Wa Ex: Chad Wolf will resign from his position as acting secretary for the Department of Homeland Security, leaving the Trump administration nine days ahead of the president’s departure from office, a senior DHS official told the Washington Examiner on Monday.
Wolf, 44, will leave the department at 11:59 p.m. and will be replaced by Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Pete Gaynor, according to an internal letter he sent employees Monday evening.Wolf was the fifth person to lead the DHS under the Trump administration and was in his position for 14 months.
“I am saddened to take this step, as it was my intention to serve the Department until the end of this Administration,” Wolf wrote. “Unfortunately, this action is warranted by recent events, including the ongoing and meritless court rulings regarding the validity of my authority as Acting Secretary. These events and concerns increasingly serve to divert attention and resources away from the important work of the Department in this critical time of a transition of power.”
President Trump nominated Wolf to head the 250,000-person department in August, but the Senate never voted to confirm him. Wolf became acting secretary in November 2019, following the departure of acting Secretary Kevin McAleenan. The nomination was pulled shortly after Wolf criticized Trump’s response to the riot at the U.S. Capitol, although the White House said the timing was coincidental. more
So?
Yawn…BTW
ROLL TIDE!
There’s a saying that goes something like “the measure of a person is how they treat others who are of no use to them.” (I’m probably butchering it, but you get what I mean.)
The Republican establishment HATES Trump — almost as much as the Democrats do — but they were more than willing to ride the Trump train as long as that seemed the way to go and for as long they could make it worth their while.
The stolen election was the GOP’s opportunity to rid themselves of Trump four years early. And now that Trump is on the way out and no longer of no any use to them, there’s no reason for them to maintain the facade any longer. What you’re seeing now is the REAL Republican establishment with the mask stripped away: gutless, faithless, completely out of touch with the Republican base, and eager to return to their business-as-usual bullshit, in which these two-faced back-stabbing lily-livered sons-of-bitches pretend to defend the Constitution and the Republic by pretending to oppose the Democrats.
You find out who your real friends are when the shit hits the fan, and it sure as hell ain’t the GOP…
Homeland Security head being replaced by FEMA Director?
If I believed in far out conspiricies, I’d say the focus of DHS has switched to “domestic” mode. Hmmm. Curiouser and curiouser.
DHS…..250,000 employees……is this a great government or what?
I read this guy tapped out because he couldn’t handle dealing with a Fed up Judicial System anymore. In fact I believe his statement said as much. I’ll try and find it and link,
Brad, if that is true he needs to make that CLEAR AS DAY!
Lines are being drawn.
Let folks know where you stand.
It’s best to get out of Dodge before the shit hits the fan on the 19th.
I think these people claiming a protest by people with no weapons, as opposed to when the Black Panthers invaded the Capitol Building, as an excuse want to continue working in DC.
You would think they would realize they could probably get better paying jobs in the Trump corporation if they stayed loyal.
Wolf, if you think democrats will love and forgive you for turning your back on Trump and his supporters, you’re an imbecile. If you think conservatives will ever forgive you for backstabbing Trump and his supporters, you’re an imbecile. I see a common thread here.
He’s a polished individual and finds laboring for Trump and the rabble just soooo distasteful.
He probably has his resume on Nancy’s desk as we speak.
What, no “Hanging Chad” jokes?
Y’all are slippin’!
Translation:
“I’m NOT one of them. Please don’t be mean to me. Please hire me…..”