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Trump Campaigned Against Lobbyists, but Now They’re on His Transition Team.
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/1…
WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald J. Trump, who campaigned against the corrupt power of special interests, is filling his transition team with some of the very sort of people who he has complained have too much clout in Washington: corporate consultants and lobbyists.
Jeffrey Eisenach, a consultant who has worked for years on behalf of Verizon and other telecommunications clients, is the head of the team that is helping to pick staff members at the Federal Communications Commission.
Michael Catanzaro, a lobbyist whose clients include Devon Energy and Encana Oil and Gas, holds the “energy independence” portfolio.
Michael Torrey, a lobbyist who runs a firm that has earned millions of dollars helping food industry players such as the American Beverage Association and the dairy giant Dean Foods, is helping set up the new team at the Department of Agriculture.
Oh you silly Republicans. You took his carnival barking shtick hook, line, and sinker.
- so really he did this all to become a true elite then?monospaced
- What did you really expect from the megalomaniac?utopian
- Obama said the exact same thing, then back tracked like crazy, but it's okay to turn a blind eye to any Dems discretions when the they black or a woman.robotron3k
- Dude. Trump made some big promises and saidnovama was a disaster and "the worst president in this country has ever had" thoughmonospaced
- Yo turn around 1 day after winning and be exactly like him should upset you more honestly. You voted for him, and you got what you hated.monospaced