Posted on 09/04/2018 3:00:03 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
Carl Bernstein on Tuesday called on White House chief of staff John Kelly to resign and submit congressional testimony about what he has seen during his time in President Trump's orbit.
The call from the veteran journalist comes following the release of a bombshell book about the Trump administration written by his old partner, Bob Woodward.
"It would seem to me that General Kelly, in the interest of the country, needs to resign and with a statement that says, 'The presidency can no longer be entrusted to this man,' " Bernstein said on CNN after reviewing the contents of the book.
Bernstein went on to say what Kelly should pen in a resignation statement.
" 'We now have a picture of what we’ve all been dealing with here,' " Bernstein said the chief of staff should write in a resignation. " 'I will be happy to appear before committees of Congress ... and tell them what I have seen about this president of the United States and whether or not he is competent and able to lead the United States.' "
According to excerpts from the book published by the Washington Post, Kelly told White House aides that Trump is "unhinged" and "an idiot," adding it is "pointless" to advise the president.
Bernstein on CNN said "given what he is quoted as saying by Bob [Woodward] in this book," it would be an act of "great patriotism" for Kelly to resign.
Bernstein, who became a prominent journalist alongside Woodward for their reporting on the Watergate scandal, said Woodward is able to prove the accounts in his book,"Fear: Trump in the White House."
"There are so many tape recordings from his sources that the account, the narrative accounts, are based on," Bernstein said. "We finally are inside the Trump White House and it is a horror show."
Kelly denied the allegations that he called the president an "idiot," repeating the same language that he used when similar reports emerged earlier this year.
"The idea I ever called the president an idiot is not true," Kelly said in a statement on Tuesday. "This is another pathetic attempt to smear people close to President Trump and distract from the administration's many successes."
Kelly is expected to depart from the White House soon, but it is unclear when he will exit and whom Trump will choose as his replacement.
“He’s an idiot," Kelly is quoted as saying in the excerpts published by the Post. "It’s pointless to try to convince him of anything. He’s gone off the rails. We’re in Crazytown. I don’t even know why any of us are here."
"This is the worst job I’ve ever had,” Kelly added, according to Woodward.
Trump last week called Bernstein a "degenerate fool" over his reporting on the administration.
Woodward writes a book of unverified hearsay and his partner Bernstein uses it as proof of why Kelly should resign.
Bernstein doesn’t even know that EVERYBODY now knows he is a hack.
Alice in Wonderland.
The establishment is getting desperate to save the Bush Plan for North Mexico (aka USA)
Of course, Kelly needs to go because he failed to butter up to the fake news media.
These people are really dense.
Woodward and Bernstein are both putrid Lefties with a nasty agenda that isn’t for the good of America.
Bernstein is a boob. I’m surprised he wasn’t protesting at the Kavanaugh hearing today.
Oh? Meaning the book is full of truth with no lies whatsoever? Really?
Bernstein is to Woodward as Curt Smith was to Roland Orzabal
If not for imaginary sources Woodward would no sources at all.
Bernstein was great in ‘Little Big Man
But what do Hoffman and Redford think?
ROTF LMAO
Sure beats having to compete to win elections and deal with the consequences.
Woodtard and Berclink never were anything, and now they’re lest than anything. Wait, isn’t that the same thing? Oh well...
If the shoe fits...
It fits.
What percent of the stories in Woodward’s book will be based on anonymous sources?
My guess is 80% to 90%.
WE can expect more, and more of this sort of lying, disinformative propaganda from now until the 2018 mid term election.
The Democrats are absolutely desperate, and will stop at nothing to regain power. Curious how they think they can regain power without an iota of credibility.
I “call on” Bernstein to immediately commit suicide It is the only honorable way out for this pathetic clown and scum-brained loser.
Go away Carl. You’re old news.
Bernstein and Woodward are the two biggest pieces of swamp varmint feces to reside in the bottom of the D.C. swamp. I lived through their Watergate fiasco and still haven’t been able to figure out what had these two old fags so hot and bothered about it. Have you ever asked a commie lib to explain Watergate to you? Forget it. It’s a waste of time.
Trump is compos non mentis.
This is CNN’s tack after Russia, Russia, Russia.
They’re desperate and they’re loonier than President Trump.
Projection. They still lie about Trump’s alleged complicity in the June 12, 2016 Trump Tower meeting.
They have zero, zilch and nada credibility.
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