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| Andy Hemming |
Politico reported Thursday that Andy Hemming resigned from his position as the White House communications team’s director of rapid response on Monday.
The 31-year-old former Republican National Committee staffer, who was profiled by Politico’s Annie Karni this month, was responsible for finding positive mainstream media news stories about the Trump administration and recirculating those reports to key reporters and talking heads. Hemming’s goal was to ultimately create more mainstream coverage about positive moments for the Trump administration on the very networks the president routinely bashes and refers to as “fake news,” according to Karni’s piece.
Every presidential administration has staffers dedicated to monitoring the press and pushing out stories related to favorable moments. But Trump’s relationship with the press and responses to news coverage is unprecedented. For instance, Vice News reported this month that the president receives a folder filled with positive news about himself twice a day ― a report previous presidents apparently did not receive.
Hemming’s role in the administration was a bizarre one, considering his boss regularly picks public feuds with journalists and mainstream news outlets he was required to target with positive stories.
They're spinning this to suggest that Hemming's departure was a mutual decision with the White House, but I think we can all surmise that the guy probably left in frustration at how freaking hard his job was trying to find any positive stories about the shitgibbon.
Literally every time that Trump does anything that might be an opportunity for some positive media coverage, he almost immediately follows it up with something incredibly negative that then become the bigger story.
Doing a job like this would absolutely put your mental health at risk.
So i think this Hemming guy is making the smart decisions to bail before his mind snaps and he starts wandering the halls of the White House babbling to himself.
Besides, that's Donald Trump's job.
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