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 campaigns Asian Pacific American Advisory Council throughout 2016.
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LisaM
(27,820 posts)Didn't she already do enough damage?
elleng
(131,053 posts)BigDemVoter
(4,154 posts)NOT HER AGAIN!
MANative
(4,112 posts)at wreaking havoc.
I can't help but picture Bannon laughing his head off.
Ninga
(8,276 posts)Friend or Foe
(195 posts)I feel like the prequel to Idiocracy was just released.
rurallib
(62,433 posts)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)That seemed to pop up in my mind when I saw her name.
rurallib
(62,433 posts)Bear Creek
(883 posts)It will make it easier to get the heorin in the country and across the state lines. Yeh!
Frustratedlady
(16,254 posts)Grey Lemercier
(1,429 posts)to rock baby in the pram.
The looting commences forthright January 20th.
cstanleytech
(26,310 posts)louis-t
(23,296 posts)have short memories.
Thor_MN
(11,843 posts)I swear the Dumpster is picking a Cabinet of Deplorables to distract from his unconstitutional conflicts.
n2doc
(47,953 posts)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)... 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 McConnells 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 McConnells campaigns.
Read more at http://thefreethoughtproject.com/90-pounds-cocaine-cargo-ship-owned-anti-drug-senators-family/#AtPEcf2yuVJFF0O3.99