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Insanity Wrap needs to know: When is the first openly-gay cabinet secretary not the first openly-gay cabinet secretary?
Answer: When he’s Republican Richard Grennell and needs to be shoved aside so Pete Buttigieg can enjoy the media spotlight.
Before we get to the sordid details, a quick preview of today’s Wrap:
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Pete Buttigieg Is the First Out LGBTQ+ Cabinet Nominee in History
After much speculation, it seems the Biden ally finally has a job. December 15 2020 2:20 PM EST
Updated January 27 2021 1:03 PM EST
UPDATED: Hours after the news had been widely reported, the Biden-Harris transition team announced that Pete Buttigieg had been nominated for U.S. Secretary of Transportation. South Bend was once called one of America s dying cities, the official transition account tweeted. Today it s a hub of innovation and job growth. Mayor Pete Buttigieg led that resurgence, and has been nominated by the President-elect to continue that work as Transportation Secretary.
Pete Buttigieg s Reported Transit Sec Nomination Praised As LGBTQ Milestone
On 12/15/20 at 5:15 PM EST
Social media users celebrated the news of Pete Buttigieg s possible nomination for Transportation Secretary under the incoming Biden administration on Tuesday.
Following the release of several reports that suggested Buttigieg the Democratic former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, and one of President-elect Joe Biden s primary opponents earlier this year is Biden s pick to lead the federal agency, many took to Twitter with comments praising the potential selection. Reports published by a handful of news outlets, including the Associated Press, NBC News and CNN, each cited information from unnamed sources familiar with the new administration s plans.
these people are vicious. adam schiff is a vicious, horrible person. reporter: according to another report in the washington post, the president called in then-acting director of national intelligence joseph maguire to the oval office for a, quote, dressing down last friday. abc news has confirmed the report. sources tell us the president believed democrats would use the information from the briefing against him. in the past, the president has praised the acting director of national intelligence. admiral maguire is a very talented man. reporter: but now, one week after the election security briefing, maguire is out. his replacement? ambassador to germany richard grennell, a staunch trump loyalist with no intelligence experience. jon karl with us tonight from the white house. and jon, we know the new acting director of national intelligence has been openly skeptical about russian meddling in the 2016 election and now we have these new headlines tonight. reporter: david, ba
calling the intelligence community s findings on russian interference unproven. he also said that russian misinformation has been going on for decades. but two senior administration officials tell me that grennell will not be on the job long, that the president intends to name, or nominate, a permanent director of national intelligence soon, possibly within days. and it will not be grennell. david? all right, more to come on this. jon karl leading us off. thank you. meantime tonight, president trump s lo-time associate roger stone sentenced today. stone convicted on seven counts, including lying to congress. the president had said federal prosecutors had asked for too much prison time. well, today, the judge, before hands down her sentence, issued a blistering rebuke of stone and then her sentence. here s abc s chief justice correspondent pierre thomas. reporter: roger stone, the so-called dirty trickster and long-time friend of the president, smiling as he walked into court toda