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n2doc

(47,953 posts)
Tue Nov 29, 2016, 02:00 PM Nov 2016

Trump Taps Elaine Chao for Transportation Secretary

Source: Daily Beast/AP

President-elect Donald Trump has tapped Elaine Chao to become secretary of transportation, according to multiple reports. Chao served as labor secretary under President George W. Bush and is also married to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. She met with Trump this month in Trump Tower. Chao was the first Asian-American woman to hold a Cabinet position and also served as a member of the Trump campaign’s Asian Pacific American Advisory Council throughout 2016.

Read more: http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2016/11/29/trump-taps-elaine-chao-for-transportation-secretary.html?via=desktop&source=copyurl



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Trump Taps Elaine Chao for Transportation Secretary (Original Post) n2doc Nov 2016 OP
Not her again. LisaM Nov 2016 #1
Not possible for THEM to do 'enough' damage. elleng Nov 2016 #6
Those were EXACTLY the three words that came to my my immediately. BigDemVoter Nov 2016 #18
Oh, but she's EXPERIENCED... MANative Nov 2016 #2
... Solly Mack Nov 2016 #3
Yikes! McConnell's wife and a political hack. Ny Ninga Nov 2016 #4
Just another Swamp Monster to add to the list. Friend or Foe Nov 2016 #5
Wow - McConnell in the senate, Wifey at Transportation rurallib Nov 2016 #7
Wasn't her family's shipping company caught shipping drugs? Frustratedlady Nov 2016 #9
Yep rurallib Nov 2016 #11
That's why Bear Creek Nov 2016 #13
Trump's coke line? eom Frustratedlady Nov 2016 #15
nothing like rapacious public/private gangster capitalist partnerships Grey Lemercier Nov 2016 #10
Wait, I thought this was about draining the swamp not building dams to retain the water? cstanleytech Nov 2016 #8
The same bad actors. People who voted for this ass louis-t Nov 2016 #12
Other than family ties to drug trafficking, what are her qualifications again? Thor_MN Nov 2016 #14
Crooks with connections to CONgress n2doc Nov 2016 #16
The Donald wants his cocaine available at wholesale prices... IthinkThereforeIAM Nov 2016 #17
You can't make this stuff up. LuckyLib Nov 2016 #19

rurallib

(62,433 posts)
7. Wow - McConnell in the senate, Wifey at Transportation
Tue Nov 29, 2016, 02:45 PM
Nov 2016

they should be able to help Don the Con profit bigly from his scam highway program and take a hefty little chunk for themselves.

IIRC her daddy is a billionaire(?) (not sure about $$$$) shipping magnate

Frustratedlady

(16,254 posts)
9. Wasn't her family's shipping company caught shipping drugs?
Tue Nov 29, 2016, 03:06 PM
Nov 2016

That seemed to pop up in my mind when I saw her name.

 

Grey Lemercier

(1,429 posts)
10. nothing like rapacious public/private gangster capitalist partnerships
Tue Nov 29, 2016, 03:07 PM
Nov 2016

to rock baby in the pram.

The looting commences forthright January 20th.

 

Thor_MN

(11,843 posts)
14. Other than family ties to drug trafficking, what are her qualifications again?
Tue Nov 29, 2016, 06:57 PM
Nov 2016

I swear the Dumpster is picking a Cabinet of Deplorables to distract from his unconstitutional conflicts.

n2doc

(47,953 posts)
16. Crooks with connections to CONgress
Tue Nov 29, 2016, 07:05 PM
Nov 2016

It is clear Pence knows who to pick to grease the wheels, so to speak. I doubt Trump is really selecting most of these. He gets the macho positions like SOS and defense advisors to choose, though. But the ones that involve how the government really operates are going to operatives. God help us all.

IthinkThereforeIAM

(3,076 posts)
17. The Donald wants his cocaine available at wholesale prices...
Tue Nov 29, 2016, 11:12 PM
Nov 2016

... any of you recall this?

"A cargo ship connected to Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell was recently stopped and searched before departing from Colombia. During the search, Colombian Coast Guard agents seized roughly 90 pounds of cocaine.
The drugs were found on the Ping May, which is a vessel operated by the Foremost Maritime Corporation, a company owned by Mitch McConnell’s in-laws, the Chao family. This connection is not only relevant because of the family connection, but also because the Chao family has often made large donations to McConnell’s campaigns.

Read more at http://thefreethoughtproject.com/90-pounds-cocaine-cargo-ship-owned-anti-drug-senators-family/#AtPEcf2yuVJFF0O3.99

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