Battle lines are forming across Washington as the Biden administration grapples with how to handle dozens of Trump loyalists the former President installed after the election https://t.co/v1RqkJ6ay3
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) February 6, 2021
In sharp contrast to Trump, who left many positions unfilled as he complained about the size of the government, Biden has moved swiftly to install political appointees across the administration, while quietly dismissing Trump holdovers. https://t.co/eDHbLYcYOb
— Rebecca Ballhaus (@rebeccaballhaus) January 27, 2021
This is very good news.
— SocialSecurityWorks (@SSWorks) February 3, 2021
Next, Biden should remove Trump's anti-union appointees from the Social Security Administration: https://t.co/ZV3zo4bHch https://t.co/goIpNayATy
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has removed all members from the Pentagon's advisory boards in a sweeping effort to oust a series of last-minute appointees by Donald Trumphttps://t.co/yGFNCXKrRI
— POLITICO (@politico) February 2, 2021
New/exclusive: McConnell used his power in Dec to ensure a GOP appointee controls an inspector general inquiry re his wife Chao & himself-1st party-line IG vote in history. Dilemma for Biden: removing IGs, as Trump did, violates a norm he wants to restore. https://t.co/TGJgkSfhVm
— Charlie Savage (@charlie_savage) February 1, 2021
Donald Trump's appointees are undermining Social Security.@JoeBiden should remove them immediately: https://t.co/ZV3zo4bHch
— SocialSecurityWorks (@SSWorks) January 29, 2021
Asked whether the administration will remove Michael Ellis from his post as general counsel of NSA–where he was installed in the final days of Trump's presidency–@PressSec says nothing new to share but political appointees across the government are being reviewed.
— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) January 29, 2021
1/ Trump may be gone, but he left plenty of lackeys behind. Here are some of the worst. https://t.co/ilwkEhilSZ
— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) February 2, 2021
From today's newsletter: The National Mediation Board, tasked with overseeing labor-management disputes in the rail and aviation industries, is still controlled by Trump appointees until Biden names new members.
— Sam Mintz (@samjmintz) January 27, 2021
Transportation labor groups want him to make that a priority. pic.twitter.com/ujX3pLvnKq
6/ Elaine Chao.
— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) February 2, 2021
Before she jumped the sinking ship of the Trump administration in January, the transportation secretary (who’s married to Sen. Mitch McConnell) scored a cushy gig on the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Board of Trustees. pic.twitter.com/54WiCLQDxF
The prestigious appointments are generally considered ways to pad resumes and though they generally do not come with salaries, they could come with travel money or perks, such as seats in the trustees boxes at Kennedy Center. https://t.co/x3aunWfCyS
— Anita Kumar (@anitakumar01) January 28, 2021
Trump appointed 10 new members to the Kennedy Center's Board of Trustees including Mike Huckabee and Jon Voight. Having shown zero interest in the center, never attending a single event. Revenge against against the center's mission of inclusion.
— Murrow's Girl (@MadelineTriebw3) February 3, 2021
These people must be removed too.
What’s Happening:
— Julia Wraith (@JuliaWraith) January 30, 2021
Soon after he entered office, Joe Biden wiped out many of Trump’s leaders. It should come as no surprise that Biden would want to get rid of whoever faithfully served a conservative president.
But Joe quickly realized that not everything Trump did would be so – https://t.co/8higkqlBeJ
THE NEW DEEP STATE — Trump loyalists inside DHS (and some other agencies) are set to resist @POTUS agenda. The best example? Biden’s attempts to rollback Trump’s immigration agenda is opposed by many at ICE and Border Patrol. w/@KannoYoungs https://t.co/nPRvyOzD9V
— Michael D. Shear (@shearm) February 3, 2021
Sad! 