I Was a White House Stenographer. Trump Wasn’t a Fan.

7/17/18
As White House stenographers, we were among the handful of staff members who remained at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue when the administration changed. This was my first transition, but my boss had said every new administration she’d worked in since the 1980s was grateful for our help. We weren’t powerful, but we were respected; George W. Bush used to call out, “I love the stenos!” whenever he saw my boss, Peggy, or her colleagues. Our job, after all, was to provide a first line of defense against the press by being present whenever a reporter was in the same room as the president.....

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Rogue Valley said:

I Was a White House Stenographer. Trump Wasn’t a Fan.

Former White House stenographer Beck Dorey-Stein



I would be doing a disservice to the account above by chopping it up to satisfy board rules concerning Fair-Use. This White House stenographer resigned because Trump didn't like having an accurate account of his meetings.

"Mr. Trump likes to call anyone who disagrees with him “fake news.” But if he’s really the victim of so much inaccurate reporting, why is he so averse to having the facts recorded and transcribed?"​

Excellent question. Unfortunately, after 1½ years into the Trump presidency, the answer is painfully obvious. Trump doesn't want any official accounts available that disclose and document his lies.

Related: Former White House Stenographer Speaks Out: ‘Trump Was Lying To The American People’

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SonOfDaedalus said:

He also likes to tear up documents even after he was told that's illegal.

He's simply incompetent.

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trixare4kids said:

She's an Obama holdover looking for her five minutes of fame on Crooked News Network.

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Risky Thicket said:

So then you are saying the lady is incorrect or lying regarding Trump's aversion to stenographers? Do you have a source?

Or is it that you are simply contradicting as you usually do because you cannot provide a substantive argument?

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trixare4kids said:

She's an Obama holdover looking for her five minutes of fame on Crooked News Network.

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trixare4kids said:

She's an Obama holdover looking for her five minutes of fame on Crooked News Network.

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trixare4kids said:

She's an Obama holdover looking for her five minutes of fame on Crooked News Network.

Risky Thicket said:

So then you are saying the lady is incorrect or lying regarding Trump's aversion to stenographers? Do you have a source?

Or is it that you are simply contradicting as you usually do because you cannot provide a substantive argument?

trixare4kids said:

Is DP your private court of law?

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   [*=1]Neither be the point of the OP nor of Ms. Dorey-Stein's remarks whether she is or isn't a holdover from any prior Administration. WH Stenographers are no more political employees/appointees than are the cooks, butlers, footmen, housekeepers, gardners, janitors, etc. They are factotums who, while on the job, are seen and not heard except when they are spoken to; they document what literally and word-for-word is uttered in the WH, most especially in the POTUS' presence while he's conducting great and small affairs of state. The point is that Trump conducts affairs of state without there being a WH stenographer present; thus he denies himself, his team, and posterity the opportunity to have and review, as and when needed, an accurate transcription of what exactly was said and by whom.
   [*=1]Ms. Dorey-Stein didn't self-aggrandizingly appear on CNN. She appeared on CNN after she'd had published an essay she wrote and submitted to the New York Times (NYT) Op-Ed page. That her prose appeared on the NYT's OP-Ed page is material once one understands what is the raison d'etre of the NYT OP-Ed page.

   The Opinion section operates editorially independently from the rest of the newspaper. It is the section’s unique mission both to be the voice of The Times, and to challenge it. The Op-Ed pages were born, in part, because of the closing of New York’s top conservative newspaper, The New York Herald Tribune. They were created to be opposite the editorial pages — and not just physically.
   
   “The purpose of the Op. Ed. page is neither to reinforce nor to counterbalance The Times’s own editorial position. The objective is rather to afford greater opportunity for exploration of issues and presentation of new insights and new ideas by writers and thinkers who have no institutional connection with The Times and whose views will very frequently be completely divergent from our own.” That has meant publishing pieces by President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia; the Blackwater founder, Erik Prince; and a different take on climate change -- all of which created a stir when they were published. (The Op-Ed Pages, Explained)

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   • How to submit an Op-Ed article
   • Op-Ed Contribution: An article by a person not on the staff of The Times, reflecting opinions about a topic on which the author is an expert or has provocative and well-reasoned ideas. These articles, most of which are solicited by the editors, are not intended to reflect the positions of the editorial board. (Readers Guide to the NYT)

Rogue Valley said:

I Was a White House Stenographer. Trump Wasn’t a Fan.

Former White House stenographer Beck Dorey-Stein



I would be doing a disservice to the account above by chopping it up to satisfy board rules concerning Fair-Use. This White House stenographer resigned because Trump didn't like having an accurate account of his meetings.

"Mr. Trump likes to call anyone who disagrees with him “fake news.” But if he’s really the victim of so much inaccurate reporting, why is he so averse to having the facts recorded and transcribed?"​

Excellent question. Unfortunately, after 1½ years into the Trump presidency, the answer is painfully obvious. Trump doesn't want any official accounts available that disclose and document his lies.

Related: Former White House Stenographer Speaks Out: ‘Trump Was Lying To The American People’

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NeverTrumpGOP said:

Mr. Swampy doesn't like being recorded. That tells me all I need to know.

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VanceMack said:

Holy ****. The whole Russia TRAITOR!!! TREASON!!! sure did fizzle fast if they are reduced to talking to a stenographer that quite 15 months ago and has no real knowledge of anything. I figured it would be good for AT LEAST a month or two with the muppets.

