In the three-plus years
since President Trump took office, he has had no less than 28 acting cabinet
secretaries—more than the 27 total employed during President Bill Clinton’s
eight years in office, and the 23 over the course of The World’s Most Dangerous
Community Organizer’s administration.
Relying on acting
cabinet members is not unheard of by any means; presidents often use them at
the beginning of their administration or at the start of their second term
while the Senate goes through the confirmation process.
A vacancy in the
Cabinet may be filled by an acting officer for 210 days from the date of the
vacancy according to the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998.
On Friday night President
Trump tapped Mark Meadows, a staunch advocate for and ferocious supporter of
the president to be his White House Chief of Staff. Meadows had been on the shortlist to replace
Gen. John Kelly when he left the post in December of 2018.
Meadows had an
immediate impact in the U.S. House of Representatives after his election in
2012. He was one of the founders of the House Freedom Caucus, and in 2015, he
filed a motion that eventually led to John Boehner resigning as Speaker of the
House. Between 2017 and 2019, the Freedom Caucus was the most powerful bloc of
lawmakers in Washington.
Meadows has been a much
needed wartime consigliere to the President and White House on impeachment and
other issues.
"This President
and his Administration have a long list of incredible victories they've
delivered to the country during this first term, with the best yet to come—and
I look forward to helping build on that success and staying in the fight for
the forgotten men and women of America,” Meadows said in a statement.
Look out Swamp!
When President Trump
renominated John Ratcliffe (R-TX) to be his Director of National Intelligence
(DNI) on March 3, it became clear to this observer the swamp creatures dwelling
in or near the West Wing would soon be unceremoniously shown the door.
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