Twitter Flips Over Gary Cohn Resignation: ‘Not for NeoNazis But for Tariffs’
Less than a week after Hope Hicks‘ announcement, Gary Cohn‘s resignation was announced and confirmed by the White House this afternoon, and Twitter flipped out again.
Most of the reactions went towards one of two big observations: 1) that earlier today President Trump was downplaying chaos and talking about how everyone wants to work in the White House, and 2) Cohn reportedly considered resigning over Trump’s Charlottesville remarks but then didn’t.
He withstood Trump's Charlottesville comments, but not the prospect of tariffs.
— Eli Stokols (@EliStokols) March 6, 2018
Trump: Grab her by the p*ssy.
Cohn: I hear ya!Trump: Mexicans are rapists.
Cohn: Sounds good!Trump: Nazis are fine people.
Cohn: You said it!Trump: We should tax steel more.
Cohn: CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS GUY? I’M OUT! https://t.co/XILGAYiIfq— Jules Suzdaltsev (@jules_su) March 6, 2018
was just saying to our producers: "Welp, we have our White House departure breakers down to a science."
— Hallie Jackson (@HallieJackson) March 6, 2018
congrats to new economic advisor jared kushner
— Haley Byrd (@byrdinator) March 6, 2018
WHITE HOUSE CHECKS ITS GARY ON ITEMS
— Ariel Edwards-Levy (@aedwardslevy) March 6, 2018
So now we know: Paul Ryan and Gary Cohn draw the line not at neo-Nazis, or sexual assault, or climate change, or Russia, but trade. That is, money.
— Julia Ioffe (@juliaioffe) March 6, 2018
new Cohn, who dis?
— Michael Del Moro (@MikeDelMoro) March 6, 2018
Not for NeoNazis but for tariffs. https://t.co/EJtKLtCvxJ
— Jennifer Rubin (@JRubinBlogger) March 6, 2018
I don't have a joke for what a joke Gary Cohn is for resigning over TARIFFS and not his boss's tacit embrace of white racists and anti-semites.
— John Hodgman (@hodgman) March 6, 2018
Hours after @POTUS denies there is chaos in the WH, the revolving door spins again. https://t.co/cyqN4siWKy
— David Axelrod (@davidaxelrod) March 6, 2018
The loss of Gary Cohn — the most widely respected member of the senior WH staff — is a big deal.
— Jonathan Karl (@jonkarl) March 6, 2018
Gary Cohn deciding to stay on after Charlottesville and then resign over tariffs is an interesting biographical arc for future historians
— Benjy Sarlin (@BenjySarlin) March 6, 2018
Trump: "Everybody wants to work in the White House!"
Gary Cohn: "Um …"
— David Martosko (@dmartosko) March 6, 2018
Gary Cohn reportedly thought about leaving last year, over Trump’s response to Charlottesville, equating Neo-Nazis to those protesting against them. But he didn’t leave then.
Instead, he left over tariffs. ??♀️— Ana Navarro (@ananavarro) March 6, 2018
Gary Cohn departs; there will be more. Never had a hemorrhage of top officials like this in the first year-plus of a presidency, much less having more than half of the top 636 policy positions unfilled. Ask yourself: what quality people would come into this administration now?
— Norman Ornstein (@NormOrnstein) March 6, 2018
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