Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers 'Not Interested' in Interior Post
Despite being a speculative frontrunner to lead the Department of the Interior when President Donald Trump first appointed his cabinet, Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers is not interested in the post.
Since Trump announced that Department of the Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke will depart his administration amid corruption charges on Saturday, speculation about who will replace the former congressman has centered on a handful of Republican members or former members of Congress from western states.
McMorris Rodgers was among those considered for the position as Trump was building his cabinet after his election in 2016, but a person familiar with the congresswoman’s thinking said she is “not seeking or interested in Interior.”
Were the outgoing House Republican Conference chairwoman to take the position, it would leave just 12 Republican women in the House next year.
https://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/who-will-be-the-new-interior-secretary
Too bad. That would be one more congressional seat we could probably flip blue.
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She's less qualified for that position than Kinky Zinke was.
And she's probably start carving up the reservations at that, seeing as how she's been such a good friend to the Tribal Nations.
