Posted on 03/06/2020 8:14:53 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
President Donald Trump has fortified his White House with a new chief of staff, former House Freedom Caucus chairman and retiring Rep. Mark Meadows (R-NC).
On Friday night, the president named Meadows his new incoming White House chief of staff, announcing that his acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney would become the new special envoy to Northern Ireland.
I am pleased to announce that Congressman Mark Meadows will become White House Chief of Staff. I have long known and worked with Mark, and the relationship is a very good one….
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 7, 2020
….I want to thank Acting Chief Mick Mulvaney for having served the Administration so well. He will become the United States Special Envoy for Northern Ireland. Thank you!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 7, 2020
Meadows served as the second chairman of the House Freedom Caucus, taking the reins from the group’s founder and his close ally, Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH). Together, Meadows and Jordan have been a pair of the president’s fiercest defenders in the House, but even before President Trump’s 2016 election, the soft-spoken firebrand conservative from western North Carolina has helped pave the future path of the Republican Party—pulling the GOP away from swamp deals and failed establishment politics towards populist, grassroots conservative policies that are much more popular with the electorate.
Meadows’ success in Congress has won him many friends among top conservatives and even across the aisle, with a huge swath of Trump allies on Friday evening telling Breitbart News that the president could not have made a better choice going into his re-election campaign.
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The President needed a wartime consigliere, and Mark fit the bill.
Good
Great choice!
I don’t really know him. Can he be confrontational as needed?
Sometimes, being the nice guy isn’t enough to make your point.
Is the word "warrior" in the title too subtle for you?
He’s a get in your face with a smile when need be kind of guy.
Sounds good!
More winning.
LOL!
Perfect!
Meadows wasn’t running for re-election.
I hope Radcliffe’s district will stay in GOP hands.
Trump gave the snakes a chance, but hopefully that olive branch has permanently withered.
Meadows was well respected in Western North Carolina, 11th district
Was? You mean Is respected.
Of course
MeaDows is incredible ! Great choice ! Jim Jordan exact clone !
I’ll second that! Good men!
Great news.
Glad to hear Meadows isn’t a paper tiger.
I think I read he was already doing this since December.....and he’s a fighter too.
Can someone tell me exactly what the Chief of Staff does?
I remember General Kelly saying it was the worst job he ever had - so sounds tough but I don’t know why.
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