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Spin Zone => Spin Zone => Topic started by: invflatspin on October 09, 2018, 06:57:42 PM

Title: Ivanka as UN ambassador?
Post by: invflatspin on October 09, 2018, 06:57:42 PM: https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-says-apos-no-one-211400643.html

No - thank - you.

Sorry, this is a bad, bad idea.
Title: Re: Ivanka as UN ambassador?
Post by: bflynn on October 09, 2018, 07:15:50 PM: What Democrat floated this trial balloon? I can't see anyone who would say "oh yeah, she would be perfect"...
Title: Re: Ivanka as UN ambassador?
Post by: EppyGA - White Christian Domestic Terrorist on October 09, 2018, 07:27:03 PM: My understanding is nepotism is a no-no because of John F and Robert Kennedy
Title: Re: Ivanka as UN ambassador?
Post by: Jim Logajan on October 09, 2018, 08:00:43 PM: Quote from: EppyGA on October 09, 2018, 07:27:03 PM
My understanding is nepotism is a no-no because of John F and Robert Kennedy

This seems to be the relevant statute, presumably created in response to the Kennedy action:

5 U.S. Code § 3110 - Employment of relatives; restrictions
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/5/3110 (https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/5/3110)
Title: Re: Ivanka as UN ambassador?
Post by: Little Joe on October 10, 2018, 04:24:19 AM: I couldn't tell from the article, but did Trump say:

There is . . .
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no one more competent in the world
or did he say:
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I’d be accused of nepotism even if there’s no one more competent in the world.

That is two different things.
Title: Re: Ivanka as UN ambassador?
Post by: invflatspin on October 10, 2018, 09:19:16 AM: Here's the literal quote, including full context of the statement:

"It has nothing to do with nepotism but people who know know that Ivanka would be dynamite. I’d be accused of nepotism even if there’s no one more competent in the world."

It can be found down near the end of the article on Yahoo developed by The Independent(which is nothing like honest independent).
Title: Re: Ivanka as UN ambassador?
Post by: Rush on October 13, 2018, 09:30:35 AM: I would have waaaaay less a problem with that than I had with Bill putting Hillary in charge of healthcare reform when he was President.