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Conway Joins Attacks on Romney

November 24, 2016 at 1:09 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“It has been a tough couple of days for Mitt Romney. After the former Massachusetts governor and 2012 GOP nominee met with President-elect Donald Trump, it was rumored — and then stated explicitly by Vice President-elect Mike Pence — that Romney was being considered for Secretary of State,” Politico reports.

“And it’s been all downhill from there, as Trump supporters and surrogates have piled on, slamming Romney for his attacks on Trump during the GOP primary and his refusal to endorse Trump. Now Kellyanne Conway, a senior transition adviser and Trump’s campaign manager, has joined the fray.”

Trump Skips Intelligence Briefings

November 24, 2016 at 11:23 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

President-elect Donald Trump “has received two classified intelligence briefings since his surprise election victory earlier this month, a frequency that is notably lower — at least so far — than that of his predecessors,” the Washington Post reports.

“A team of intelligence analysts has been prepared to deliver daily briefings on global developments and security threats to Trump in the two weeks since he won. Vice President-elect Mike Pence, by contrast, has set aside time for intelligence briefings almost every day since the election.”

Clinton Supporters Urge Recounts In Key States

November 24, 2016 at 11:17 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“Hillary Clinton’s lead in the popular vote is growing. She is roughly 30,000 votes behind Donald J. Trump in the key swing states of Michigan and Wisconsin — a combined gap that is narrowing. Her impassioned supporters are now urging her to challenge the results in those two states and Pennsylvania, grasping at the last straws to reverse Mr. Trump’s decisive majority in the Electoral College,” the New York Times reports.

“In recent days, they have seized on a report by a respected computer scientist and other experts suggesting that Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, the keys to Mr. Trump’s Electoral College victory, need to manually review paper ballots to assure the election was not hacked.”

Meanwhile, NBC News reports Green Party nominee Jill Stein appeared to have met her initial fundraising goal for recounts of the vote in the three key swing states.


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Trump Expected to Tap Ross for Commerce

November 24, 2016 at 11:14 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“Wilbur Ross, the billionaire investor considered the ‘king of bankruptcy’ for buying beaten-down companies with the potential to deliver profits, is expected to be President-elect Donald Trump’s choice for commerce secretary,” the Washington Post reports.

“Ross helped shape the Trump campaign’s economic agenda, particularly its hard-line stance on the need to renegotiate — or withdraw from — free trade agreements. Trump’s advisers have been split on that issue, which some economists warn could spark a damaging trade war, but Ross’s nationalist views are considered in line with the president-elect’s own.”

Meanwhile, Politico reports Trump is likely to tap Todd Ricketts, the co-owner of the Chicago Cubs and a member of the powerful conservative Ricketts family, to be deputy secretary of commerce.

The Disruptive Career of Michael Flynn

November 24, 2016 at 11:11 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

The New Yorker profiles President-elect Donald Trump’s national security adviser Michael Flynn:

Flynn broke rules he thought were stupid. He once told me about a period he spent assigned to a C.I.A. station in Iraq, when he would sometimes sneak out of the compound without the “insane” required approval from C.I.A. headquarters, in Langley, Virginia. He had technicians secretly install an Internet connection in his Pentagon office, even though it was forbidden. There was also the time he gave classified information to NATO allies without approval, an incident which prompted an investigation, and a warning from superiors. During his stint as Mullen’s intelligence chief, Flynn would often write “This is bullshit!” in the margins of classified papers he was obliged to pass on to his boss, someone who saw these papers told me.

The greatest accomplishment of Flynn’s military career was revolutionizing the way that the clandestine arm of the military, the Joint Special Operations Command, undertook the killing and capture of suspected terrorists and insurgents in war zones. Stanley McChrystal, Flynn’s mentor, had tapped him for the job. They were both part of the self-described “Irish mafia” of officers at the Fort Bragg Army base, in North Carolina.

Farage Will Move to the United States

November 24, 2016 at 11:05 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Nigel Farage told the Times of London that he plans to move to the United States, even if he doesn’t become the U.K.’s ambassador to Washington.

A Pick from the Donor Class

November 24, 2016 at 11:03 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

New Yorker: “After choosing for his cabinet a series of political outsiders who are loyal to him personally, Donald Trump has broken with this pattern to name Betsy DeVos his Secretary of Education. DeVos, whose father-in-law is a co-founder of Amway, the multi-level marketing empire, comes from the very heart of the small circle of conservative billionaires who have long funded the Republican Party.”

“Trump’s choice of DeVos delivers on his campaign promise to increase the role of charter schools, which she has long championed. But it also flies in the face of his fiery anti-establishment campaign rhetoric. Steve Bannon, who was named Trump’s senior counselor and chief strategist, has mocked what he called ‘the donor class,’ arguing that it and the politicians it bankrolls have little understanding of the needs of working-class and middle-class voters. Such populist rhetoric fueled Trump’s campaign, in which he presented himself as an outsider who would govern independently of the corrupt and out-of-touch private interests that he said had ‘rigged’ American politics.”

Politicia

November 24, 2016 at 11:00 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

New eBook: Politicia by Teka Thomas.

“2016 was a shocking and galvanizing year in politics. Learn how to get involved, how campaign organizations work, and how it connects to public policy.”

