By Free Republic | Created at 2024-12-30 22:42:13 | Updated at 2025-01-02 20:10:28
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Trump imposes social media ban on Cabinet picks after MAGA civil war over migrant visas
UK Daily Mail ^ | 12/30/2024 | Nick Allen
Posted on 12/30/2024 2:34:24 PM PST by DFG
Donald Trump has ordered his Cabinet nominees not to post on social media without approval.
In a stunning move, Trump's chief of staff Susie Wiles told those who will become his top lieutenants to get anything they put on X, or other networks, cleared first.
It came after a MAGA 'civil war' erupted this week over the issue of visas for skilled migrants.
'While this instruction has been delivered previously, I am reiterating that no member of the incoming administration or Transition speaks for the United States or the President-elect himself,' Wiles wrote in a memo reported by the New York Post.
'Accordingly, all intended nominees should refrain from any public social media posts without prior approval of the incoming White House counsel.'
It was unclear what sparked the crackdown but Senate confirmation hearings for Cabinet nominees are due to start in the new year.
Earlier this week, Tesla billionaire Elon Musk, who will head Trump's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), threatened to 'go to war' with MAGA Republicans as he defended visas for skilled foreigners.
Trump sided with Musk after a fierce debate, including on social media, sent some of his supporters into a meltdown.
It also came as Democratic senators are fiercely fighting some of Trump's Cabinet picks for his second administration.
They have little power to prevent Trump's choices from taking their new posts.
After the 2024 election the Senate flipped red giving Republicans more seats. Cabinet confirmations only require a simple majority in the 100-member chamber.
That means, as long as Republicans stick together, Trump should be able to put his team in place in the new year.
The most controversial picks include Pete Hegseth to lead the Pentagon, and Kash Patel for head of the FBI.
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1 posted on 12/30/2024 2:34:24 PM PST by DFG
To: DFG
Makes sense. You never saw the dumbocraps publicly fighting on line.
2 posted on 12/30/2024 2:41:14 PM PST by Fido969
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