breath.&#8221;
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1st thought &#8211; I wish a speedy recovery to the human being buried deep inside the racist, xenophobic, fascist.
2nd thought &#8211; Maybe now Trump will start taking action on the pandemic. 
Not holding my breath. <a href="https://t.co/IsY0frkfqA">https://t.co/IsY0frkfqA</a>
&mdash; Dr. Jill Stein🌻 (@DrJillStein) <a href="https://twitter.com/DrJillStein/status/1311902861228486656?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 2, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Another random verified Twitter account added: &#8220;THERE IS JOY IN THIS LIFE SOMETIMES&#8221;
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THERE IS JOY IN THIS LIFE SOMETIMES <a href="https://t.co/SJqfGoLOZx">https://t.co/SJqfGoLOZx</a>
&mdash; Childless Feminist Slut with Cats (@katewillett) <a href="https://twitter.com/katewillett/status/1311903961574707202?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 2, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Another added: &#8220;finally something positive&#8221;
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finally something positive <a href="https://t.co/UKadMXO07h">https://t.co/UKadMXO07h</a>
&mdash; Eve Barlow (@Eve_Barlow) <a href="https://twitter.com/Eve_Barlow/status/1311896024152072198?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 2, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Leftists Cheer News Trump, Hope Hicks Infected With COVID-19: ‘I Hope They Both Die’

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President Donald Trump announced on Thursday night that he and the first lady have started quarantining after being potentially exposed to the coronavirus, which originated in China.
&#8220;Hope Hicks, who has been working so hard without even taking a small break, has just tested positive for Covid 19,&#8221; Trump tweeted. &#8220;Terrible! The First Lady and I are waiting for our test results. In the meantime, we will begin our quarantine process!&#8221;
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Hope Hicks, who has been working so hard without even taking a small break, has just tested positive for Covid 19. Terrible! The First Lady and I are waiting for our test results. In the meantime, we will begin our quarantine process!
&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1311859538279239686?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 2, 2020</a></blockquote>
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“Some people close to Hicks were told that she is experiencing symptoms of the disease,” Bloomberg News <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-10-02/trump-aide-hope-hicks-tests-positive-for-coronavirus-infection">reported</a>. “Hicks was seen on Tuesday riding maskless in a staff van with White House senior adviser Stephen Miller, campaign adviser Jason Miller and others. When they returned to Washington on Tuesday, Stephen Miller and Hicks were seen sharing an umbrella as they exited Air Force One in the rain. … Hicks felt poorly in Minnesota on Wednesday and was quarantined aboard Air Force One during the return flight, according to people familiar with the matter.”
Trump was asked about Hicks&#8217; diagnosis during an interview Thursday night on Fox News with host Sean Hannity.
&#8220;So, she did test positive. I just heard about this. She tested positive,&#8221; Trump said. She&#8217;s a hard worker. A lot of masks. So, she wears masks a lot. But she tested positive. And I just went out with a test. I&#8217;ll see what &#8212; because we spend a lot of time. And the first lady just went out with a test also. So, whether we quarantine, or whether we have it, I don&#8217;t know.&#8221;
&#8220;You know, it&#8217;s very hard. When you&#8217;re with soldiers, when you&#8217;re with airmen, when you&#8217;re with Marines, and I&#8217;m with &#8212; and the police officers,&#8221; Trump continued. &#8220;I&#8217;m with them so much. And when they come over here, it&#8217;s very hard to say, stay back, stay back. It&#8217;s a tough kind of a situation. It&#8217;s a terrible thing. So, I just went for a test, and we will see what happens.&#8221;
&#8220;But you know her very well. She&#8217;s fantastic. And she&#8217;s done a great job,&#8221; Trump continued in his remarks on Hicks. &#8220;But it&#8217;s very, very hard when you are with people from the military or for law enforcement. And they come over to you, and they want to hug you, and they want to kiss you, because we really have done a good job for them. And you get close, and things happen.&#8221;
&#8220;I was surprised to hear with Hope. But she&#8217;s a very warm person with them. And she &#8212; she knows there&#8217;s a risk. But she&#8217;s young,&#8221; the president concluded. &#8220;And I just &#8212; I just went out for a test. They just do it. It will come back later, I guess, and the first lady also, because we spend a lot of time with Hope and others. So, we will see what happens.&#8221;
This report has been updated to include additional information.

