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Staff Resumes (Rhetorical Threat)

Not a physical packet in hand but an invoked set of job‑application documents — imagined one‑page resumes belonging to White House aides. Al Kiefer spits the phrase as a blunt instrument, conjuring the nervous image of staffers polishing CVs, mouths dropping, careers suddenly at risk amid a political fight.

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S1E16 · 20 Hours in L.A.

Guacamole, Guard Detail and a Flag Joke

Mentioned rhetorically by Al Kiefer as 'updating your resumes' — serves as a rhetorical object (threat) that raises stakes for staff loyalty and implies personnel consequences for opposing the amendment.

Before: Imagined rhetorical threat used in political salesmanship.

After: Left dangling as an implicit pressure on staff, increasing anxiety about career risk if the White House takes a stand.

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