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senseandsensibility

(17,264 posts)
Sat May 4, 2024, 05:49 PM May 4

Why do you think Hope Hicks is such a media darling?

I really appreciated Lawrence O'Donnell's take on her as a witness last night and the way he called out her privilege, complete lack of qualifications for her job, and record of supporting a very immoral candidate and POTUS. There's really nothing admirable about her at all if you think about it logically.

But the rest of the media seems enthralled. I've even heard a lawyer call her angelic. Her tears are assumed to be authentic, and much of the media seems to be worried about her. It's strange.

Apparently, it's been going on since day one. Lawrence showed a clip of Jonathan Karl kissing her on the cheek at a press conference. He said he's never seen anything like it.

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Why do you think Hope Hicks is such a media darling? (Original Post) senseandsensibility May 4 OP
She has been living on her looks MOMFUDSKI May 4 #1
She's very pretty, I agree, senseandsensibility May 4 #4
+1 mitch96 May 4 #17
She's Bambi who walked among a White House full of preditors and doesn't seem cowed or afraid ... marble falls May 4 #2
Attractive former model who eschews media attention--so some mystery... hlthe2b May 4 #3
The nice part probably makes her stand out as much as her looks senseandsensibility May 4 #10
It's the story: conventionally pretty young White woman Retrograde May 4 #5
'Hope' adds glamour, sweetness and mystery to the Djt unreality show... Jrose May 4 #6
Don't see sweet, see over privileged white woman. we can do it May 4 #20
The press fluffs like footmen LuvLoogie May 4 #7
She is the claudette May 4 #8
🤮🤮🤮 we can do it May 4 #22
First & foremost, Hope has been blessed with outstanding good looks, & behaves beautifully Hekate May 4 #9
Excellent observations Raven123 May 4 #11
She's very attractive underpants May 4 #12
She is attractive and hangs out with powerful men. Freethinker65 May 4 #13
All that about Ms Hicks may be true but Lawrence O'Donnell praised the "unsung hero" Deuxcents May 4 #14
True senseandsensibility May 4 #15
She's got style. scipan May 4 #16
Ok, I had never seen her so I had to do a Google image search.... DemocraticPatriot May 4 #18
People are shallow. chowder66 May 4 #19
b e c a u s e s h e i s p r e t t y blogslug May 4 #21

senseandsensibility

(17,264 posts)
4. She's very pretty, I agree,
Sat May 4, 2024, 05:57 PM
May 4

but there are a lot of attractive people in the media. It just doesn't seem like that would be enough to get the total pass that she gets for so long.

marble falls

(57,741 posts)
2. She's Bambi who walked among a White House full of preditors and doesn't seem cowed or afraid ...
Sat May 4, 2024, 05:53 PM
May 4

... someone somewhere has a film treatment in the works.

hlthe2b

(102,607 posts)
3. Attractive former model who eschews media attention--so some mystery...
Sat May 4, 2024, 05:54 PM
May 4

especially compared to the nasty former Trumpers who end up spewing their idiocy on Fox. She has a reputation for being "nice..." something rare in Trump-land.

senseandsensibility

(17,264 posts)
10. The nice part probably makes her stand out as much as her looks
Sat May 4, 2024, 06:29 PM
May 4

Lawrence said she was from a wealthy family so there might be some class consciousness going on too.

Retrograde

(10,197 posts)
5. It's the story: conventionally pretty young White woman
Sat May 4, 2024, 05:57 PM
May 4

through family connections gets a plum job with Trump and then finds she's in over her head. Now she's turning on the waterworks in court, playing for more sympathy.

Jrose

(865 posts)
6. 'Hope' adds glamour, sweetness and mystery to the Djt unreality show...
Sat May 4, 2024, 05:59 PM
May 4

..but a much more blunt, bold and transparent 'Stormy' will likely sweep that fog away.

Hekate

(91,093 posts)
9. First & foremost, Hope has been blessed with outstanding good looks, & behaves beautifully
Sat May 4, 2024, 06:11 PM
May 4

That attracts people’s immediate attention. While it causes some to dismiss her as a lightweight, it cause many others to see her as angelic and innocent.

On the other hand, she apparently turned out to be a quick study when she entered politics & Trump’s White House. She’s apparently quite intelligent and well-organized.

There’s a brain in there, so she’s not the innocent she appears to be. But it’s the good looks most people see.

Raven123

(4,975 posts)
11. Excellent observations
Sat May 4, 2024, 06:30 PM
May 4

If I understand correctly, she is a former model. Genetically selected and professionally trained, they are meant to be attractive to the media. Clearly she was smart enough to recognize the threat of the Access Hollywood tape, but sadly unable or unwilling to extricate herself from the toxic milieu that is TFG. Even when she did leave, she eventually returned. Hard to figure.

Deuxcents

(16,479 posts)
14. All that about Ms Hicks may be true but Lawrence O'Donnell praised the "unsung hero"
Sat May 4, 2024, 06:57 PM
May 4

And she remained nameless on his show for her protection because she spent countless hours going thru tapes and emails and other communication to put together the evidence and timeline for the prosecution. She’s “just a clerk” but she should be recognized, not Hope Hicks.

DemocraticPatriot

(4,550 posts)
18. Ok, I had never seen her so I had to do a Google image search....
Sat May 4, 2024, 09:37 PM
May 4

Yeah, she is somewhat 'beautiful' by conventional standards for models....

However, that's not my type. I'm a pushover for "cute"-- the "girl next door" type...


Her tears may be quite authentic-- she's genuinely sorry that she was forced to testify against the man for whom she somehow still respects or believes in.... if so, I'll give her credit for being willing to tell the truth under oath (if she did)---
where a lot of MAGAts and/or Republicans would be quite willing to lie.

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