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President Trump Begins Quarantine Process After Possible Exposure To Coronavirus

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On Thursday, a White House official acknowledged that White House advisor Hope Hicks tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday after flying with President Donald Trump aboard Air Force One to the presidential debate in Cleveland on Tuesday and flying with him aboard Marine One, the presidential helicopter, to a Wednesday rally in Duluth, Minnesota.
“Some people close to Hicks were told that she is experiencing symptoms of the disease,” <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-10-02/trump-aide-hope-hicks-tests-positive-for-coronavirus-infection">Bloomberg News</a> reported, adding, “Hicks was seen on Tuesday riding maskless in a staff van with White House senior adviser Stephen Miller, campaign adviser Jason Miller and others. When they returned to Washington on Tuesday, Stephen Miller and Hicks were seen sharing an umbrella as they exited Air Force One in the rain. … Hicks felt poorly in Minnesota on Wednesday and was quarantined aboard Air Force One during the return flight, according to people familiar with the matter.”
“Multiple White House staffers have tested positive for the virus, including Katie Miller, Vice President Mike Pence’s press secretary, national security adviser Robert O’Brien, and one of the president’s personal valets. After earlier positive cases close to the president, the White House instituted a daily testing regimen for the president’s senior aides. Others who will be in close proximity to the president and vice president, including reporters, are also tested every day,” <a href="https://apnews.com/article/virus-outbreak-donald-trump-health-archive-hope-hicks-7fece2838ff7a9bd91ccf5ac287348b3">AP reported</a>
White House spokesman Judd Deere stated, &#8220;The President takes the health and safety of himself and everyone who works in support of him and the American people very seriously. White House Operations collaborates with the Physician to the President and the White House Military Office to ensure all plans and procedures incorporate current CDC guidance and best practices for limiting COVID-19 exposure to the greatest extent possible both on complex and when the President is traveling,” as <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/white-house-aide-hope-hicks-tests-positive-for-coronavirus">Fox News</a> noted.
“Earlier this year, roughly eight staffers, including Secret Service personnel, tested positive for the virus after a Trump rally. A White House cafeteria worker also tested positive for coronavirus in July,” <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/hope-hicks-top-trump-adviser-who-flew-him-debate-tests-n1241751">NBC News</a> added.
Hicks worked at Hiltzik Strategies, where one of the clients was Ivanka Trump, who brought her to work for the Trump Corporation and Ivanka Trump&#8217;s fashion and lifestyle brand in 2014 before Donald Trump launched his presidential campaign.
The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hope-hicks-is-returning-to-the-white-house">reported in February</a>:
<blockquote>Hicks has been with President Donald Trump for years and joined Trump&#8217;s presidential campaign from the Trump Corporation, where she&#8217;d worked since August of 2014, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170227002053/http:/www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/celebrity/hope-hicks-and-kellyanne-conway--the-women-of-donald-trumps-inner-circle-20161114-gsop4c.html">per her official bio</a>. After earning her stripes on the Trump campaign as press secretary, she joined the Trump transition team in the communications department and fulfilled a number of roles in the Trump White House until finally landing in the White House communications office, serving as the &#8220;White House Director of Strategic Communications.&#8221;</blockquote>
She left the White House in 2018 to work for Fox Corporation, then returned to the White House in February.

