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21 Sep, 4 tweets, 1 min read
I completely missed the story around KellyAnne Conway, the most prolific liar in the history of White House staffers being appointed by the great liar himself to the Board of the USAF Academy a school with an honor code that reads “We will not lie, steal or cheat, nor tolerate
among us those that do. Furthermore I resolve to do my duty and live honorably”. What a tragic farce we are living through. Her unworthiness to serve on that Board is immeasurable, her appointment a mockery and desecration of the values of the service academies which produce
the Officers and future leaders of the Armed Forces of the United States. @POTUS should get a medal for removing her. Her response to the dismissal was released on letter head emblazoned with words that will never fit together, “The Honorable KellyAnne Conway.” It will stand up
for a long time as a North Star of viperous disrespect, classlessness, arrogance and deluded awfulness. Good riddance. What a disgraceful and disgusting appointment by the disgraced Trump.

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