Trump team tormented by 'Gucci-clad grifters' begging for White House work: report
A swarm of "non-political sycophants" is buzzing around President-elect Donald Trump's Florida resort and they are hoping influencer status will secure them White House responsibilities — and infuriating transition team insiders, according to a new report.
Among them are an influencer who called herself a "QAnon spokesperson," an influencer who called for the executions of former President Barack Obama, and an influencer who called for all press briefings to be held in Palm Beach, Politico reported Wednesday.
“I’m a hair away from the White House," press secretary hopeful Melissa Rein Lively told Politico. “My clients are — I can’t even name who I work with. They own half of Palm Beach.”
Lively, an Arizona-based communications professional, has moved into the Breakers luxury resort to mount her campaign for a senior position in Trump's administration, according to the report.
That campaign seems to include a lot of Instagram posts rallying "haters" and featuring pictures of Mar-a-Lago and Roger Stone, Politico reported.
In 2020, Lively live-streamed herself destroying a Covid mask display at Target and later told police she was connected to Trump as QAnon's spokesperson. Lively has called this both a mental health break and a public relations stunt.
“My sphere of influence goes far beyond people who are paper pushers on the Trump campaign," she told Politico. “I’m telling you right now, I’m not leaving here without that press secretary gig.”
Up next is Michele Morrow, a failed schools superintendent candidate from North Carolina, who wants to serve in Trump’s “Education Administration," Politico reported.
Morrow has suggested both President Joe Biden and Obama should be executed on social, according to CNN.
“I prefer a Pay Per View of him in front of the firing squad,” Morrow wrote in a now-deleted post from May 2020. “We could make some money back from televising his death.”
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Lastly comes Breanna Morello, an internet personality who says she left Fox over Covid vaccine mandates and would “respectfully decline” a White House press secretary nomination because it would mean leaving her dogs behind in Florida.
She'd reportedly reconsider if the position was relocated to Trump's social club.
Insiders say such influencers are infuriating Trump's team.
“These maniacs are actually filming videos saying how honored they are," one campaign insider told Politico. "It is nuts.”
Another Trump campaign insider told Politico the women have no chance of securing the positions they seek.
“Holding a position in this administration will require more than fifty Instagram stories of you dining on tuna tartare at Mar-a-Lago," the Republican strategist said.
"[They] will cut through this gaggle of Gucci-clad grifters like a knife through butter."