joining me to talk about this, ambassador norm eisen, also former trump white house lawyer jim schultz. is this what a drained swamp looks like? no. this takeover of the trump administration by the special interest lobbyists is like the alligators taking over the swamp. this is not what the american people want. they want a government that serves the public interest, not special interests and in this environment where the trump administration has watered down the rules, they threw out our obama-era rule that a lobbyist cannot go work in an agency they lobbied, for example it s led to a crisis of confidence. no wonder you ve seen almost ten million more americans, the largest number in history repudiate i believe this and other malfeasance by the trump administration in the midterm, a referendum on this special
nominated, especially in the instance of the department of the interior. so i don t think they ll skip a beat as it relates to the policy issues that are being put forward by this administration, especially in important agencies like interior. all right. jim schultz, ambassador eisen, thank you. thanks, anderson. thanks jim. coming up, something to make you smile at the end of a long week. in dancing politicians are wrong, we don t want to be right. t theory dick li the ridic yew list is next. memories. what we deliver by delivering.
are conflicts of interest. so, jim, you don t think it s problematic that there are multiple acting secretaries overseeing industries that they have deep financial ties to? you have very qualified people. when you have qualified people going into these roles and making decisions on behalf of the american people that are in the interests of the american people, the special interests on the left begin their attacks and folks like norm eisen begin their attacks. that s what s happening here. it s nothing more than that. this is a leftist issue, this is a leftist attack on very qualified people coming into this administration and serving this country. ambassador eisen, there s nothing prohibiting this from happen, is there? no law or guideline that says a former lobbyist can t serve as an acting cabinet secretary, right? , well, anderson, i think there is, no wonder jim schultz
nervous. jim, just in terms of the sheer number of acting secretaries, how difficult does it make it for the administration when it comes to any kind of real movement on a specific policy level? look, all these folks were deputy secretaries, and they were high-ranking officials in those agencies when they were appointed the acting job. and they re all highly qualified people taking over those acting roles. and it s going to be incumbent upon congress to the senate to confirm the nominees once nominated, especially in the instance of the department of the interior. so i don t think they ll skip a beat as it relates to the policy issues that are being put forward by this administration, especially in important agencies like interior. all right. jim schultz, ambassador eisen, thank you. thanks, anderson. thanks jim. coming up, something to make you smile at the end of a long week. if dancing politicians are wrong, we don t want to be right. the ridiculist is next. ito take car
this is a leftist attack on very qualified people coming into this administration and serving this country. ambassador eisen, i mean there s nothing prohibiting this from happening. there s no law or guideline that says a former lobbyist can t serve as an acting secretary, right? well, anderson, i think there is. no wonder jim schultz abandoned the trump administration. he had to get out because of cases like the case of mr. wheeler, the acting epa head. he worked on the kolash rules and he s working on the rules now in the epa and on issue after issue, the same thing. it s the revolving door. mr. bernhardt, who jim mentions as a poster boy of ethics, has to carry a card with him. he has almost two dozen conflicts because of his special interest baggage. anderson, it is the opposite of