It seems like Trump and his spokesperson Katrina Pierson are both trying to get fired, and finding it surprisingly difficult.
In her adult life, Trump “Chief Spokesgoblin” Katrina Pierson has:
- While a student at the University of Texas, led a petition drive and student sit-in to ban the teaching of evolutionary theory within the biology department. She was granted a bachelor’s degree in biology in 2006.
- Voted for Barack Obama, but switched parties when she learned of his “refusal” to wear a flag pin.
- Founded a local Tea Party group accused of operating more like an ATM for its leaders than a political action group.
- Complained that President Obama was not a “pure breed” in 2012, and staunchly defended her comment in 2016, saying it should be okay for her to say that because “I’m a half-breed. I’m always getting called a half-breed.”
- Worked for Ted Cruz during his 2012 Senate campaign while simultaneously drawing unemployment benefits.
- Called President Obama a “jihadi,” then recently explained that the tweet – which she refused to recant – was not an issue because “a lot of times [her inflammatory statements are] in the sphere of fighting off other liberal activists.” She also asserted the tweet – read back to her in its entirety – was “taken out of context.”
- Run for Congress on the strength of an endorsement of Sarah Palin, losing in the Republican primary to a candidate that got about double the votes cast for her.
- As a congressional candidate, stated her strong opposition to “American troops being used for the good of others and outside America’s national interest,” citing the “Democrat-led invasion of the tiny island of Grenada” as an example.
- Referred to President Obama as “Head Negro in charge” in 2013, then confirmed and embraced the statement when asked about it this year.
- Defended Trump’s proposed ban on Muslim immigration by saying, “so what, they’re Muslim.”
- Explained that she supports Trump because he would be “the better person [compared to Cruz] to transition out of Obama,” and “a softer transition for some on the left.”
- Worn a necklace made of bullets on a television appearance and responded to criticism by saying next time she’d wear “a necklace of fetuses” to draw attention to “50 million aborted people that will never [get] to be on Twitter.”
- Posed the rhetorical question, “What good does it do to have a good nuclear triad if you’re afraid to use it?”
- Claimed President Obama took the United States into Afghanistan and called troops in Afghanistan “Obama’s war.”
Except that I made up two of the things in the list above. The fact that it’s not immediately obvious which three should trouble you, and it should make you wonder why Trump wants someone even crazier than him as part of the campaign.
Fakes are revealed below.
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To my knowledge, Ms. Pierson did not agitate for the removal of evolution from the UT curriculum, and probably cannot find Grenada on a map, much less make reference to Reagan’s invasion of the island.