After Flying With Trump To Debate, Hope Hicks Tests Positive For Coronavirus

Former White House communications director Hope Hicks is reportedly returning to the Trump Administration, departing her job as an executive at Fox Corporation and taking up a new role as &#8220;senior advisor&#8221; to President Donald Trump.
<a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/hope-hicks-returning-trump-white-house-senior-adviser/story?id=68961123">ABC News reports</a> that Hicks, &#8220;Trump&#8217;s most trusted and longest serving aide, is expected to return to the administration in the coming weeks,&#8221; and that she will not be returning to the White House communications department, although her experience is largely in public and media relations. Instead, she&#8217;ll be serving under White House senior aide &#8212; and presidential son-in-law &#8212; Jared Kushner, who handles much of the Trump Administration&#8217;s foreign policy.
Hicks has been with President Donald Trump for years and joined Trump&#8217;s presidential campaign from the Trump Corporation, where she&#8217;d worked since August of 2014, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170227002053/http://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/celebrity/hope-hicks-and-kellyanne-conway--the-women-of-donald-trumps-inner-circle-20161114-gsop4c.html">per her official bio</a>. After earning her stripes on the Trump campaign as press secretary, she joined the Trump transition team in the communications department and fulfilled a number of roles in the Trump White House until finally landing in the White House communications office, serving as the &#8220;White House Director of Strategic Communications.&#8221;
Hicks left the White House in 2018 amid Special Counsel Robert Mueller&#8217;s investigation into whether Trump campaign officials colluded with representatives of the Russian government to undermine the 2016 presidential election and since then, ABC News says, &#8220;she has served as the head of communications for the Fox Corporation, the parent company of Fox News, among other entities owned by Rupert Murdoch.&#8221;
As communications director, Hicks was a central figure during the initial stages of Mueller&#8217;s investigation. She testified several times before various House and Senate committees in addition to speaking with Mueller&#8217;s investigators. At one point, Hicks even became the central figure in a battle over Executive privilege and immunity between Congress and the White House when she and her attorneys agreed to answer questions about her time on the Trump 2016 presidential campaign but not her time serving as a presidential advisor.
It was after a nine-hour marathon House Intelligence Committee hearing that Hicks resigned her White House position and went West (though the Trump White House said, at the time, that she had been planning to move on from her job for &#8220;months&#8221; before the Democrats started in on her). The interaction reportedly left Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) determined to investigate and corner the White House.
&#8220;This is a breathtakingly broad claim a privilege that I don&#8217;t think any court would sustain, and I think the White House knows that. This is not executive privilege, this is executive stonewalling,&#8221; he told press at the time, fuming.
Hicks&#8217; return to the White House may signal that the Trump Administration is looking to regroup and reinstitute order following the chaos that reigned during the House impeachment inquiry and the Senate impeachment trial. Since late 2018, the Trump White House has been plagued by staff changes and swirling controversy, and Hicks, who worked well with Trump at his signature organization and stayed steadfast during the first, difficult year of the Trump Administration, is a trustworthy, familiar individual for President Trump.
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Hope Hicks Is Returning To The White House

