Anyone else impressed with the caliber of Youngkin picks?

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01/11/2022 08:20

Subject: Anyone else impressed with the caliber of Youngkin picks?

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Anonymous wrote:He's really getting experienced professionals - the kind that usually readily work for the White House or as a federal agency head.

Youngkin picks George Slater as Secretary of Labor -> https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/politics/first-read-dmv/youngkin-announces-labor-secretary-pick-promising-vec-fix/2929710/
Slater served as secretary of administration for former Gov. Jim Gilmore and as director of administration for the attorney general’s office, also under Gilmore.

Most recently, Slater served as assistant secretary for administration and management at the U.S. Department of Labor and assistant secretary of administration for the U.S. Department of Transportation under President Donald Trump, according to the transition announcement. [/b]

Wonder what Youngkin's rationale is for selecting MAGA supporters for some positions and other individuals who have a strong history of being aligned with anti-Trump and/or Never Trumpers to other cabinet positions?

For instance, the jutaposition between selecting former Trump appointee Slater for Sec. of Labor Vs. Aimee Guidera as Youngkin's nominee to serve as Sec. of Education. Guidera was a strong supporter of Obama's education initatives; led the Data Quality Campaign advocating against parents having control of their own children's most sensitive personal data; strongly aligned with Common Core advocates; has never worked in public education; and opposed parents being able to opt their own children out of No Child Left Behind like federal testing.

Maintaining his campaign balancing act? He spoke to Trump privately but never had him with publicly. This way he has Trump supporters and non-Trump supporters on his team. Its actually smart if he can make that a coalition for a 2024 campaign.

+1 he’s trying to make a balance between the Trumpies and the establishment Trump haters and moderates. It’s a tough needle to thread but he recognizes he needs both wings of the party to succeed. He wasn’t elected just by the Trumpy wing of the party. Actually in a local FB group I’m in, some very conservative posters have said his picks weren’t conservative enough!

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01/11/2022 13:31