Pennsylvania congressman to be named drug czar by Trump

[groundloop]

Source: CBS News

Pennsylvania Congressman Tom Marino is expected to step down from his seat to take on a new role in the Trump administration. Multiple sources tell CBS News that Marino will head up the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), assuming the informal title of drug czar.

A source familiar with personnel moves in the White House says that Marino is in the final stages of completing his paperwork and an official announcement is forthcoming. When asked for comment, the White House said it had no personnel announcements at this time. Marino’s office had no comment.

Marino, who is serving his third term representing Pennsylvania’s rural 10th congressional district, was appointed to serve on the House’s bipartisan committee combating the opioid epidemic in 2016 after the enactment of two bills he introduced on drug control.

The former prosecutor authored the Transnational Drug Trafficking Act to curb drug trafficking across borders and a more controversial drug enforcement bill that increases collaboration between prescription drug distributors and the Drug Enforcement Agency to combat drug abuse.

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[brooklynite]

1. PA-10 currently considered a SAFE R seat.

[murielm99]

10. We can try to flip it anyway.

If things get much worse, will there be any safe R seats?

I wonder about my own district. We have two Democrats who have announced they are running. Most of the time, it is hard to get a candidate at all. We would try to get someone to run, just to make them spend their money and to call attention to their stupid votes.

[BumRushDaShow]

13. PA-10 used to be a (D) seat until the 2010 election and redistricting

Below is the current gerrymandered 10th (you can see how it winds around upstate NE PA along the NY & NJ borders and then wraps around into Central PA going west and south ) -

[bucolic_frolic]

2. Rural

are these hicks ready for a big time national post?

[rickford66]

3. Hey wingnuts !! CZAR ?

Aren't the GOPers going to go crazy if Trump has CZARS ?? Oh. Never mind.

[no_hypocrisy]

4. Chris Christie cheated again!

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[GWC58]

5. You just know Krispy

wanted that just to go after the vile, evil sellers and users of cannabis!

[Txbluedog]

14. He's holding out for the FOOD CZAR post...

[NewRedDawn]

6. Keep appointing them

gives us chances to flip seats.

[Initech]

12. Maybe that's what he means by "drain the swamp"!

[lark]

7. This raises 2 questions.

1 - is the PA governor R or D?
2 - Does the governor appoint a replacement or is there an election?

I doubt that the governor is a D or if he is, replacements are probably done by election. Can't imagine Drumpf giving Dems a chance to pick up a seat.

[Tanuki]

9. Gov. Tom Wolf is a Democrat, but the seat will be filled by special election.

[stillcool]

8. jeebus....that is so 80's.

or was it 70's?

[tenorly]

11. It would be very '70s if they had appointed someone who in private enjoyed pot.

It would be very '80s if the appointee had himself been tangentially linked to Iran-Contra drug-running.

With the War on Drugs, it's only a question of how much hypocrisy.

[musette_sf]

15. Marino is an amoral, unethical dirtbag

During the Bush administration back in 2007, Marino was actually elevated to be the U.S. Attorney in Pennsylvania’s Middle District, but he resigned while under investigation for ethics violations.
http://articles.mcall.com/2010-10-01/news/mc-marino-investigation-20101001_1_denaples-investigations-marino-democrat-chris-carney|

More here on this vicious amoral POS, who is also a gestational slavery advocate, homophobe, climate change denier, and enemy of healthcare for our nation's people:
https://republicinsanity.tumblr.com/post/143002235503/tom-marino|