Over the weekend, New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman penned a piece focusing on former prominent White House staffer Hope Hicks being subpoenaed by Congress.
&#8220;Hope Hicks, one of the best-known but least visible former members of President Trump&#8217;s White House staff, is facing an existential question: whether to comply with a congressional subpoena,&#8221; the Times captioned the piece.
The write-up includes a photograph of Ms. Hicks taken by freelance photographer Tom Brenner &#8212; which Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) ironically took serious issue with.
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Hope Hicks, one of the best-known but least visible former members of President Trump&#8217;s White House staff, is facing an existential question: whether to comply with a congressional subpoena <a href="https://t.co/8NXpfQvxQL">https://t.co/8NXpfQvxQL</a> <a href="https://t.co/L7aWVMsIdq">pic.twitter.com/L7aWVMsIdq</a>
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Talk show host Soledad O&#8217;Brien claimed the shot used of Hicks, in part, exposed the Times&#8217; pro-Trump bias (yes, really), and AOC couldn&#8217;t agree more.
&#8220;This is a good example of bias in the [New York Times]: a picture of a person who is considering not complying with a subpoena is basically a glam shot, and it&#8217;s framed as a thoughtful, perfectly equal choice,&#8221; Soledad said, captioning the Times&#8217; piece.
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This is a good example of bias in the <a href="https://twitter.com/nytimes?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@nytimes</a>: a picture of a person who is considering not complying with a subpoena is basically a glam shot, and it&#8217;s framed as a thoughtful, perfectly equal choice. <a href="https://t.co/qRHT31AsMg">https://t.co/qRHT31AsMg</a>
&#8212; Soledad O&#8217;Brien (@soledadobrien) <a href="https://twitter.com/soledadobrien/status/1132602097994747909?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 26, 2019</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Yup. Where&#8217;s the &#8216;no angel&#8217; take now?&#8221; asked Ocasio-Cortez, deeply troubled by the mainstream media&#8217;s apparent right-wing bias.
&#8220;In the immediate aftermath of shootings, media routinely post menacing photos of people-of-color victims + dredge up any questionable thing they&#8217;d ever done,&#8221; the Democrat continued, before explicitly hitting the &#8220;glamour shot&#8221; of Ms. Hicks: &#8220;But when Hope Hicks considers not complying w a subpoena, it&#8217;s glamour shot time.&#8221;
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Yup. Where&#8217;s the &#8220;no angel&#8221; take now?
In the immediate aftermath of shootings, media routinely post menacing photos of people-of-color victims + dredge up any questionable thing they&#8217;d ever done.
But when Hope Hicks considers not complying w a subpoena, it&#8217;s glamour shot time. <a href="https://t.co/ACnvXlKF7Q">https://t.co/ACnvXlKF7Q</a>
&#8212; Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) <a href="https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1132682554425765888?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 26, 2019</a></blockquote>
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Ocasio-Cortez went on to complain about Hicks&#8217; apparent favor with the media: &#8220;Treat her equally,&#8221; AOC demanded.
&#8220;What gets me is news breaks that this woman is weighing committing a crime before Congress &amp;it&#8217;s getting framed by the NYT as some Lifetime drama called &#8216;Hope&#8217;s Choice,'&#8221; she complained. &#8220;This is a fmr admin official considering participating in a coverup led by the President. Treat her equally.&#8221;
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What gets me is news breaks that this woman is weighing committing a crime before Congress &amp;it&#8217;s getting framed by the NYT as some Lifetime drama called &#8220;Hope&#8217;s Choice.&#8221;
This is a fmr admin official considering participating in a coverup led by the President.
Treat her equally. <a href="https://t.co/XcNbSuU4QB">https://t.co/XcNbSuU4QB</a>
&#8212; Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) <a href="https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1132692371005534208?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 26, 2019</a></blockquote>
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As highlighted by politicos online, the freshman congresswoman has had her share of &#8220;glamour shots&#8221; and wildly-biased good press from the media.
In March, Ocasio-Cortez was lionized by Time Magazine. &#8220;TIME&#8217;s new cover: &#8216;Change is closer than we think.&#8217; Inside Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez&#8217;s unlikely rise,&#8221; a caption of an AOC &#8220;glamour shot&#8221; cover said.
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TIME&#8217;s new cover: &#8220;Change is closer than we think.&#8221; Inside Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez&#8217;s unlikely rise <a href="https://t.co/qV0hB6qDRd">https://t.co/qV0hB6qDRd</a> <a href="https://t.co/L0RUIvuC3U">pic.twitter.com/L0RUIvuC3U</a>
&#8212; TIME (@TIME) <a href="https://twitter.com/TIME/status/1108709241781661696?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 21, 2019</a></blockquote>
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Other outlets, such as Vanity Fair, The Hollywood Reporter, and Rolling Stone have likewise worshiped Ocasio-Cortez:
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sure&#8230;ok <a href="https://t.co/kNrK9TPUYu">pic.twitter.com/kNrK9TPUYu</a>
&#8212; Gianbattista (@gbtiepolo1) <a href="https://twitter.com/gbtiepolo1/status/1132804747948380160?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 27, 2019</a></blockquote>
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In February, AOC became her own comic book. The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/43942/saving-world-gop-new-comic-book-star-aoc-hank-berrien">reported</a> the democratic socialist congresswoman &#8220;will be featured as the heroine of a new comic book titled &#8216;Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and the Freshman Force: New Party Who Dis?'&#8221; The premiere issue features an anthology of short stories showing AOC fighting the evil GOP. 
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez set to star in new comic book as Washington superhero <a href="https://t.co/DUGzYQjyXM">https://t.co/DUGzYQjyXM</a> <a href="https://t.co/rCta73tYiF">pic.twitter.com/rCta73tYiF</a>
&#8212; Newsweek (@Newsweek) <a href="https://twitter.com/Newsweek/status/1100352302261649408?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 26, 2019</a></blockquote>
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The 29-year-old is even the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/46328/watch-trailer-netflix-ocaso-cortez-documentary-paul-bois">star</a> of a Netflix documentary, &#8220;Knock Down the House,&#8221; which premiered in April.
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In the Times piece on Hicks, Haberman does not exactly glamorize the former Trump advisor, but outlines her entanglement in the special counsel investigation on accusations of Russian &#8220;collusion,&#8221; which Robert Mueller ultimately debunked, and her close ties to President Trump and his family.
&#8220;[Hicks] appears on more than two dozen pages in the report by the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, mostly in the second volume, which deals with allegations of obstruction of justice against Mr. Trump,&#8221; Haberman writes. &#8220;Like few others in the White House, Ms. Hicks was witness to some of the president&#8217;s angriest moments and most pointed directives about the investigations into the Trump campaign and its contacts with Russians in 2016. Her dilemma now is how to respond to House Democrats, who have grown frustrated and increasingly aggressive in the face of a sweeping decision by the Trump administration, and the Trump Organization, to oppose such subpoenas.&#8221;
<a href="https://twitchy.com/sarahd-313035/2019/05/27/smells-like-jealousy-aoc-gives-the-nyt-a-piece-of-her-mind-after-they-shift-their-spotlight-to-someone-else/">H/t</a> Twtichy

