Thank you for showing the president a Repubican with integrity
Todd Rickets, whose family owns the Chicago Cubs, has withdrawn from his nomination to be the deputy secretary of the Commerce Department.
Tired of winning? And so soon?
“Mr. Ricketts is mindful of his obligation to avoid even the appearance of conflict and therefore decided not to pursue this opportunity at the Department of Commerce,” the spokesman added.
Hmmm, perhaps the President and his family should follow this example. Guess that horse left the barn some time ago…
A GOP’er admitting there could be a conflict of interest? I’m stunned…
Trump withdrew his nomination because he was unable to untangle his finances to meet the Office of Goverment Ethics’ requirements, according to several reports.
I can dream, can’t I?
WHAT??!! Todd Ricketts is mindful of his obligation to avoid even the appearance of conflict BUT Donald Trump lS NOT!!??
Ricketts withdrew his nomination because he was unable to untangle his finances to meet the Office of Goverment Ethics’ requirements, according to several reports.
So, if its a choice between serving his country and making as much money as humanly possible, the latter wins. Good to know upfront.
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“Mr. Ricketts is mindful of his obligation to avoid even the appearance of conflict and therefore decided not to pursue this opportunity at the Department of Commerce,” the spokesman added.[/quote]
Which is far more than one can say for the corrupt fraudulent jackass that nominated him.
Seems like lot’s of voter’s have ethics concern’s as well…
Donnie’s numbers truly are bigly yuge… Obama, on the other hand, was a loser…
Still, this is progress. Usually they try to do both.
And usually the only reason for withdrawing a nomination is the undocumented au pair or gardener.
Well since Todd has been hanging around since Nov. 30th he got to see the shit going on, so did he try really hard to untangle or said Noway Jose Adios?
It seems to me that if Trump identified people with actual experience in government and the jobs to which they are nominated, things might go smoother. He’s already undrained the swamp, so doesn’t really matter.
The President must’ve admitted to Ricketts that he thinks the Department of Commerce’s mission is to promote the economic growth of his administration.
The only people on the planet that Trump pays any attention to are the owners of corporations or people - sports teams. Everyone else is worthless.
Good move for the Cubs. They need to stay lovable.
Ricketts withdrew his nomination because he was unable to untangle his finances to meet the Office of Goverment Ethics’ requirements, according to several reports.
The Trumps:“WTF ? What is he talking about ? We have no such problems, why should he ?”
You guys beat me to it. The guy spent a ziliion dollars to be associated with a winner, and is a big man in town because of it. Why switch over and associate himself with a loser who might be “relegated to the third division” after one more blockbuster investigative-reporter bombshell? The so-called adminstration may not be “dismantling” only for ideological reasons–the truth is, no qualified person at any level has reason to work for them short of imminent starvation…
At this point no honest person would want to work for him. Quite the dilemma Orange Fatso finds himself in.
Cute article. You’d need a log scale to plot that.
I must say though that the writer is a potential TPM hire:
In another post on March 9, it said it had received many calls, adding news that Secretary of State Rex Tillerson had rescued himself from issues related to TransCanada’s Keystone XL pipeline application.
Katie Little, Staff Writer