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MaddowBlog-Republicans confirm former Fox News contributor as the nation's new drug czar
There’s no reason to believe the president’s growing Team of Amateurs will be better this year than last year.
How many Fox News vets are now serving on Trump’s second-term team?
— Steve Benen (@stevebenen.com) 2026-01-07T16:44:36.570Z
With Senate Republicans confirming Sara Carter as the nation’s new drug czar, the total is over two dozen. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/fox-news-sara-carter-drug-czar-senate-confirmation
The list has continued to grow. In March, the president appointed Fox News personalities Laura Ingraham and Maria Bartiromo to the Kennedy Center board. A month later, he appointed Bo Dietl, another Fox vet, to serve on a Department of Homeland Security advisory council. The month after that, Trump tapped Fox News’ Jeanine Pirro to serve as a U.S. attorney.
As 2026 gets underway, the list is growing once again. Politico reported:
.....Every previous head of the Office of National Drug Control Policy — the position generally known as the nation’s “drug czar” — had served in some kind of public office before taking the job, usually having worked in law enforcement, the military, public health agencies or some combination thereof.
Carter, however, covered the drug trade for Fox News for many years — and for Trump and 52 Senate Republicans, that was enough. (I’ve covered health care policy for many years, though I suspect GOP senators might balk if someone nominated me to serve as the secretary of health and human services.)
The president’s Team of Amateurs was a problem for the administration last year. There’s no reason to believe things will get any better this year.
As 2026 gets underway, the list is growing once again. Politico reported:
The Senate confirmed journalist Sara Carter to oversee federal drug policy by a 52-48 vote Tuesday.
A former Fox News contributor who has reported on drug trafficking, Carter will lead the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy as President Donald Trump’s top drug policy adviser.
.....Every previous head of the Office of National Drug Control Policy — the position generally known as the nation’s “drug czar” — had served in some kind of public office before taking the job, usually having worked in law enforcement, the military, public health agencies or some combination thereof.
Carter, however, covered the drug trade for Fox News for many years — and for Trump and 52 Senate Republicans, that was enough. (I’ve covered health care policy for many years, though I suspect GOP senators might balk if someone nominated me to serve as the secretary of health and human services.)
The president’s Team of Amateurs was a problem for the administration last year. There’s no reason to believe things will get any better this year.