Shooting the messenger.

From New York Times:

“I thought he han­dled his assign­ment with class, integri­ty,” the pres­i­dent said. “It’s going to be hard to replace Scott, but nev­er­the­less he made the deci­sion and I accept­ed it. One of these days, he and I are going to be rock­ing in chairs in Texas and talk­ing about the good old days.”

Ari Berman com­ments. Some­where, Calvin Coolidge chuckles.