Paul Ingrassia, who withdrew from consideration to lead a government ethics office on Tuesday, after a string of his racist texts were revealed, is just the latest of dozens of Donald Trump’s picks for federal office to drop out before a confirmation vote.
The first choice to serve attorney general, Matt Gaetz, withdrew over allegations that the former Florida congressman had paid to have sex with a minor. He is now hosting a show on One America News, a far-right cable news channel.
Trump withdrew his pick to be US attorney in Washington, DC, Ed Martin, after it became clear that his defense of January 6 rioters was too much for at least one Republican senator, Thom Tillis.
Trump also pulled the nomination of EJ Antoni, a conservative think tank economist with a disturbing and partisan social media history, to replace the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics he fired for reporting evidence about the job market that the president disliked.
According to a count by the politics newsletter writer Gabe Fleisher, 49 of Trump’s nominees have failed to even make it to a confirmation vote this year, a record-setting total.
Other notable Trump picks to be withdrawn include: Jared Isaacman, as Nasa administrator; Janette Nesheiwat, as surgeon general; Elise Stefanik, as UN ambassador; David Weldon, as CDC director; Erik Siebert, as US attorney for the eastern district of Virginia.
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