Wednesday, February 20, 2019

The company Scott Walker keeps: Meet Trump sycophant Matt Schlapp


Social media plugola.  Scott Walker gets himself all gussied for the conservative speech circuit.


Sorry, Matt, principles have never been Scott Walker's strong suit.

Meet the Schlapps, Washington’s Trump-Era ‘It Couple’.  (The New York Times, 4/30/2018)
Add oppportunists to the list.  To some Republicans the Schlapps are a conservative “it couple.” To others they’re opportunists. Either way, they’re symbolic of a deep rift within their party.  
Business is in the meantime booming at Cove Strategies, the lobbying and public relations firm the Schlapps founded in 2009 (Ms. Schlapp stepped away from the business when she took her White House job). Their lobbying income alone has surged in the year since Mr. Trump took office, to more than $1 million in 2017 from $600,000 in 2015.

According to Merriam-Webster, the first known use of 'gussy up' occurred in 1952. 

Other coinages from the same year:
  1. bad seed
  2. bug off
  3. cop out
  4. end-run
  5. slammer
  6. standard operating procedure

According to Merriam-Webster, the first known use of 'plugola' occurred in 1954. 

Other coinages from the same year:
  1. cha-cha
  2. chop block
  3. junk mail
  4. sleaze
  5. time warp
  6. way-out

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