He’s right; it would go viral.
But they still can’t get Bannon off that plane:
People who have spoken with Bannon say he has given explicit orders to allies who may have been taking swipes at Kushner in the press to knock it off.
But the persistent internal warring and fears over what stories might appear in tomorrow’s newspapers have driven some administration officials to exhaustion.
It has sometimes felt like top officials have been in an arms race to plant or kill stories in the press. Those who decline to participate in the sniping feel at risk of being thrown under the bus by their colleagues or described by the media as having diminished influence, according to officials interviewed by The Hill.
That kill-or-be-killed mentality has trickled down to junior staffers, who have increasingly joined the melee themselves.
Wow. It turns out that it’s really stressful to work as a hater hating on other haters in a hater-hating hateful environment. Who knew?
Does anyone recall any reporting on any effective government anywhere that described a working internal dynamic like the one above?