The Internet Has Spoken: A Trump Counsel, Pat Cipollone, Shall Henceforth Be Called ‘Patsy Baloney’

An eagle-eyed writer watching this week’s January 6 hearings noticed that the closed captioning software was having a hard time with the name. The rest is history.

AP/Patrick Semansky, file
Pat Cipollone, then the White House counsel, at the Rose Garden of the White House, March 29, 2020. AP/Patrick Semansky, file

Anyone wondering who is this Patsy Baloney character that everyone on Capitol Hill seems to be yammering about should read on.

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