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THREAD: So let& #39;s consider how laughable the idea of Chad Wolf, aka @DHS_Wolf, as a Senate-confirmed DHS secretary should be—compared to the resumes and experience of his predecessors: https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1298296592764735490">https://twitter.com/realDonal...
1) Inaugural DHS secretary was Tom Ridge: Vietnam vet, 12-year veteran of the US House, six-year governor of Pennsylvania (nation& #39;s 5th largest state), two-year stint heading the White House Office of Homeland Security after 9/11 before DHS& #39;s creation.
2) Next up was Michael Chertoff, a Justice Department legend—famed career Mafia prosecutor, US attorney, federal judge, and one-time assistant attorney general of DOJ& #39;s criminal division (before the creation of the National Security Division, so Crim oversaw terror cases too.)
3) Obama& #39;s first secretary was Janet Napolitano: Another career prosecutor, US attorney, Arizona attorney general, and governor of Arizona (nation& #39;s 16th largest state).
4) The fourth DHS secretary, Jeh Johnson, had also been a assistant US attorney in the Southern District of New York, general counsel of the Air Force, and general counsel of the Pentagon.
5) Trump& #39;s first DHS secretary, John Kelly, was a four-star Marine general, a top commander of US forces in Iraq, and the head of US Southern Command—overseeing military operations across Central and South America and the Caribbean.
(Trump& #39;s second DHS secretary, Kirstjen Nielsen, was also supremely unqualified to be DHS secretary, but at least she had a law degree!)
6) Now let& #39;s check on @DHS_Wolf: A US Senate staffer turned Bush era political appointee at TSA, who then spent ten years as a lobbyist landing contracts with TSA....
. @DHS_Wolf has never served in the military or intelligence, never worked in law enforcement, never worked in a courtroom & would be the first DHS Sec to not possess an advanced degree & just the second with no law degree. The other non-lawyer? Gen. Kelly, he of two masters& #39;.
In a sane world, @DHS_Wolf wouldn& #39;t make the top 50 names on a possible list of DHS secretaries, not to mention the fact the GAO says he& #39;s been serving *illegally* even as acting secretary for the last ten months. Counterpoint: Oh hai supremely unqualified DNI John Ratcliffe!
This isn& #39;t an endorsement of the preceding secretaries—but DHS secretary might well be the second-hardest job in US Gov, after SecDef, and has defeated far more experienced and competent leaders than Chad Wolf, who about the best you can say is he was an *average* lobbyist. /END
