Merritt Corrigan's Washington Merry-Go-Round

Merritt Corrigan and Number "46" She's so excited!

So many of you know that Cookie seldom takes on modern politics, but sometimes something so batshit insane comes down the pike that you just have to pay attention.  So pay attention.

EVIDENTLY, there has been a chipper you woman - a very politically conservative woman - named Merritt Corrigan.  And 20something Merritt Corrigan started out her career working for some very conservative people.  Politico reported in 2019 that Corrigan had left the Republican National Committee, and took a job with the Hungarian embassy where she praised the current Hungarian leader, Victor Orban - a fascist-leaning strongman leader type.

Last December, Corrigan appeared in a photo seated in a chair with Tucker Carlson, the tweet stated that she was so excited to be with "46", implying that she either can't count or that Trump will be victorious and the next President will be Tucker Carlson.  Silly girl.  If Donald Trump wins in November, Donald Trump Jr. who will be 46.  Or at least try.

Then Corrigan was appointed by President Trump to a job at the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) as an"Assistant Liason to the White House", whatever that means.  The USAID is a small agency that operates on about 16 million a year.  Under the Trump Administration, it does even less than it did before, but one of the important roles it does perform is to promote overseas tolerance of LGBTQ peoples.  Because it acts internationally,  it does have a relationship with the House Foreign Affairs Committee.

Well, Merritt Corrigan has a long track record of tweeting out things that indicate that she hates LGBTQ people.  And that put her in conflict with her agency and its role in international issues.

Corrigan was so out there, that House committee was displeased with and the White House pulled the plug on her employment. 

And what came out of that termination was a whole lot of tweets raging against the government standing by while LGBTQ people got married to one and other and thus devaluing straight marriage, funding LGBTQ equality, and my favorite: funding a Tunisian gay soap opera.

Cookie, for one, would like to see that soap opera. 

Wonkette called it by naming its article on the mess "Wow, There Really Is Someone too Batshit Bigoted for The Trump Administration" posted to its site on August 4, 2020.

In one of Corrigan's post-employment tweets not excoriating the government, it slipped out a nugget about a presser on August 6, 2020, with Jacob Wohl, where it would all be revealed.

So now you are asking "who the hell is Jacob Wohl?"  And my response, in the most Christian manner I can summon is that Jacob Wohl is a political operative in the same vein of the creep behind Project Veritas.  But instead of setting up stings, Wohl apparently facilitates accusations against people on the left of the political spectrum including Dr, Anthony Fauci.   The Wohl connection to character assassination is also covered HERE on this Salon Magazine article.

Again, the article from LA Magazine, mentioned above will tell you some of the stuff you need to know about this 22-year-old instigator. That's right, he's only 22.

So we have Merritt Corrigan, we have Jacob Wohl.

And now we have Merritt Corrigan BLAMING Jacob Wohl for issuing her tweets from her phone that has brought down all manner of outside examination.

This brings to mind the great Madelon Kahn playing Eunice Burns when she sees underworld thugs with Howard Bannister's igneous rocks.

What are you doing with Howard Bannister's rocks?

"Jacob Wohl, just what are you doing with Merritt Corrigan's Twitter password?" 

Yes, Jacob, what gives?

Whether her charges are true or not they need to be heard.  But if Corrigan knew on Monday that Wohl was tweeting out on her of her account, why didn't she state so?  Oh, yeah.  Jacob has her password, and there is not another computer or iPad on the face of the earth for her to change that.

Yeah, right, right?

Corrigan also alluded to a plot to get her, per the Daily Beast article:

"I did NOT send these messages, and while I vehemently protested about them being sent in my name, my devices were not in my control. I see now that I was part of an abusive scheme and I was used to attack people that have nothing to do with me." The Daily Beast

Uh, huh.

The problem is that Merritt has been tweeting her views - as is her right- for a while. And those views are anti LGBT.  And she has moved around Washington with those tweets following her from job to job.

As for her relationship with the 22-year-old Wohl, it's anyone guess how that will play out.

Let's see if she sues Wohl for his involvement.  I am not betting she will.

Her parents must be so proud.

Further reading:

Merritt Corrigan political Appointee at USAID Forced Out Out Series of AntiGay Tweets at Washington Post

Merritt Corrigan Five Fast Facts at Heavy 

Merritt Corrigan old tweets - she has since locked down her account, Internet Archive

Merritt Corrigan USAID Liason to White House With History of Anti-LGBT Comments Fired After Series of Tweets

Right-wing smear artist Jacob Wohl has a long, dubious history. Will he finally go to prison?