AOC Flips Over New York Times’ ‘Glamour Shot’ Of Hope Hicks

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

New York Times

The White House announced Tuesday that Hope Hicks, a longtime aide to President Donald Trump, will stay on permanently as White House Communications Director.
Hicks was appointed to the role temporarily when Anthony Scaramucci departed the West Wing after just ten days at the helm of the President&#8217;s communication operation. <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/hope-hicks-named-white-house-communications-director-n800571">But the post became official Tuesday</a>, according to White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders.
At just 28 years old, Hope Hicks became the youngest person ever to hold such a prestigious White House title, but Hicks is a veteran of both the Trump Organization and the Trump White House &#8212; and she&#8217;s known as one of Trump&#8217;s most trusted aides. Hicks has been part of Trump&#8217;s inner circle since the early days of his presidential campaign, even as many of Trump&#8217;s high-level staffers have come and gone, and before that, she worked for Trump&#8217;s real estate company and the public relations firm that represents Ivanka Trump&#8217;s clothing and accessories brand.
The job won&#8217;t be easy, however. Seven months into the Trump Administration, the West Wing has already blown through four communications directors. One, Jason Miller, resigned before his term even started. Mike Dubke lasted just a few months. Sean Spicer took over the duties of White House Communications Director as part of his position as Press Secretary, but resigned when Trump named Anthony Scaramucci to the job. Scaramucci, of course, was packing his office before his term even officially began.
Hicks certainly has quite the job ahead of her.

Moving Up: Hope Hicks Will Take Over As White House Communications Director

Trump Administration

White House senior communications aide Hope Hicks will take on the so-called &#8220;worst job in Washington&#8221; as the Trump Administration&#8217;s next Communications Director, sources close to the White House said Wednesday.
Hicks, who has been part of Donald Trump&#8217;s inner circle since shortly after he announced his run for President in 2015, will move into the big office later this week,<a href="http://dailycaller.com/2017/08/16/exclusive-hope-hicks-to-be-named-white-house-comms-director/?utm_source=site-share"> according to reports</a>, taking over the job most recently vacated by Anthony Scaramucci. 
Until now, Hicks has been largely in the shadows, helping to craft White House communications policy, but rarely seen or heard from by anyone who isn&#8217;t a reporter seeking comment from Trump&#8217;s press department. She is key to the Trump operation, however, and has risen from the ranks of a lowly communications staffer on the campaign to one of Trump&#8217;s most trusted aides; she&#8217;s often referred to among journalists covering the White House as a gatekeeper to the President and his senior Oval Office staff.
But that doesn&#8217;t mean Hope Hicks will have an easy time handling her new role. Since the start of Trump&#8217;s transition period, the White House Communications job has remained largely unoccupied.
Jason Miller was Trump&#8217;s first choice to lead the communications department, but he was forced to abandon the position when it emerged in January that he&#8217;d had an affair with Trump surrogate A. J. Delgado, and that Delgado was expecting a child. Veteran public relations professional Mike Dubke was next up, but quit the job only three months later, after what was<a href="https://www.axios.com/scoop-trumps-comms-director-leaving-white-house-2426616450.html"> revealed to be a tense clash over Trump&#8217;s aggressive press strategy</a>. 
Sean Spicer was supposed to take over as a hybrid Press Secretary-Communications Director in July, but quit when he found out Donald Trump had appointed boistrous Wall Street banker Anthony Scaramucci to the comms position. &#8220;The Mooch,&#8221; as he called himself, lasted a remarkable ten days, getting booted by Chief of Staff Gen. John Kelly before he&#8217;d even put his nameplate on the door.
Since then, the White House has reportedly offered the job to several other DC insiders, all of whom politely declined the opportunity to be next on the chopping block. 
Now it&#8217;s Hicks&#8217;s turn to try to force the White House into obeying an over-arching communications strategy, craft a single, appealling message to the American masses, and satisfy a press gaggle that grows hungrier for blood every day. It may be a promotion, but Hicks has her work cut out for her.

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