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comment by am_Unition
am_Unition  ·  1276 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The Election That Could Break America

This one delighted me (source):

    In response to a request for comment [on NYT's coverage of Trump's tax records], a White House spokesman, Judd Deere, did not dispute any specific facts. Instead, he delivered a broad attack, calling the article “fake news” and “yet another politically motivated hit piece full of inaccurate smears” appearing “before a presidential debate.”

We've found a horcrux, everyone! This looks like the first subject where communication from the top completely stops. White House spokespeople are apparently on their own.

For posterity: We have switched Judds, and this Judd will receive no attaboys. I hadn't thought about how the NYT is no doubt strategically dumping all this in the hours leading up to the first debate, thanks for pointing that out, Judd #2.