Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s viral White House photo: serendipitous or The NY Times ending her career in politics?

[Anonymous]

If it’s not career ending to accidentally invite WAPO into your war chat then why should this be?

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Anonymous wrote:She was supposed to have a private meeting with Trump and he ambushed her with reporters. F Trump.

She thought begging Trump for pork for her top donors and Democrat political machines could be done in secret and off the record? That’s a bit naive.

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Anonymous wrote:It was a such a low blow, agree.

She was there to lobby for her state and got sucked into the signing of an EO. Perfectly her right to not wish to be photographed doing that as it implies she may have supported it. Printing this photo was childish and irresponsible. And definitely smacks of being harder on Dems than republicans.

Her “right” not to be photographed? She is public official in a public building on official public business.

Exactly. Her career in politics was already finished.

[Anonymous]

Crash out.

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lol

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What's the big deal? Why does she care anyway?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:She was supposed to have a private meeting with Trump and he ambushed her with reporters. F Trump.

So you think The NY Times was given a head’s up and suspected she’d react in such a way? Her just standing there and getting photographed wouldn’t have gone viral. Her spontaneous childish reaction made this go viral. NY Times is the only pool photographed (out of a dozen?) that got the folder money shot? The whole thing is weird. And it wasn’t the only bad photo. And even friendly in-state outlets helped it go viral. Almost like this had some big coordination behind it to harm her politically — not just as a POTUS candidate but even a VP candidate in 2028.

OMG - IT’S MALEFICENT!

[Anonymous]

If saying you’d grab women by the p___y, and being a convicted felon are not “career-ending”, then almost nothing is.

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Anonymous wrote:If saying you’d grab women by the p___y, and being a convicted felon are not “career-ending”, then almost nothing is.

Yaaaaaaawwwwwwnnnnnn . . .

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Anonymous wrote:Also, Gavin Newsom will NEVER win. He's full-on MAGA, which he's made clear.

Californian here. What insanity is this? Please explain.

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Anonymous wrote:Surprised I don’t see a thread on this. This was randomly put in an NY Times article on Friday and then predictably went hyper viral all weekend because it’s so childish and embarrassing. No other newsroom got this same shot? If so, they could have held it. Was this deliberately ending her political future (…to the benefit of Josh Shapiro and perhaps Gavin Newsom)? In journalism terms, a scalp.

You can generally count on Keith Olbermann to be shockingly wrong about everything, and this is no exception. I have no idea why anyone pays him any mind.

This won’t hurt her. Doritos Jesus might, but not this.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:She was supposed to have a private meeting with Trump and he ambushed her with reporters. F Trump.

She thought begging Trump for pork for her top donors and Democrat political machines could be done in secret and off the record? That’s a bit naive.

No, she didn’t know they’d make her attend an EO signing unrelated to her visit.

[Anonymous]

No one's going to remember this in a few weeks

[Anonymous]

Uh, why would this be a career ending picture? I was expecting passed out drunk in a ditch with half empty tequila bottle in hand. I'm sure MAGA has been told to foam at the mouth about this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:She was supposed to have a private meeting with Trump and he ambushed her with reporters. F Trump.

She thought begging Trump for pork for her top donors and Democrat political machines could be done in secret and off the record? That’s a bit naive.

No, she didn’t know they’d make her attend an EO signing unrelated to her visit.

No one can MAKE you attend an EO mtg.