Booty-Gig may be a gay commie, but he was the top student at a pretty decent high school, Harvard undergrad and Oxford grad on a Rhodes scholarship, mayor of a decent sized town, and a Navy vet. So he’s probably got a better resume than 90% of previous peeps in that job.
All that tells me is that he can likely spell - Transportation!
It doesn’t say he has any experience in or knowledge of the transportation industry.
So yes he got the job for being gay!