Rather than go with his reported favorites for the job, the President has chosen Kirstjen Nielsen’s former chief of staff to fill in as the acting secretary of the Department Homeland Security.
Are all of Dump’s agency heads “acting” directors? Dump is such a loser.
Ken Cuccinelli
Ken “The Swamp King” Cuccinelli
We can thank Democrats and the impeachment proceedings for Trump to bow to the wishes of Republican Senators by not nominating Cuccinelli. A pesky thing like it being unlawful would not have stopped him. And while Wolf is probably no bargain, Cuccinelli would have been an absolute nightmare. He’s the guy that perverted Emma Lazarus’s beautiful poem on the Statue of Liberty, and has no problem deporting critically ill children to almost certain death in their countries of origin.
In a way, Impeachment proceedings have already helped the good guys “win” because, from Trump, we were never going to get anyone sane.
"A former lobbyist, Wolf helped Nielsen implement the administration’s family separation policy and was one of the first officials to sketch out plans for the systematic separations, "
So, that makes him not a hardliner? I guess that writing a policy that ended up putting children in cages is “soft” as far as Republicans go.
With Wolf being a revolving door-ist maybe he wouldn’t be as cruel or insane. After all, he wouldn’t want to put a hitch in his get-along a screw up his future gravy train.
Then again, if this turns out to be the case, he won’t be there long either.
1 / Another “acting” Trump flunky in The Worst Reality TV Show Ever.
2 / How can this gig possibly be good for anybody’s CV?
3 / He is soon to be a performer on “Dancing with the Unindicted Co-conspirators.” Coming soon on Trump TV.
More “actings” than characters in a Tolstoy novel.
Now that’s a craptastic headline: it implies that Nielsen was appointed Deputy Acting DHS head. Would it kill to use a possesive 's?
Wait until the Public Hearings. Trump will get his Wish.
It WILL be all about HIM.
I’m confused, the headline says making Nielson deputy acting… then the article goes on to talk about everyone but her.
Anyway, if she really does end up back in the fold, this woman is an idiot on steroids.
Edit. @occamscoin I see it’s as simple as not using 's. Ridiculous TPM.
“The envelope please.” (hesitates while waiting for the envelope, then opens the envelope) “For the cruelest, most corrupt, most subservient, and shittiest performance as an Acting Secretary, the winner is…”
Trump has said he prefers acting officials to Senate-confirmed ones because “it gives me more flexibility.”
meaning ‘it’s so much easier to get an ass-kissing sleaze bag in position that way.’
Do “actings” get a vote under the 25th Amendment?
You know instead of adopting a my way or the highway approach to government, Trump might try reaching across the aisle, compromising and appointing qualified people.
Anyone who’s been part of the DHS during the family-separation phase needs to experience some ‘family separation’ time him/herself.
Who knows, we might even lose track of which facility we put them in.
I think Trump picked him for his name - Chad Wolf - really? Chad Wolf.
Waiting in the wings to be future acting heads of departments
Biff Predator
Trey Hyena
Brad Ferret
Nick Polecat
Miles “Wild Dog” Canine (I call him dog)
Or deportation, especially if they have a chronically ill family member
“The Trump administration is full of so-called ‘acting’ leaders…”
Especially DHS, ICE, and CBP.
Acting Reichsleiter, Acting Gauleiter, Acting Gruppenleiter…
So, the Senators opposed Cuccinelli for funding primary opponents and not because his policy ideas came straight from Satan and were intended to hurt the maximum number of brown people possible? How high minded.
OT: interesting thread on Pelosi’s gambit.