WH Sends Talking Points Emails To Former Obama And Clinton Aides

Hillary Clinton (L), 2016 Democratic presidential nominee is welcomed by US President Barack Obama during a rally on the Independence Mall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,on November 07, 2016 About 40,000 people floode... Hillary Clinton (L), 2016 Democratic presidential nominee is welcomed by US President Barack Obama during a rally on the Independence Mall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,on November 07, 2016 About 40,000 people flooded Independence Mall in Philadelphia for Hillary Clinton's rally with her husband Bill, President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle at her side, a campaign aide said. The attendance set a new record for Clinton, with the previous high point a rally in Ohio that drew 18,500 people, a campaign aide told reporters traveling with the candidate. / AFP / Brendan Smialowski (Photo credit should read BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images) MORE LESS
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The White House reportedly includes former aides to President Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton on its email blasts asking President Trump allies to help promote the White House’s talking points, according to Politico.

Politico caught the blunder thanks to White House aide Kelly Sadler — known for making a morbid joke about Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) “dying” — who forgot to blind copy the recipients of an email about the White House’s game plan for Iran.

The email asked recipients — many of whom are influential in the foreign policy sphere, but highly critical of Trump, like Jeffrey Lewis, a left-leaning expert on nuclear weapons — to help boost the White House’s policy and messaging. But many included in the email blasts, like Lewis, told Politico they were perplexed as to why they would be included on such a communiqué.

The White House told Politico that the list, reportedly compiled by the State Department, includes policy wonks on all ends of the spectrum in order to ensure “influencers” understand the Trump administration’s perspective.

Read Politico’s full report here. 

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  1. Oopsie. Perhaps she should hit unsend.

  2. Incompetence on every level.
    It is almost a prerequisite for employment in this White House

  3. The gang that couldn’t shoot straight. Pathetic.

  4. If she acid washed her hard drive the e-mails would be retroactively unsent. It’s very expensive but it’s worth it sometimes.

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