BY MIKE MILLER
One of the rallying cries of Donald Trump throughout the campaign was “Drain the Swamp!” Trump vowed that, if elected, he would rid Washington, D.C., of lobbyists and special interests. On Tuesday, Vice President-elect Mike Pence took the first step.
As reported by NBC News, Pence, who replaced New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie as head of the Trump transition team, has ordered the removal of all lobbyists from the team—to bring the transition more in line with the “drain the swamp” pledge.
The Hill reports that Trump had been under fire for having “roughly a dozen registered lobbyists working in and around the transition team.”
Those lobbyists included Rob Collins of S-3 Group, Mike Catanzaro at CGCN Group, Martin Whitmer of Whitmer & Worrall, J. Steven Hart at Williams & Jensen and tobacco company Altria’s Cindy Hayden, among others.
In addition to the removal of lobbyists, former Rep. Mike Rogers (R-MI), once seen as a candidate to lead the CIA, had also left the Trump transition team. Rogers had been told that those brought on by Christie were being let go, the Journal reported.
Apparently , Pence’s move was ‘in the nick of time.’
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