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• Who would "they" be?
• Whatever gave you the notion that anyone, or the topic of the Helsinki fiasco, has been "reduced to" anything?
• Whatever gave you the notion that the "Russia TRAITOR!!! TREASON!!!" topic of discussion has been replaced by this discussion?
• How did it escape your notice that the topic introduced in this thread's OP is a different, not superseding, topic of discussion?

Xelor said:

Even a cursory look at the thread list page for the General Political Discussion subforum on DP shows that several of the threads borne of the Helsinki fiasco have today obtained additional commentary and viewings from members. Furthermore, if one reviews the WH statements and press briefing from today, various remarks from Congress members, one'll find numerous assertions, observations, and questions coming from all quarters. Consequently:

• Who would "they" be?
• Whatever gave you the notion that anyone, or the topic of the Helsinki fiasco, has been "reduced to" anything?
• Whatever gave you the notion that the "Russia TRAITOR!!! TREASON!!!" topic of discussion has been replaced by this discussion?
• How did it escape your notice that the topic introduced in this thread's OP is a different, not superseding, topic of discussion?

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VanceMack said:

Holy ****. The whole Russia TRAITOR!!! TREASON!!! sure did fizzle fast if they are reduced to talking to a stenographer that quite 15 months ago and has no real knowledge of anything. I figured it would be good for AT LEAST a month or two with the muppets.

Xelor said:

Even a cursory look at the thread list page for the General Political Discussion subforum on DP shows that several of the threads borne of the Helsinki fiasco have today obtained additional commentary and viewings from members. Furthermore, if one reviews the WH statements and press briefing from today, various remarks from Congress members, one'll find numerous assertions, observations, and questions coming from all quarters. Consequently:

• Who would "they" be?
• Whatever gave you the notion that anyone, or the topic of the Helsinki fiasco, has been "reduced to" anything?
• Whatever gave you the notion that the "Russia TRAITOR!!! TREASON!!!" topic of discussion has been replaced by this discussion?
• How did it escape your notice that the topic introduced in this thread's OP is a different, not superseding, topic of discussion?

VanceMack said:

Oh...there are still going to be the hapless hopeless mindless leftist twats that shriek TRAITOR!!! TREASON!!! PEARL HARBOR!!! KRSYTALNACHT!!!...but they are the same hapless hopeless mindless leftist twats that have been shrieking for the last 3 years and frankly...even the reasonable liberals are getting tired of those sad pathetic ****s.

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• "The whole Russia TRAITOR!!! TREASON!!!...[topic/outcry/protestations] fizzled fast."
• Someone ("they") has achieved the existential status of "reduced to."

Xelor said:

Red:
That is neither an answer to the questions I posed nor a bolster to your initial assertions (blue text) that:

• "The whole Russia TRAITOR!!! TREASON!!!...[topic/outcry/protestations] fizzled fast."
• Someone ("they") has achieved the existential status of "reduced to."

So I shall repeat my inquiry:

Even a cursory look at the thread list page for the General Political Discussion subforum on DP shows that several of the threads borne of the Helsinki fiasco have today obtained additional commentary and viewings from members. Furthermore, if one reviews the WH statements and press briefing from today, various remarks from Congress members, one'll find numerous assertions, observations, and questions coming from all quarters. Consequently:

• Who would "they" be?
• Whatever gave you the notion that anyone, or the topic of the Helsinki fiasco, has been "reduced to" anything?
• Whatever gave you the notion that the "Russia TRAITOR!!! TREASON!!!" topic of discussion has been replaced by this discussion?
• How did it escape your notice that the topic introduced in this thread's OP is a different, not superseding, topic of discussion?

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VanceMack said:

Oh...there are still going to be the hapless hopeless mindless leftist twats that shriek TRAITOR!!! TREASON!!! PEARL HARBOR!!! KRSYTALNACHT!!!...but they are the same hapless hopeless mindless leftist twats that have been shrieking for the last 3 years and frankly...even the reasonable liberals are getting tired of those sad pathetic ****s.

Xelor said:

Red:
That is neither an answer to the questions I posed nor a bolster to your initial assertions (blue text) that:

• "The whole Russia TRAITOR!!! TREASON!!!...[topic/outcry/protestations] fizzled fast."
• Someone ("they") has achieved the existential status of "reduced to."

So I shall repeat my inquiry:

Even a cursory look at the thread list page for the General Political Discussion subforum on DP shows that several of the threads borne of the Helsinki fiasco have today obtained additional commentary and viewings from members. Furthermore, if one reviews the WH statements and press briefing from today, various remarks from Congress members, one'll find numerous assertions, observations, and questions coming from all quarters. Consequently:

• Who would "they" be?
• Whatever gave you the notion that anyone, or the topic of the Helsinki fiasco, has been "reduced to" anything?
• Whatever gave you the notion that the "Russia TRAITOR!!! TREASON!!!" topic of discussion has been replaced by this discussion?
• How did it escape your notice that the topic introduced in this thread's OP is a different, not superseding, topic of discussion?

VanceMack said:

Yesterday there was somwhere around 15 threads a time of leftists ****ting themselves over TRAITOR!!! TREASON!!! PEARL HARBOR!!! KRSYTALNACHT!!!

Today you are talking about a steno that quit in early 2017.


You answer your own questions.

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1. I cannot read your mind, so I cannot answer the questions I asked you.
2. I don't ascribe to the notions about which I asked you to share founding of your coming to hold them, so, again, I can't answer the questions I asked you.