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White House Budget Call Devolves Into Chaos
Topic Started: May 3 2017, 01:04 AM (5 Views)
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WDEF Chattanooga: WHITE HOUSE BUDGET CALL DEVOLVES INTO CHAOS

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The mute button can be a powerful thing.

A White House conference call with reporters, intended as a victory lap for Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney, quickly devolved into a scene out of an episode of the HBO series “Veep” on Tuesday morning.

The White House had hoped the call would help push back on the idea that this week’s trillion-dollar spending bill represented a significant win for Democrats. However, it was scheduled just 21 minutes before it began, apparently giving Mulvaney’s staff little time to prepare.

As Mulvaney attempted to answer questions, open phone lines featuring a crying baby, an intermittent hacking cough, and patriotic hold-music quickly drowned him out. Some reporters eventually unmuted their phones, revolting with laughter and exclamations of disbelief over the line.

“There has to be a better system, “a reporter on the call complained over the tune of Yankee Doodle Dandy.

Mulvaney himself predicted the fate of the hastily-arranged briefing moments earlier.

“This is going to be a disaster,” the director stated flatly as he opened the floor for questions to over sixty reporters who had dialed into the conference call.
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