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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBushel of false claims in Fox Business interview
By Glenn Kessler and Michelle Ye Hee Lee
April 12 at 4:51 PM
... Trump suggests that he isnt filling administration posts because of Democratic obstruction. Democrats have slow-walked many of his cabinet nominees, but Trump has been much slower than his predecessors in filling sub-cabinet posts and other positions.
Out of 553 key positions requiring Senate confirmation, 478 still have no nominee, according to the Partnership for Public Service. Another 29 have been announced but not formally nominated; only 22 positions have been confirmed. Republican senators have said they are growing impatient with the White Houses slow pace. So Trump really should be pointing the finger at his own staff ...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2017/04/12/president-trumps-bushel-of-false-claims-in-his-fox-business-interview/
Eliot Rosewater
(31,180 posts)Wait, the goal is to end our government, or most of it.
Republicans are all for that, so why are they surprised when trump purposely does not staff the government?
Unless these senators know that in spite of their public statements about how bad government is, they actually need the government infrastructure and realize how vital it is to each and every one of us?
stuffmatters
(2,574 posts)Not one but two liars in perfect sync, degrading both the Presidency and journalism.