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You are here: Home / Political Books / Christie Says Trump Hired ‘Riffraff’ for Key Posts

Christie Says Trump Hired ‘Riffraff’ for Key Posts

January 21, 2019 at 10:36 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) writes in his forthcoming memoir  that President Trump filled his administration with “riffraff” instead of canny players who could help him overcome his impulses and shaky grasp of how government works, Axios reports.

Donald so urgently needed the right people around him and a solid structure in place. … Far too often, he’s found himself saddled with the riffraff.

Instead of high-quality, vetted appointees for key administration posts, he got the Russian lackey and future federal felon Michael Flynn as national security adviser. He got the greedy and inexperienced Scott Pruitt as administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.

He got the high-flying Tom Price as health and human services secretary. He got the not-ready-for-prime-time Jeff Sessions as attorney general, promptly recusing himself from the Justice Department’s Russian-collusion probe. He got a stranger named Rex Tillerson as secretary of state. …

He got the Apprentice show loser Omarosa Manigault in whatever Omarosa’s job purported to be. (I never could figure that one out.) … Too few Kellyanne Conways. A boatload of Sebastian Gorkas. Too few Steven Mnuchins.

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goddard-bw-snapshotTaegan Goddard is the founder of Political Wire, one of the earliest and most influential political web sites. He also runs Political Job Hunt, Electoral Vote Map and the Political Dictionary.

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