Happy Thanksgiving!

November 23, 2016 at 5:20 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

I want to take the opportunity to thank all of you for your continued support of Political Wire. This year has been truly amazing — and for some, truly depressing as well.

It hasn’t always been easy to interpret what happened this year, but this holiday is a reminder that the responsibility I feel to my readers is itself a real gift. I’m so lucky to have this job.

I especially want to thank the members of the site. You’ve supported this community, helped it grow and weathered some technological problems along the way. You made the transition to new servers possible!

Finally, thanks to everyone who has told friends and colleagues about Political Wire. This site has grown solely through word-of-mouth. That’s pretty amazing and I’m really grateful.

Enjoy the holiday!

Trump Picks DeVos as Education Secretary

November 23, 2016 at 1:20 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

President-elect Donald Trump said he intends to appoint GOP mega donor and philanthropist Betsy DeVos to be his education secretary, “putting an ardent supporter of school choice in charge of the nation’s education policy,” the Detroit News reports.

“DeVos, 58, is seen as a national leader in the school choice movement, which she has called an attempt to ’empower’ parents to find good schools for their children, whether they be traditional public schools in other neighborhoods, charter schools, virtual schools or private institutions.”

Huckabee Says Picking Romney Would Be a Mistake

November 23, 2016 at 12:44 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Mike Huckabee warned Presidential-elect Donald Trump against picking Mitt Romney to be his secretary of State, saying it would be an insult to his voters, The Hill reports.

Said Huckabee: “There’s only one way that Mitt Romney can be considered for a post like that, and that is if he goes to a mic in a very public place and repudiates everything he said in that famous Salt Lake City speech and everything he said after that — Donald Trump wasn’t fit, that he lacked character.””

Trump’s Son Held Talks on Russia

November 23, 2016 at 12:39 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“Donald Trump’s eldest son, emerging as a potential envoy for the president-elect, held private discussions with diplomats, businessmen and politicians in Paris last month that focused in part on finding a way to cooperate with Russia to end the war in Syria,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

“The disclosure of a meeting between the younger Mr. Trump and pro-Russia figures—even if not Russian government officials—poses new questions about contacts between the president-elect, his family and foreign powers. It is also likely to heighten focus on the elder Mr. Trump’s stated desire to cooperate with the Kremlin once in office.”

A Trump Christmas

November 23, 2016 at 11:55 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Donald Trump is selling “Make America Great Again” ornaments for your Christmas tree. They’re just $149 each.

Carson Hints He’ll Join Trump Administration

November 23, 2016 at 11:53 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Ben Carson on Facebook:

After serious discussions with the Trump transition team, I feel that I can make a significant contribution particularly to making our inner cities great for everyone. We have much work to do in strengthening every aspect of our nation and ensuring that both our physical infrastructure and our spiritual infrastructure is solid. An announcement is forthcoming about my role in helping to make America great again.

Most speculation suggests Carson will be the next Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.

Gingrich Says Kushner May Need Waiver of Nepotism Law

November 23, 2016 at 11:37 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“Newt Gingrich voiced support for the idea that President-elect Donald Trump could tap his son-in-law to revamp peace talks between the Israelis and Palestinians. But he cautioned that a decades-old nepotism law could require Trump get a waiver for Jared Kushner,” Politico reports.

Said Gingrich: “I think they would have to get a waiver to the anti-nepotism law. That might be a little tricky, although I think if they worked at it, they could do it.”

Obama Wants Another Choice for DNC Chairman

November 23, 2016 at 9:24 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“Struggling to respond to Donald Trump’s victory, a group of shellshocked Democrats moved swiftly to endorse Representative Keith Ellison of Minnesota for chairman of the Democratic National Committee, hoping that he would be a fresh face for a party with a depleted bench,” the New York Times reports.

“But after steadily adding endorsements from leading Democrats in his bid to take over the party, Mr. Ellison is encountering resistance from a formidable corner: the White House.”

“In a sign of the discord gripping the party, President Obama’s loyalists, uneasy with the progressive Mr. Ellison, have begun casting about for an alternative.”

Quote of the Day

November 23, 2016 at 8:34 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“I’m not asking anyone to support me for what I have done, one thing or another, whether it’s politics or policy or money. I’m asking them to support me on what I will do in the future.”

— House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), quoted by Politico, on House leadership elections next week.

Experts Urge Clinton to Challenge Results In 3 States

November 23, 2016 at 8:21 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“Hillary Clinton is being urged by a group of prominent computer scientists and election lawyers to call for a recount in three swing states won by Donald Trump,” New York has learned.

“The group, which includes voting-rights attorney John Bonifaz and J. Alex Halderman, the director of the University of Michigan Center for Computer Security and Society, believes they’ve found persuasive evidence that results in Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania may have been manipulated or hacked. The group is so far not speaking on the record about their findings and is focused on lobbying the Clinton team in private.”

Key detail: “The academics presented findings showing that in Wisconsin, Clinton received 7 percent fewer votes in counties that relied on electronic-voting machines compared with counties that used optical scanners and paper ballots. Based on this statistical analysis, Clinton may have been denied as many as 30,000 votes; she lost Wisconsin by 27,000.”

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