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Mick Mulvaney

Tuesday 5th of May 2026

SC Republican Mick Mulvaney's Pledge of Allegiance 2.0 I pledge allegiance to the millionaires and billionaires behind Grover Norquist's Taxpayer Protection Pledge, and to their interests above all others, so help me God, come hell or high water. The Pledge of Allegiance 2.0 is the implicit pledge made by signing Norquist's Taxpayer Protection Pledge © 2015 Kwiple.com
Asslickers It was easier to go along with the ride. John Kelly, at least for a while, and Mick Mulvaney, without any reservations at all, would behave the same way [kowtowing like Trump's siblings throughout his life] — until they were ousted for not being sufficiently “loyal.” That's how it always works with sycophants. First they remain silent no matter what outrages are committed; then they make themselves complicit by not acting. Ultimately, they find they are expendable when Donald needs a scapegoat. Mary Trump, Too Much and Never Enough  © 2020 Kwiple.com
Bullshitters say If you came from back home and sat in my lobby, I talked to you without exception, regardless of the financial contributions. Mick Mulvaney, uttering a self-congratulatory line for public release before a conference of constituents whose words he listens to and actually acts upon: banking and payday lending executives whose industries he publicly works to immunize from curtailments due to consumer complaints © 2018 Kwiple.com
Bullshitters say We are no longer going to measure compassion by the number of programs or the number of people on those programs. We're going to measure compassion and success by the number of people we help get off of those programs to get back in charge of their own lives. We're not going to measure our success by how much money we spend but by how many people we actually help. Mick Mulvaney, director of the Office of Budget and Management, substituting “help get off” for “push off” and “actually help” for “make disappear” while commenting on his and Trump's proposed 2018 federal budget © 2017 Kwiple.com
Consumer complaints I don't see anything in here that says I have to run a Yelp for financial services sponsored by the federal government. Mick Mulvaney, Acting Director of the Consumer Protection Financial Board, defending his decision to limit the public's access to databases used by the Board to investigate consumer complaints © 2018 Kwiple.com
Dead-in-the-heads say We're not spending money on that anymore. We consider that to be a waste of your money. Mick Mulvaney, Office of Management and Budget Director, defending his and Trump's decision to eliminate funding for research on climate change © 2017 Kwiple.com
Impeachment Get over it. Mick Mulvaney, telling reporters what to do after admitting Trump had indeed had a quid pro quo exchange with Ukraine's president © 2019 Kwiple.com
Impeachment Was there a quid pro quo? The answer is yes. … Everyone was in the loop. It was no secret. Gordon Sondland [“Everyone” includes Trump, Mike Pence, Rudy Giuliani, Mike Pompeo, Mick Mulvaney and John Bolton, who wanted no part of what he called a “drug deal”] © 2019 Kwiple.com
Kwiplers say Rename Mick Mulvaney's  Consumer Protection Financial Bureau the Payday Lenders' Protection Bureau © 2018 Kwiple.com
Lobbyists We had a hierarchy in my office in Congress. If you're a lobbyist who never gave us money, I didn't talk to you. If you're a lobbyist who gave us money, I might talk to you.  Mick Mulvaney, Acting Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Board, urging bankers to lobby Congress to screw consumers by castrating the Board © 2018 Kwiple.com
Public broadcasting When you start looking at the places that will reduce spending, one of the questions we asked was, Can we really continue to ask a coal miner in West Virginia or a single mom in Detroit to pay for these programs? And the answer was no. We can ask them to pay for defense, and we will, but we can't ask them to continue to pay for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Mick Mulvaney, justifying proposals to stop funding CPB while raising military spending enough to pay for CPB for 121 years at 2016 levels © 2017 Kwiple.com
Surely you jest Saying, “Let them eat munitions,” Trump administration officials defend increasing military spending by $50+bn by eliminating or severely reducing anti-poverty programs, including programs providing after-school food aid to low-income kids and Meals on Wheels for seniors An alternative fact [White House Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney said, “We can't spend money on programs just because they sound good” and reducing anti-poverty programs is “one of the most compassionate things we can do” because they are an onerous burden on taxpayers] © 2017 Kwiple.com
Trumpists say I don't think anybody could say that the president is anti-Muslim. Mick Mulvaney © 2019 Kwiple.com
 
Trumpists say Yes, there may be some short-term pain but in the long run, American workers and American families are going to be better off. We absolutely believe that.  Mick Mulvaney, defending starting trade wars © 2018 Kwiple.com