BILLIONAIRES TRUMPS CABINET & EXECUTIVE APPOINTEES - A VENN DIAGRAM PAST RECORDS CONTRADICT

Wilbur Ross (DOC)

CURRENT AGENCY MISSION
Betsy DeVos (Ed) Scott Pruitt (EPA): sued EPA, denies climate
ANTI-LGBT
change
MILLIONAIRES WHITE MEN
Mike Pence (VP) Tom Price (HHS): opposes ACA, favors
Rex Tillerson (DOS) John Kelly (DHS) vouchers for Medicare
Steve Mnunchin (Treas) Reince Priebus (Chf Staff )
Andrew Puzder (DOL) Steve Mnunchin (Treas): made millions fore-
Ben Carson (HUD) Mike Pompeo (CIA) David Shulkin (VA) closing on mortgages during financial crisis
Elaine Chao (DOT) John Kelly (DHS)
Tom Price (HHS) Jeff Sessions (AG/DOJ): unable to be
Jeff Sessions (AG/DOJ) John Mattis (Defense) confirmed as federal judge due to racist
John Mattis (DOD)
RUSSIAN statements
Steve Bannon FRIENDS OF
John Kelly (DHS) TIES (Chief Strategist)
Mike Flynn Sonny Perdue (Ag) FOSSIL
Rick Perry (DOE) Rick Perry (DOE): wanted to abolish DOE;
(NSA) Scott Pruitt
Nikki Haley (UN)
(EPA) FUELS climate change skeptic
Linda McMahon (SBA)
Jay Clayton (SEC) Tom Price (HHS) Ryan Zinke (Interior) Ryan Zinke (DOI): fossil fuel supporter, ques-
Sonny Perdue (Ag) tions extent of human influence on CC
David Shulkin (VA) Rick Perry (Energy)
Ryan Zinke (DOI) Jeff Sessions Rex Tillerson (DOS): massive Exxon oil deals
Steve Bannon (Chf Strategist) (AG, DOJ) with Russia
PAST RECORDS
Rex Tillerson Andrew Putzer (DOL): fine for overtime
RUSSIAN TIES CONTRADICT violations, opposes minimum wage
(State) Jay Clayton (SEC)
CURRENT
Mike Flynn (NSA): under investigation for
Wilbur Ross Steven Mnunchin AGENCY MISSION Sonny Perdue (Ag):
: anti-regulatory views
contacts w/Russian diplomats; supports
NO GOVT EXPERIENCE (Commerce) (Treasury)
better relationship with Russia; gave paid Wilbur Ross (DOC): king of bankruptcies;
speech at Russian-owned TV station Andrew Puzder
BILLIONAIRES paid millions in SEC fines
(Labor)
Rex Tillerson (DOS): millions in oil deals Betsy DeVos Betsy DeVos (Ed): charter school & voucher
with Russian state-owned companies proponent
(Education)
thwarted by U.S. sanctions that he
Ben Carson (HUD) ANTI-LGBT
argued should be lifted; received Russias Jay Clayton (SEC): Wall Street lawyer with
Order of Friendship (2013) Linda McMahon anti-regulatory views; wife at Goldman Sachs
(SBA) MILLIONAIRES
Wilbur Ross (DOC): jointly ran Cyprus
bank with Russian oligarch & former KGB PEOPLE OF Elaine Chao
agent (DOT) FRIENDS OF FOSSIL FUELS
COLOR WOMEN
Nikki Haley
Jeff Sessions (DOJ): put together Russia- Rex Tillerson (DOS): CEO, Exxon-Valdez
(UN Ambassador)
favorable foreign policy team in campaign Rick Perry (DOE): downplayed climate change
Ryan Zinke (DOI): questions extent of human
influence on climate change
NO GOVT EXPERIENCE ANTI-LGBT RECORD
Scott Pruitt (EPA): climate change denier

Ben Carson (HUD): pediatric surgeon Mike Pence (VP) - signed INs license to discriminate law
Betsy DeVos (Ed): education activist, runs foundation Mike Pompeo (CIA) - voted & spoke against same-sex marriage
Wilbur Ross (DOC): investor, turnaround specialist Steve Bannon (Chf Strategist) - signed off on anti-gay stories on BNN
Steve Mnunkin (Treas): ex-Goldman Sachs banker, Tom Price (HHS) - Human Rights Campagin 0% voting rating
financier WOMEN
Rex Tillerson (DOS): CEO, Exxon-Valdez
PEOPLE OF COLOR Jeff Session (AG) - HRC rated him 0% on voting record; co-sponsored First
Amendment Defense Act
Andrew Putzer (DOL): chief exec of CKE restaurants Elaine Chao (DOT)
Ben Carson (HUD): African-American Betsy DeVos (Ed) - donated to anti-gay groups including conversion therapy
(Hardees, Carls Jr) Betsy DeVos (Ed)
Elaine Chao (DOT): Chinese-American Ben Carson (HUD) - said sexual orientation is a choice
Linda McMahon (SBA): WWE founder Linda McMahon (SBA)
Nikki Haley (UN): Indian-American Reince Priebus (Cf Staff) - as chm of Republican Party, spearheaded one of most
Jay Clayton (SEC): Wall Street lawyer Nikki Haley (UN)
anti-LGBT platforms

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