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Jim DeMint out as president of Heritage Foundation, according to media reports
The Post & Courier ^ | April 28, 2017 | Caitlin Byrd

Posted on 04/28/2017 11:56:22 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

South Carolina's Jim DeMint could soon be out of a job that helped elect a president, according to a report published Friday in Politico.

The former South Carolina senator and Tea Party leader cut his term short in 2012 to become president of The Heritage Foundation.

The Heritage Foundation is a conservative D.C. think tank that got in on the ground floor of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign. It has been attributed to significantly helping Trump win the 2016 presidential election....

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


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Philosophy; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: demint; heritage; trump
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1 posted on 04/28/2017 11:56:22 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I tried to post the original Politico version but Free Republic wouldn’t let me, apparently due to the site’s left wing bias. But is it any worse than the WaPo, the NY Times or so many others?


2 posted on 04/28/2017 11:59:00 AM PDT by jalisco555 ("In a Time of Universal Deceit Telling the Truth Is a Revolutionary Act" - George Orwell)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

DeMint is a very good man just like Sessions. Hoping the President picks him up and adds him to the team.


3 posted on 04/28/2017 11:59:11 AM PDT by Hostage (Article V)
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Better to convince Graham to retire and have DeMint replace him.


4 posted on 04/28/2017 11:59:47 AM PDT by Publius ("Who is John Galt?" by Billthedrill and Publius available at Amazon.)
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To: Hostage

Agreed


5 posted on 04/28/2017 12:00:45 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

This might make for interesting fodder on the upcoming Hannity Show in about 3 minutes from now.


6 posted on 04/28/2017 12:02:12 PM PDT by T-Bird45 (It feels like the seventies, and it shouldn't.)
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To: Hostage

Agree. Demint is a good man and would be an asset in Trump’s administration.


7 posted on 04/28/2017 12:03:36 PM PDT by tennmountainman ("Prophet Mountainman" Predicter Of All Things RINO...for a small pittance)
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To: Hostage

Would not surprise me if he has been tapped for the administration. With all the subtle sabotage being done at the Congressional level the thinking might be that DeMint can straighten that out.

Just a hunch in connection with the recent Trump/Drudge meeting.


8 posted on 04/28/2017 12:04:27 PM PDT by Obadiah ("Juuuust a bit outside...")
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One story is that DeMint was taking the GOP-E line on the repeal of Obamacare while Needham is a straightforward repeal advocate.

But anytime the Kochs are involved (they heavily finance Heritage), I always suspect an open borders vs. enforcement fight, with the Kochs on the open-borders side.


9 posted on 04/28/2017 12:13:37 PM PDT by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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To: Publius

Appoint Lindsey as ambassador to Fire Island, or some such place.


10 posted on 04/28/2017 12:13:38 PM PDT by rfp1234 (DinosorosExtinction)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I wonder whether this is a coup by big donors?


11 posted on 04/28/2017 12:17:07 PM PDT by alternatives? (Why have an army if there are no borders?)
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Too bad, DeMint was a good person to run Heritage.


12 posted on 04/28/2017 12:24:25 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents - Know Islam, No Peace -No Islam, Know Peace)
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Butting heads between two strong personalities is nothing new. Usually one person has to go.

When one door closes another one opens...


13 posted on 04/28/2017 12:29:26 PM PDT by Boomer (The MSM and Radicalized Dem Party are One and the SAME!)
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To: Publius

Better to FORCE RYAN out and put DeMint in as Speaker. Speaker can be anybody. Does not have to be member of the House.


14 posted on 04/28/2017 12:31:47 PM PDT by Mollypitcher1 (I have not yet begun to fight....John Paul Jones)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

No big deal. Heritage has not been successful at what they are trying to do. Make America better. Just review where we are today. Heritage has failed, big time.


15 posted on 04/28/2017 12:33:21 PM PDT by mulligan
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Well!
Hope he’s headed to bigger things.


16 posted on 04/28/2017 12:40:58 PM PDT by mrsmith (Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
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Anything legal that gets rid of Ryan in favor of a savvy Trump supporter would be a blesssing.

Think Ryan is Leftist Catholic. Orthodox Catholics not ideologs. Tend to true conservatism. Leftist Catholics tend to Dems. Think Pelosi.


17 posted on 04/28/2017 1:02:36 PM PDT by amihow (.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Let’s hope he goes against Graham and goes back to the Senate


18 posted on 04/28/2017 1:05:03 PM PDT by kabar
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To: jalisco555

Law suits are the problem


19 posted on 04/28/2017 1:08:10 PM PDT by bert (K.E.; N.P.; GOPc;WASP .... Hillary is Ameritrash, pass it on)
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To: Mollypitcher1
Better to FORCE RYAN out and put DeMint in as Speaker. Speaker can be anybody. Does not have to be member of the House.

Interesting idea, how would this happen?

20 posted on 04/28/2017 1:20:59 PM PDT by Irish Eyes
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