Trump hires the wedding planner -- to oversee NY federal housing program?

[spanone]

file under 'shit you just CAN'T make up'

(CNN)According to a report in the New York Daily News, Donald Trump has appointed the spectacularly unqualified Lynne Patton to run the Region II office of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, which covers New York and New Jersey -- thus confirming the Trump administration's haphazard treatment of the problems facing American cities.

Patton, who has been an event planner and personal aide to members of the Trump family (she planned Eric Trump's wedding), has no experience in housing or urban development. She will now be tasked with coordinating the flow of billions of federal dollars into New York City, Newark, Trenton and other troubled urban centers.

Her portfolio will include the nation's largest public housing authority, home to more than half a million people, and the country's largest Section 8 program, which provides subsidies to tens of thousands of low-income renters.

It remains unclear, to say the least, how well those responsibilities will be shouldered by a woman whose main credential appears to be her years of service to the Trump
family. Patton's online LinkedIn biography describes her job as working for Eric Trump, Donald Trump, Jr. and Ivanka Trump, and "handling all calendar appointments, scheduling, media appearances, travel, expenses, purchases, event coordination, contact/engagements, as well as home & business responsibilities."

http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/16/opinions/patton-urban-development-louis-opinion/index.html

[RKP5637]

1. A glaring failure of democracy and the GOP who sits idly by. n/t

[spanone]

2. it's really hard to believe what we're witnessing. the destruction of a once great democracy.

[RKP5637]

4. It's like we're living in some bizarre Twilight Zone episode. And imagine, what

type of role models is this setting up for kids watching/living this administration of sheer neglect, ignorance and hostility.
How far will the GOP let this creature continue? Are they just having a good time playing with him? I can't even believe this is the US anymore. FFS, what is next.

[smirkymonkey]

6. No kidding.

This is just too bizarre. I can't believe this is our reality. How low are we going to have to sink before people will say "enough"?

[dalton99a]

3. I'm surprised his butler hasn't gotten an assistant secretary position with a chauffeur

[janterry]

5. She's not hired, anymore

It looks like this is on hold. I posted a thread earlier this morning
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10029216474

[Hassin Bin Sober]

8. Good. Now she is free to plan his going away to prison party.

[R B Garr]

9. Wait though, they might give it to the dry cleaner.

[lunasun]

7. Probably talked a lot about how she hated paying taxes and hated "those people".Good enough

plus they can trust her to do her part to destroy a government department
Promises made promises kept

[weydowner]

10. Is this trivia?

In former days this would define a presidency and be discussed for months; now it is a real bottom-of-page-7 article.

[dalton99a]

11. There is so much shit

Everything is shit, and I guess they have to prioritize somehow