Fired Scott Walker Staffer Drags Her Former Boss on Twitter
The field of Republican presidential candidates has dropped to fifteen as of this evening with Scott Walker dropping out, saying he needed to “clear the field” to allow a “positive, conservative” message to rise. "I encourage other Republican presidential candidates to consider doing the same so that the voters can focus on a limited number of candidates who can offer a positive, conservative alternative to the current front-runner," said Walker, subbing Donald Trump. But before the announcement, Liz Mair, fired Walker staffer—who has also worked for Rand Paul, Rick Perry (the first to drop out of the race), and Carly Fiorina—went on a 20-plus tweet rant listing all of the reasons Walker failed. Maybe this’ll change Walker’s mind and hire her again when he inevitably runs next time.
2. Walker did a number of things wrong in this race. This is the beginning of what will be a lengthy list.
— Liz Mair (@LizMair) September 21, 2015
Things he got wrong: Misunderstanding the GOP base, its priorities and stances. Pandering. Flip-flopping.
— Liz Mair (@LizMair) September 21, 2015
Hiring staff who did not know him well and did not understand his record or his reputation across all segments in Wisconsin.
— Liz Mair (@LizMair) September 21, 2015
Allowing certain staff (ahem) to marginalize and cut off people in Walker's orbit who had got him to the governorship and kept him there.
— Liz Mair (@LizMair) September 21, 2015
Becoming so invested in winning, no matter what it took, that he lost sight of his real identity as a political leader.
— Liz Mair (@LizMair) September 21, 2015
Not training himself out of tics incl instinctively answering "yes" and "absolutely" to things, comparing lots of things to union fight.
— Liz Mair (@LizMair) September 21, 2015
Not educating himself fast enough on issues outside governor's remit. Educating himself on some things by talking to the wrong people.
— Liz Mair (@LizMair) September 21, 2015
I said at the time to people who wrote that Walker would lose because he fired me that that was bullshit and silly.
— Liz Mair (@LizMair) September 21, 2015
But I also feared that the reasons behind his firing of me would be the ultimate causes of his demise. Now that appears to be true.
— Liz Mair (@LizMair) September 21, 2015
She even hinted at some dirty laundry.
One last thought: Walker's timing is good. Word is he just avoided getting tied to a very bad story that could well have been coming.
— Liz Mair (@LizMair) September 21, 2015
As for what Trump had to say about Walker dropping out? He played nice and said:
I got to know @ScottWalker well—he’s a very nice person and has a great future.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 21, 2015
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