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Robby Mook and Corey Lewandowski: A Bromance That Was Not to Be

The former Trump and Clinton campaign managers will be joining the paid lecture circuit—but not, despite one report, together.
Source: Brian Snyder / Reuters

This post was updated on Wednesday, January 25 at 12:20 p.m.

The American corporate world has its golden parachutes; the American political world, however, has its golden microphones. Did you run a presidential campaign that, despite your best efforts, lost? Were you ousted from the winning campaign long before it did its winning?

Have no fear, friend. You have what many others do not: a safety net. Yours comes, in this, a Washington-based speaking agency. The firm will happily employ you—both despite and very much because of your prior failings—to amuse, and perhaps even inspire, the masses with your thoughts on American democracy.

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