Trump To Nominate Export-Import Bank Opponent To Head Export-Import Bank

[DonViejo]

Source: Talking Points Memo



By TIERNEY SNEED Published APRIL 15, 2017, 11:05 AM EDT

President Donald Trump on Friday announced his nomination of former Rep. Scott Garrett (R-NJ), who fiercely opposed to the Export-Import Bank while in Congress, to serve as president of the agency.

Garrett served on the House Financial Services Committee until losing a bitter election last year to Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ). Garrett, a Freedom Caucus member, was known for hardline views, including anti-gay sentiments that reportedly prompted him to withhold paying his dues to the National Republican Congressional Committee out of concerns they would support gay GOP candidates, according to Politico.

While in Congress, Garrett also advocated for letting the Export-Import Bank’s authorization expire.

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Trump himself was a critic of the Ex-Im Bank, which is the federal government’s export credit agency and has been labeled a form of “corporate welfare” by some conservatives. His views reportedly changed after a meeting with former Boeing Jim McNerney Tuesday, CNBC reported, and he now favors keeping the Ex-Im Bank authorized

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[dalton99a]

1. Following the Trump tradition of appointing Dr Mengele to head General Hospital

[MBS]

4. PERFECT. n/t

[Bernardo de La Paz]

2. Bannon plan. Pruitt destroys EPA, Miller for Women, and now Garrett for Ex-Im.

Oh and Carson to tear down HUD from the inside.

DeVos to kill public education.

It's disgusting.

[Beartracks]

3. Repubs must nominate a GOP-hater to head the GOP.

If that's the logical way to fix things, then it's way over-due.

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