This is a good time for a reminder that the Presidential Personnel Office (PPO), which vets nominees like this, is run by a man who turned 30 this month, was fired from the White House, refused to disclose all of his income in his termination financial disclosure, was rehired, /1 https://twitter.com/gcaw/status/1266519969640177669
was promoted to lead PPO, drove the Senate-confirmed head of the Office of Personnel Management out of her job after only 6 months, is leading a purge of anyone deemed disloyal to Trump, was denied a security clearance after a background investigation the first time he /2
worked in the Trump White House, and has hired college seniors to staff his office. His predecessor was another twenty-something who turned PPO into the "social hub" of the White House, where other twenty-somethings threw vaping and "icing" (Vodka) parties. PPO used to be one /3
of the most prestigious offices in government. Now it's a living monument to the Three Stooges. So if you ask me how he could have selected an IG with a diploma mill degree, I'll tell you I'm just glad he didn't pick a convicted serial killer who wraps himself in aluminum foil./4
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