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No, It’s Not New for a Cabinet Secretary to Address a Political Convention
National Review ^ | August 26, 2020 | By JIM GERAGHTY

Posted on 08/26/2020 9:37:23 AM PDT by Behind Liberal Lines

In 2012, six cabinet secretaries addressed the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte: Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar, Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric Shinseki, and Karen Mills, administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration . . . which yes, was elevated to Cabinet-level in the Obama years. In fact, unlike the other cabinet secretaries, the screen behind Mills specifically identified her as “Administrator Small Business Administration”

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TOPICS: Editorial; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: act; gopconvention; hatch; pompeo

1 posted on 08/26/2020 9:37:23 AM PDT by Behind Liberal Lines
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To: nutmeg

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2 posted on 08/26/2020 9:38:12 AM PDT by nutmeg (Mega prayers for Rush Limbaugh)
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You know how weak the other side is when they pull out some faux outrage over something like this or the First Lady speaking from the Rose Garden.

I said before the RNC convention that you could accurately gauge how strong it was by how petty the outrage by the left was.

By my metric this has been a very strong convention so far!


3 posted on 08/26/2020 9:40:08 AM PDT by volunbeer (Find the truth and accept it - anything else is delusional)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

Yep. Tweeted, sent this info to President on twitter. Thanks to Trey Gowdy for bringing this up.


4 posted on 08/26/2020 9:42:38 AM PDT by Engedi
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What’s more is that Pompeo was on the speaking list since last week and nobody made a peep about it.


5 posted on 08/26/2020 9:42:57 AM PDT by SamAdams76
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

Yep. Tweeted, sent this info to President on twitter. Thanks to Trey Gowdy for bringing this up. Article from Vox outlining it.


6 posted on 08/26/2020 9:43:11 AM PDT by Engedi
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To: nutmeg

not new, but Bishop-Senator RomneyCARE and
Lanhee Chen wanted to make a big thing
of it over the weekend, and they did.

IT IS A NOTHINGBURGER by the GOP Backstabber-in-Chief.


7 posted on 08/26/2020 9:51:29 AM PDT by Diogenesis ("when a crime is unpunished, the world is unbalanced")
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The Democrats are more than welcome to make a big stink over this. It’s a loser issue. The President should tweet about it just to egg them on.


8 posted on 08/26/2020 9:58:15 AM PDT by cdcdawg (Biden has dementia.)
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OK, so far that mean they object to people speaking in the White House and they oabject to people speaking outside the White House. Got it.


9 posted on 08/26/2020 10:29:35 AM PDT by McGavin999 (Not one politician or journalist has died of Covid)
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Gosh I wish we had an edit button


10 posted on 08/26/2020 10:31:09 AM PDT by McGavin999 (Not one politician or journalist has died of Covid)
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I think the Rose Garden was the perfect background for this portion of the convention. And all the speakers were excellent.


11 posted on 08/26/2020 11:04:40 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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Only your English Teacher is grinding her teeth. Be Happy!!


12 posted on 08/26/2020 11:06:08 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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13 posted on 08/26/2020 12:08:22 PM PDT by aquila48 (Do not let them make you care! Guilting you is how they control you.)
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NBC were acting like it was some sort of horrible controversy last night.


14 posted on 08/26/2020 12:23:54 PM PDT by al_c (Democrats: Party over Common Sense)
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