Trump is already DRAINING THE SWAMP!! https://t.co/UpaV2JaNmx
— WND News (@worldnetdaily) January 27, 2017
Patrick Kennedy, who served for nine years as the undersecretary for management, Assistant Secretaries for Administration and Consular Affairs Joyce Anne Barr and Michele Bond, and Ambassador Gentry Smith, director of the Office for Foreign Missions, were sent letters by the White House that their service was no longer required, the sources told CNN.
All four, career officers serving in positions appointed by the President, submitted letters of resignation per tradition at the beginning of a new administration.
BYE Felicia: The State Department’s entire senior management team just quit – #DrainTheSwamp https://t.co/SNgWUhAymx
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) January 26, 2017
OOPS! Now Washington Post State Dept. officials didn't quite en masse--they were let go. https://t.co/Y4l6Wu5slO (no correction?)
— Sharyl Attkisson (@SharylAttkisson) January 26, 2017
Also the same one that illegally paid a ransom to Iran and then lied about it. Top. Men. https://t.co/OxtopP6qjp
— Sean Davis (@seanmdav) January 26, 2017
They are presidential appointees who submit resignations during every transition. Their resignations were accepted. We wrote about it y'day. https://t.co/Uvx0YywH00
— Matt Lee (@APDiploWriter) January 26, 2017
@seanmdav @BraddJaffy this is the same mgmt team that misplaced 6 billion dollars right?
— Big Hetero (@Sjanderson86) January 26, 2017
Also the same one that illegally paid a ransom to Iran and then lied about it. Top. Men. https://t.co/OxtopP6qjp
— Sean Davis (@seanmdav) January 26, 2017
So I’m supposed to consider it a great scandal that Patrick Kennedy is departing the State Dept., huh? https://t.co/xpV9AHhQSN pic.twitter.com/lehQvq9owW
— jimgeraghty (@jimgeraghty) January 26, 2017
a prediction about firing all *political appointee* US attorneys:
— ThatsHowYouGotTrump (@AceofSpadesHQ) January 26, 2017
1993: Perfectly right
2001: Fascism!
2009: Perfectly right
2017: Fascism!!