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Trump taps former Ohio official Ken Blackwell to lead domestic transition team
Columbus Dispatch/AP ^ | 11-10-16 | AP

Posted on 11/11/2016 10:29:59 AM PST by ifinnegan

Ken Blackwell, the Ohio Republican selected by President-Elect Donald Trump to lead his domestic issues transition is an outspoken conservative with a history as a party maverick.

Blackwell, according to a document obtained by Politico, is in charge of the Trump "action team" examining the departments of energy, environmental protection, labor, transportation, health and human services, housing and urban development, interior and agriculture.

Blackwell backed Texas Sen. Ted Cruz in the Republican primaries, but came aboard with Trump after he secured the nomination.

Reached by The Cincinnati Enquirer, Blackwell said he could not discuss his duties because he had signed a non-disclosure agreement.

Blackwell is familiar to Ohioans. He prevailed in an intra-party feud in 2006 to become Ohio's first black nominee for governor, but then lost in a lopsided race with Democrat Ted Strickland.

(Excerpt) Read more at dispatch.com ...


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Domestic issues transition.

I would assume he will be in the administration somewhere as well.

1 posted on 11/11/2016 10:29:59 AM PST by ifinnegan
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To: ifinnegan

I remember Mr. Blackwell.

Hope I like him as much as I did in 06.


2 posted on 11/11/2016 10:31:51 AM PST by Luircin (Dancing in the streets! Time to DRAIN THE SWAMP!)
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To: ifinnegan

So far, so good.


3 posted on 11/11/2016 10:32:10 AM PST by Opinionated Blowhard ("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
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To: ifinnegan

Wait, I thought Trump was totally racist? How can this be?


4 posted on 11/11/2016 10:32:17 AM PST by NohSpinZone (First thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers)
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To: dp0622

Ping.


5 posted on 11/11/2016 10:32:36 AM PST by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: ifinnegan

Super choice! Been following him for most of two decades. Ohio SecState when I parachuted into Cuyahoga County for the 72 hour GOTV crunch in 2004.


6 posted on 11/11/2016 10:32:36 AM PST by jimfree (In November 2016 my 16 y/o granddaughter will have more quality exec experience than Barack Obama)
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To: ifinnegan

Excellent choice! Blackwell is a solid conservative.

Those leftists whose heads haven’t yet exploded will get a second chance.


7 posted on 11/11/2016 10:32:52 AM PST by fwdude (Stronger, To Get Her)
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To: ifinnegan
Blackwell said he could not discuss his duties because he had signed a non-disclosure agreement.

Hahahaha. This is great. Trump is serious about controlling leaks.

8 posted on 11/11/2016 10:33:28 AM PST by Cboldt
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To: ifinnegan

Oh Gee! I was expecting that Krazy Kasich to be an integral part! Damn! /s


9 posted on 11/11/2016 10:33:38 AM PST by Gaffer
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To: NohSpinZone

The left will “Uncle Tom” him....................


10 posted on 11/11/2016 10:35:45 AM PST by Red Badger (In CHICAGO?)
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To: ifinnegan

I’d like to go on record as being perfectly willing to accept a position with this administration. Enthusiastically so.

I filled out an application today, at the website “greatagain.gov”.

I have never applied for any government job ever. Ever. But I am 100% enthused and want to work for this government, and this president.

Wish me luck.


11 posted on 11/11/2016 10:36:06 AM PST by cba123 ( Toi la nguoi My. Toi bay gio o Viet Nam.)
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To: ifinnegan

This is great news. Solid conservative.


12 posted on 11/11/2016 10:36:18 AM PST by Pete
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To: ifinnegan
How cool is this. A former Cruz supporter. Maverick. And a distant, way distant, relative of Obama.

Take that MSM. Deal with it.


13 posted on 11/11/2016 10:36:25 AM PST by InterceptPoint (Ted, you finally endorsed. About time.)
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To: ifinnegan; holdonnow
Mark, Is Ken Blackwell not a conservative? I don't know where you are getting your information of no conservatives in the Trump admin from. You think Romney or Rubio would even think of hiring Palin and Ken Blackwell?


14 posted on 11/11/2016 10:37:01 AM PST by conservative98
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To: ifinnegan

Why am I feeling so good?


15 posted on 11/11/2016 10:38:05 AM PST by BRL
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To: Red Badger
The left will has "Uncle Tom" him

http://twitchy.com/sd-3133/2012/11/06/tolerance-libs-call-black-republican-ken-blackwell-uncle-tom-for-defending-gop-from-false-accusations-of-voter-suppression/

16 posted on 11/11/2016 10:38:23 AM PST by NohSpinZone (First thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers)
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To: ifinnegan

Ken is a good guy.


17 posted on 11/11/2016 10:38:39 AM PST by TMA62 (Al Sharpton - The North Korea of race relations)
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To: ifinnegan

How long before Van Jones starts calling this guy “Ken Whitewell?” :-P


18 posted on 11/11/2016 10:39:05 AM PST by Alberta's Child ("Yo, bartender -- Jobu needs a refill!")
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To: BRL

I get what you’re saying. I read about the EPA guy, now Ken Blackwell and I pause...and wait...for the other shoe to drop. But there is only silence.

Is this...winning?


19 posted on 11/11/2016 10:39:47 AM PST by LostInBayport (When there are more people riding in the cart than there are pulling it, the cart stops moving...)
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To: Red Badger

Just like that poor black homeless lady who tried to protect Trump’s star.

That’s what the libs give minorities who get uppity and wander off the plantation.


20 posted on 11/11/2016 10:40:43 AM PST by Catmom (We're all gonna get the punishment only some of us deserve.)
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