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leftieNanner
(15,127 posts)It's unbelievable how difficult it has been to confirm President Biden's nominations.
The Former Guy had his cabinet approved before he was even inaugurated.
onenote
(42,715 posts)As I'm sure you know, none of Trump's nominees were confirmed before he was inaugurated. Two were confirmed the evening after he was inaugurated. Most were not confirmed until several weeks later, with two not confirmed until April. All of Biden's cabinet nominees were confirmed by late March.
As for Clarke - she should have been confirmed earlier, no doubt. But Trump didn't have a confirmed Assistant AG for Civil Rights until 2018.
Let's leave the misinformation to the repubs.
leftieNanner
(15,127 posts)I appreciate the information - and I stand corrected.
SleeplessinSoCal
(9,123 posts)Great article by Michael Lewis:
Chris Christie noticed a piece in the New York Times thats how it all started. The New Jersey governor had dropped out of the presidential race in February 2016 and thrown what support he had behind Donald Trump. In late April, he saw the article. It described meetings between representatives of the remaining candidates still in the race Trump, John Kasich, Ted Cruz, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders and the Obama White House. Anyone who still had any kind of shot at becoming president of the United States apparently needed to start preparing to run the federal government. The guy Trump sent to the meeting was, in Christies estimation, comically underqualified. Christie called up Trumps campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski, to ask why this critical job had not been handed to someone who actually knew something about government. We dont have anyone, said Lewandowski.
Christie volunteered himself for the job: head of the Donald Trump presidential transition team. Its the next best thing to being president, he told friends. You get to plan the presidency. He went to see Trump about it. Trump said he didnt want a presidential transition team. Why did anyone need to plan anything before he actually became president? Its legally required, said Christie. Trump asked where the money was going to come from to pay for the transition team. Christie explained that Trump could either pay for it himself or take it out of campaign funds. Trump didnt want to pay for it himself. He didnt want to take it out of campaign funds, either, but he agreed, grudgingly, that Christie should go ahead and raise a separate fund to pay for his transition team. But not too much! he said.
And so Christie set out to prepare for the unlikely event that Donald Trump would one day be elected president of the United States. Not everyone in Trumps campaign was happy to see him on the job. In June, Christie received a call from Trump adviser Paul Manafort. The kid is paranoid about you, Manafort said. The kid was Jared Kushner, Trumps son-in-law. Back in 2005, when he was US attorney for New Jersey, Christie had prosecuted and jailed Kushners father, Charles, for tax fraud. Christies investigation revealed, in the bargain, that Charles Kushner had hired a prostitute to seduce his brother-in-law, whom he suspected of cooperating with Christie, videotaped the sexual encounter and sent the tape to his sister. The Kushners apparently took their grudges seriously, and Christie sensed that Jared still harboured one against him. On the other hand, Trump, whom Christie considered almost a friend, could not have cared less.
More here: https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/sep/27/this-guy-doesnt-know-anything-the-inside-story-of-trumps-shambolic-transition-team
ancianita
(36,109 posts)Some of Biden's DOJ nominees have waited since March. Senate Repubs have a real hate for justice, not just main justice.
malaise
(269,067 posts)No let's lock them up
ChrisF1961
(457 posts)to vote for her.
Orangepeel
(13,933 posts)irisblue
(32,983 posts)Orangepeel
(13,933 posts)good ole sue. she can often be counted on when it doesn't matter
LetMyPeopleVote
(145,345 posts)ProudMNDemocrat
(16,786 posts)Spread their shame....Mitt Romney, Lisa Murkowski, Ted Cruz, Josh Hawley, Joni Ernst, Marcia Blackburn, and the rest of the Trump sycophants.
Cha
(297,327 posts)StarfishSaver
(18,486 posts)gademocrat7
(10,661 posts)speak easy
(9,268 posts)LetMyPeopleVote
(145,345 posts)speak easy
(9,268 posts)LetMyPeopleVote
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