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| Pres. Elect Trump eyes ex-Sen. Scott Brown to run VA |
| 2016-11-20 |
| [Washington Examiner] Former Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown is a candidate to be nominated secretary of veterans affairs for the incoming Trump administration, according to a Boston Globe report Friday evening. Brown, a military veteran, said President-elect Trump called him Friday to tell him that he was under consideration. "He said he's making his highest recommendation to his committee that they consider me," Brown said. He said Trump asked him what his passion was, to which he replied, "military service." "Quite honestly, it's the toughest Cabinet position," Brown said he told Trump. "It transcends party." Trump once floated Brown as a potential vice presidential running mate, before settling on Indiana Gov. Mike Pence. Brown won a special election in 2010 to replace the late Ted Kennedy as Massachusetts senator and serve out the remainder of his term ending in 2013. He later lost bid to serve a full term to Democrat Elizabeth Warren. Brown then relocated to New Hampshire and ran an unsuccessful campaign for Senate in 2014 to unseat Democrat Jeanne Shaheen. He endorsed Trump for president in February, just before the New Hampshire primary. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #11 jvalentour - I was thinking more along the lines of a yuuuge new office in beautiful subterranean Antarctica, but I can be swayed. Very prestigious, would have chairs and everything. Eventually. Comes with a $55/month 'uncomfy duty' pay. No relocation allowance though, and no family; that's what the $55/month is for. |
| Posted by: Whiskey Mike 2016-11-20 18:38 |
| #10 JV, that's a great plan, especially if the hangar is in a very cold part of Alaska and heat is only had by the deskmonkeys using their own pocket change to purchase it in five minuet increments all day long. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2016-11-20 11:52 |
| #9 Trump needs to build a vast empty VA hanger in Alaska. Transfer all the VA corrupt punks there and let them retire out. Until they retire they can sit at an empty desk in the hanger and do nothing. |
| Posted by: jvalentour 2016-11-20 11:26 |
| #8 Brown is a fighter. he would do great. He has had to fight every step of his political career. He, his fighting spirit, is what the VA needs. |
| Posted by: 49 Pan 2016-11-20 11:16 |
| #7 Appoint McShame to be VA secretary. Make him an offer he can't refuse... |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2016-11-20 10:54 |
| #6 I'm trying to figure out why you'd want to take the job. |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2016-11-20 10:36 |
| #5 Yeah, I was confused. Thinking of Sen Tim Scott from SC. Duh! |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2016-11-20 10:32 |
| #4 As long as his appointees come from red states with GOP governors then there is no worry about the majority. I say let President Trump appoint all these people out of the senate to make it stronger by promoting moderate RINOs he can fire later, and replacing them with conservatives in the Senate. Maybe he can find an appointment for McConel and Ryan to get them out of the way. |
| Posted by: Injun Bucket8891 2016-11-20 10:26 |
| #3 M.M. He's no longer a Senator, good voice IMO |
| Posted by: Shipman 2016-11-20 10:10 |
| #2 #1 I do start to worry that tapping so many GOP senators for cabinet spots might have a bad result vis the slim GOP senate majority. Posted by: M. Murcek Brown is a former GOP Senator and a great choice to run the VA. He was a Reservist and spent some time in Afghanistan...a worker-bee not afraid to get his hands dirty, unlike the perfumed princes that have been running the VA. |
| Posted by: Tennessee 2016-11-20 09:46 |
| #1 I do start to worry that tapping so many GOP senators for cabinet spots might have a bad result vis the slim GOP senate majority. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2016-11-20 06:19 |