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Under #Vought, #OMB also withheld military #aid to #Ukraine as #Trump pressured President Volodymyr #Zelenskyy to investigate President Joe #Biden & his son. Vought refused to comply w/a congressional demand to depose him during the subsequent Democrat-led House investigation that led to Trump’s first #impeachment. The inquiry, Vought said, was a sham.
#USpol #Project2025 #HeritageFoundation #Authoritarianism #Republicans
#OMB is a typically sedate office that builds the president’s #budget & reviews #regulations. But w/ #Vought at the helm, OMB was at the center of showdowns between #Trump & #Congress over federal spending & the #legal bounds of #PresidentialPower.
After lawmakers refused to give Trump more money for his southern US #BorderWall, the budget office siphoned billions from the #Pentagon & #Treasury Dept budgets to pay for it.
#USpol #Project2025 #HeritageFoundation #Authoritarianism #Republicans
#Vought’s confirmation hearing was contentious. Sen #BernieSanders accused him of using #Islamophobic language when he wrote in 2016 that #Muslims “do not know God because they have rejected Jesus Christ his Son, & they stand condemned.”
Vought told senators his remarks were taken out of context & said he respected the right of every person to express their #religious beliefs.
#USpol #Authoritarianism #MAGA #Republicans #Autocracy #Tyranny #Populism #evangelism #democracy #Harris2024 #law
…Those who know #Vought described him as fiercely dedicated to #Trump’s cause….
“A very determined warrior is how I would see Russ,” said a fmr Trump admin ofcl who worked w/ Vought in the WH…. “I don’t think he thinks about whether or not he likes Donald Trump as a person. I think he likes what Donald Trump represents in terms of the political forces he’s able to harness.”
…When Trump was elected, Vought became OMB’s deputy director.
Among the small cadre of #Trump advisers who has a mechanic’s understanding of how Washington operates, #Vought has advised influential *#conservative* lawmakers on Capitol Hill, held a top post in the WH & later established his own pro-Trump think tank. Now, he’s being mentioned as a candidate to be Trump’s WH #ChiefOfStaff, one of the most #powerful positions in govt.
#USpol #Authoritarianism #MAGA #Republicans #Autocracy #Tyranny #Populism
#democracy #Freedom #Harris2024 #law
A chief architect of #Project2025 — the controversial *#conservative* blueprint to remake the #FederalGovernment — #Vought is likely to be appointed to a high-ranking post in a 2nd #Trump admin. And he’s been drafting a so-far secret “180-Day Transition Playbook” to speed the plan’s implementation to avoid a repeat of the chaotic start that dogged Trump’s 1st term.
#USpol #Authoritarianism #MAGA #Republicans #Autocracy #Tyranny #Populism
#democracy #WeAreNotGoingBack #Freedom #Harris2024 #law
