“Anyone think it was a ruse to keep another tea party type out?”
No, because I’m not sure she’s capable of or interested in working with anyone else.
This was a naked power grab from the spoiled child of a powerful family with serious entitlement issues. She thought that her last name alone meant she was owed a taxpayer-funded salary.
Bingo and exactly!
Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar. No ruse, just:
“Gimmee, I’m Dick’s daughter!”