Sometimes, honesty isn’t the best policy. One day after telling the House Intelligence Committee she told “white lies” on the President Donald Trump‘s behalf, White House communications director Hope Hicks announced her resignation.
According to the New York Times‘ Maggie Haberman, the resignation had nothing to do with yesterday’s testimony. But tell that to the internet.
Oh I bet she’s been thinking about it for months. https://t.co/0gC55BNzJw
— Ana Marie Cox (@anamariecox) February 28, 2018
https://twitter.com/thecultureofme/status/968966783272148992
Naturally, because of her high-profile, and because of the constant, unprecedented turnover of this administration, Twitter was all about Hicks’ abrupt resignation.
(See previously: Sean Spicer and Anthony Scaramucci.)
https://twitter.com/pixie_casey/status/968963658935042048
https://twitter.com/AndrewWyrich/status/968968749943525377
https://twitter.com/pattymo/status/968965119295225857
DO YOU WANNA COME RUN WHITE HOUSE COMMUNICATIONS pic.twitter.com/lRTUirxTTX
— Jason O. Gilbert (@gilbertjasono) February 28, 2018
There’s now also the possibility Trump may hire his favorite spokesperson.
congratulations, i assume, to John Barron on his new position as comms director
— Alexandra Petri (@petridishes) February 28, 2018
Might be time for Trump to bring John Barron out of retirement.
— Jody Avirgan – mostly on threads (@jodyavirgan) February 28, 2018
(That’s Trump himself, in case you forgot.)
But perhaps some old figures will be returning?
Gorka packs his combat tourniquet, and his emergency backup tourniquet, into his black leather European men’s cary-all. Picks up the keys to the Mustang. This is his moment, and he knows it.
— Tom Gara (@tomgara) February 28, 2018
And of course, you knew we weren’t getting out of here without this joke.
https://twitter.com/kathrynw5/status/968965231694237698
Hicks had worked with Trump since the beginning of his presidential campaign.
