Corey Lewandowski Yanked from Trump Campaign

A farewell to arms.

Donald J. Trump has fired his contentious campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski, a move that comes as the presumptive Republican nominee faces challenges as he heads into the general election.

Mr. Lewandowski could not immediately be reached for comment about his departure, which was announced by the campaign.

Trump issued a disarming press statement:

“The Donald J. Trump Campaign for President, which has set a historic record in the Republican primary having received almost 14 million votes, has today announced that Corey Lewandowski will no longer be working with the campaign,” the campaign spokeswoman, Hope Hicks, said in a statement. “The campaign is grateful to Corey for his hard work and dedication and we wish him the best in the future.”

Update: At the risk of -- or joy of, I should say -- pitting those who kept claiming nothing at all happened with Michelle Fields all out of joint, Donald Trump himself now sees to be among those crying "jerk" at Lewandowski. See end of post, where it is reported that Ivanka convinced Trump to tear Lewandowski free of the campaign, and that this amputation was due to the Michelle Fields incident.

I guess we'll have to watch the firing in super-slow-motion to determine if an actal firing took place, or if it was all a Lie concocted by Ben Shapiro.

posted by Ace at 04:00 PM

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