Trump's Homeland Security Picks not eligible

[yellowcanine]

https://politicalwire.com/2019/10/21/trumps-homeland-security-picks-are-not-eligible/

Trump’s Homeland Security Picks Are Not Eligible

October 21, 2019 at 3:03 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 26 Comments

The White House personnel director told President Trump that his top two candidates to become Secretary of Homeland Security — Ken Cuccinelli and Mark Morgan — are not qualified to fill the position under the federal vacancies law, the Wall Street Journal reports.

Both men are serving on an acting basis, and neither has been nominated by Mr. Trump for permanent roles, which would require Senate confirmation. As a result, neither man is eligible to be elevated to the Department’s top job.

So Cuccinelli is illegal?

[marybourg]

1. They're his *candidates*, but he hasn't *nominated* them,

so therefore they’re not *eligible*. Can anyone explain this?

[llmart]

3. That's how how I read it.

I took it to say that because he hadn't officially nominated them, they weren't eligible.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

4. I think he wants to keep them there as long as he can by doing end run around Advice & Consent. . nt

[real Cannabis calm]

2. K&R for a LOL! tRump is an idiot.

[PJMcK]

5. Trump likes "acting" 'cause it gives him more flexibility

Everything Trump does fails its goal.

It's just as well since both Cuccinelli and Morgan are incompetent.

Trump is a remarkable failure. As the deplorable Rick Wilson wrote, everything Trump touches dies.

Also, Trump is an idiot.

[Claritie Pixie]

6. Only the very best people!

[abqtommy]

7. Yeah, the best at being worst.