As CHQ Chairman Richard Viguerie says regularly, personnel is policy. And if personnel is policy, then the most important job in the White House when it comes to policy isn’t President, or Vice President, or White House Chief of Staff; it is Director of White House Personnel.
So, those who hoisted the pirate flag and joined the Trump team when he was at 2 percent in the polls and those who defied the DC establishment and put their careers on the line to endorse Trump when half the sitting White HouseGOP Senators and dozens of Republican Members of the House declined to do so must wonder what the devil is going on when it was announced that John “Johnny” DeStephano has been appointed Director of White House Personnel.
Mr. DeStaphano, 38, has no background in personnel or human resources. However, he is a longtime member of former Speaker of the House John Boehner’s inner circle and a former Republican National Congressional Committee staffer.
In 2006 DeStephano was on House Republican Conference Chairman Deborah Pryce’s staff and was sent to manage her campaign for re-election. His skill helped Pryce eke out a victory in what CNN called the most closely watched campaign in the country.
Subsequently, when Boehner wanted to enforce his will on the National Republican Congressional Committee he made DeStephano deputy executive director of the House GOP campaign committee.
After the GOP took back the House majority and Boehner became Speaker, DeStephano became Senior Advisor for Member Services & New Member Development where part of his job was to staff the newly elected Tea Party class of 2010 with Boehner loyalists who would not encourage their new Bosses to rock the boat.
http://www.conservativehq.com/node/24852It was a Mark Levin tweet that directed me to this and I know exactly how he feels.
