#173) What A Week!

Paul Ryan

Speaker of the House

H-232 The Capital

Washington, DC 20515

February 14, 2018

Dear Mr. Speaker,

Donald Trump famously said, "We have people.  We have the best people."

Well at least the first part of that statement is true.  The Trump administration does, in fact, have people.  But after watching this past year's unprecedented White House staff turnover, I think we can now say that they are not the "best" people.  Here are a few headlines from just this week (just ONE week!!)

·      Veterans Affairs official altered email to justify paying travel costs for Secretary Shulkin's wife on Europe trip.

·      White House Staffer Rob Porter accused of abusing his two ex-wives.  The White House claims it didn't know about the allegations.

·       FBI Director Christopher Wray testified that the bureau repeatedly briefed the White House last year on its investigation into aid Rob Porter.

·      Michael Cohen, Donald Trump's personal lawyer, says that he paid porn star Stormy Daniels $130,000 out of his own pocket to cover up the sexual encounter that Donald Trump says never happened. (This guy gets the sycophant of the century award as far as I'm concerned.)

·      David Sorenson, a White House speech writer, resigned Friday following allegations of physical and emotional abuse from his ex-wife. 

·      George David Banks, a senior official on the National Economic Council and special assistant to the president for international energy and environmental policy resigned Tuesday after being informed that he would not receive a permanent security clearance. (The details of what he did that didn't pass the sniff test have not been released.)

·      Former director of communications for the office of Public Liaison at the White House Omarosa Manigault-Newman is now starring on the TV reality show "Celebrity Big Brother" and dishing out her insider information; like the fact that VP Mike Pence hears the voice of Jesus and that Jesus tells him to "say things". 

I know I said it before, but I need to say it again...this is just ONE WEEK and these are only the headlines that pertain to Trump administration staffing issues.  Honestly, is this really the guy that you want to back?  That you want to go down in history as being associated with?  You're making a very bad call here Mr. Ryan.

Sincerely,

Amy Beaton