Her predecessor was one George Mitchell, former Senate Majority Leader who took the senior Bush to the cleaners over turning his back on his “Read My Lips, No New Taxes” pledge and getting the promised nothing in return. And by the way, George Mitchell is accused of pedophilia by Virginia Roberts, who alleges she was used by one Jeffrey Epstein for an orgy in which the great Chancellor was a participant on Epstein’s sex island. Under the standard Mitchell’s fellow Dems have applied to Trump, we must assume it is true.
Whatever George Mitchell may or may not have done elsewhere, in Northern Ireland he is more respected, revered even than almost any other public figure. He’s largely given the credit for the Good Friday Agreement, which ended 30 years of sectarian violence in the province following years of peace talks which Mitchell chaired.