Trump Chooses Two New Very Conservative Cabinet Members
Welcome to The Trump Transition Report, your digest of the Trump transition news. Today: Trump chooses two new cabinet members, Twitter continues its role as Trump megaphone and why Kellyanne Conway doesn't like Mitt.
Is The Price Right?
Last night, Trump selected Rep. Tom Price from Georgia as Secretary of Health and Human Services.
– Price is a doctor and chair of the House Budget Committee. He will oversee Medicare, Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act.
– Price, a longtime critic of The Affordable Care Act, has authored a detailed plan to dismantle Obamacare called the Empowering Patients First Act.
– Additionally, Price has been criticized by pro-choice and LGBT groups after his opposition to funding for planned parenthood, same-sex marriage and an LGBT equal employment law.
Moving Forward On Transportation
Today, Trump selected Bush administration Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao to serve as transportation secretary, overseeing Trump's plan to spend $1 trillion on infrastructure.
– Chao served in Bush's cabinet for eight years and is a major Republican insider who's married to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.
– In her tenure as labor secretary, Chao was criticized for two mine collapses that killed 15 people after multiple inspections revealed unsafe conditions.
– Chao has shown a commitment to conservative ideology, resigning from the board of Bloomberg Philanthropies after its support of the Sierra Club's 'Beyond Coal' initiative.
Tweeting Against The World
Over the last few days, Trump and his staff have yet again sparked controversy through statements made on Twitter.
– Today, Trump tweeted that people who burn the American flag should lose their citizenship of face jail time — a proposition already rejected by the Supreme Court.
– Over the weekend, after facing the proposition of a recount in certain states, Trump tweeted that he would have won the electoral college if it hadn't been for "millions…who voted illegally," a statement is a flat-out lie.
– Trump's ex-campaign manager Kellyanne Conway stirred the pot with a series of tweets against Mitt Romney one of Trump's top two picks for Secretary of State. While some read the tweets as a signal of Trump moving away from Romney, Politico reports that Conway is now playing an outsider role on Trump's team.
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