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Dispatches From Twitter, by Donald Trump, Including One on Flag Burning Donald Trump Adds Cabinet Selections for Health and Transportation
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President-elect Donald J. Trump will meet with Senator Bob Corker of Tennessee and Mitt Romney on Tuesday as he tries to decide who he wants as secretary of state. In the meantime, he cannot seem to pull himself away from Twitter. President-elect Donald J. Trump named two new cabinet picks, Representative Tom Price of Georgia for health and human services, and Elaine Chao, a former labor secretary and wife of Senator Mitch McConnell, to head the Transportation Department. Mr. Trump will meet with Senator Bob Corker and Mitt Romney on Tuesday as he tries to decide who he wants as secretary of state.
Mr. Trump will pick Ms. Chao, a former secretary of labor and the wife of Mr. McConnell, the Senate majority leader, to be his secretary of transportation.
He also formally tapped Representative Tom Price of Georgia, who worked as an orthopedic surgeon and a fervent opponent of the Affordable Care Act, on Tuesday to be his secretary of health and human services.
And word is that Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers of Washington is getting a “hard look” as secretary of the interior.
Mr. Price, who has focused much of his work in Congress on trying to insulate physicians from the dictates and price controls of agencies that would be under his control if he is confirmed, responded on Tuesday:
Senator Chuck Schumer of New York, the incoming minority leader, was not happy:
But because Senate Democrats gutted the filibuster rule for presidential appointees, there may be little opponents can do to stop Mr. Price’s confirmation.
Rounding out his health care appointees, Mr. Trump also said on Tuesday that he had chosen Seema Verma, a health policy expert in Indiana, to be the administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
Working in state government and later as president of a consulting company, she helped Indiana expand Medicaid eligibility under the Affordable Care Act, with conservative policies that emphasized “personal responsibility.”
Ms. Verma worked closely with Gov. Mike Pence of Indiana, the vice president-elect, and with the former governor of that state, Mitch Daniels, also a Republican. She has won praise from health care providers and state legislators of both parties. She has also provided technical assistance and advice to Medicaid officials in other states.
Under President Obama, the agency that runs Medicare and Medicaid has also led efforts to carry out the Affordable Care Act, supervising most of the online marketplaces where people can buy health insurance and obtain subsidies to help cover the cost.
Planned Parenthood and Naral Pro-Choice America know Mr. Price well — and they know he is their enemy.
From his perch as chairman of the House Budget Committee, Mr. Price led efforts to withdraw federal funding from Planned Parenthood and impose more restrictions on abortion. Medical research on embryonic stem cells could be endangered as well, and some forms of contraception could be in for rough sledding.
Conservatives, especially colleagues of Mr. Price in the House, have rallied strongly to his side. Not so the abortion rights community.
Mr. Trump on Tuesday used one tweet to make two proposals the Supreme Court has long since ruled unconstitutional: barring protesters from burning the American flag and stripping people of their American citizenship.Mr. Trump on Tuesday used one tweet to make two proposals the Supreme Court has long since ruled unconstitutional: barring protesters from burning the American flag and stripping people of their American citizenship.
“Nobody should be allowed to burn the American flag — if they do, there must be consequences — perhaps loss of citizenship or year in jail!” Mr. Trump wrote in a 6:55 a.m. posting on his Twitter account.
Even if Mr. Trump could persuade Congress to enact a criminal statute making such a shift in the balance between government power and individual rights, anyone convicted and sentenced under it could point to clear Supreme Court precedents to make the case that the new law violated the Constitution.Even if Mr. Trump could persuade Congress to enact a criminal statute making such a shift in the balance between government power and individual rights, anyone convicted and sentenced under it could point to clear Supreme Court precedents to make the case that the new law violated the Constitution.
In a landmark 1989 case, Texas v. Johnson, the Supreme Court struck down criminal laws banning flag burning, ruling that the act was a form of political expression protected by the First Amendment. And in a 1967 case, Afroyim v. Rusk, the Supreme Court ruled that the Constitution does not allow the government to take away Americans’ citizenship against their will.In a landmark 1989 case, Texas v. Johnson, the Supreme Court struck down criminal laws banning flag burning, ruling that the act was a form of political expression protected by the First Amendment. And in a 1967 case, Afroyim v. Rusk, the Supreme Court ruled that the Constitution does not allow the government to take away Americans’ citizenship against their will.
It started just after 9 p.m. Monday and kept coming: The man who will lead the free world could not stop attacking CNN.It started just after 9 p.m. Monday and kept coming: The man who will lead the free world could not stop attacking CNN.
Or rather, he kept affirming other attackers, by retweeting posts from one user who described himself as an “unbiased, unfiltered voice against Islamist Terror & Stupidity on the far left AND far right!”; by another who defined himself as “Family, God, country, Patriot, 2-A, Harley Owner. Siberian Husky Lover. Certified RV Tech”; and by a 16-year-old fan of the Oakland Raiders, Los Angeles Angels, Anaheim Ducks and Charlotte Hornets.Or rather, he kept affirming other attackers, by retweeting posts from one user who described himself as an “unbiased, unfiltered voice against Islamist Terror & Stupidity on the far left AND far right!”; by another who defined himself as “Family, God, country, Patriot, 2-A, Harley Owner. Siberian Husky Lover. Certified RV Tech”; and by a 16-year-old fan of the Oakland Raiders, Los Angeles Angels, Anaheim Ducks and Charlotte Hornets.
First came:First came:
Then:Then:
Then:Then:
Then:Then:
And finally a composition of his own:And finally a composition of his own:
As Mr. Trump noted, the certification of his win in Michigan did give him a comfortable edge, 306 Electoral College votes of the needed 270, but a landslide seems like a stretch. Hillary Clinton’s popular vote lead climbed overnight to 2,332,814, nearly five times Al Gore’s margin over George W. Bush in 2000. At 1.7 percentage points, her margin is the largest for a losing presidential candidate since 1876.As Mr. Trump noted, the certification of his win in Michigan did give him a comfortable edge, 306 Electoral College votes of the needed 270, but a landslide seems like a stretch. Hillary Clinton’s popular vote lead climbed overnight to 2,332,814, nearly five times Al Gore’s margin over George W. Bush in 2000. At 1.7 percentage points, her margin is the largest for a losing presidential candidate since 1876.
Mr. Trump did add one coda to his overnight rant. Around 6:30 a.m., he concluded:Mr. Trump did add one coda to his overnight rant. Around 6:30 a.m., he concluded:
Mr. Trump formally tapped Representative Tom Price of Georgia, an orthopedic surgeon and a fervent opponent of the Affordable Care Act, on Tuesday to be his secretary of health and human services.
Mr. Price, who has focused much of his work in Congress on trying to insulate physicians from the dictates and price controls of agencies that would be under his control if he is confirmed, responded on Tuesday:
Senator Chuck Schumer of New York, the incoming minority leader, was not happy:
But because Senate Democrats gutted the filibuster rule for presidential appointees, there may be little opponents can do to stop Mr. Price’s confirmation.
Rounding out his health care appointees, Mr. Trump also said on Tuesday that he had chosen Seema Verma, a health policy expert in Indiana, to be the administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
Working in state government and later as president of a consulting company, she helped Indiana expand Medicaid eligibility under the Affordable Care Act, with conservative policies that emphasized “personal responsibility.”
Ms. Verma worked closely with Gov. Mike Pence of Indiana, the vice president-elect, and with the former governor of that state, Mitch Daniels, also a Republican. She has won praise from health care providers and state legislators of both parties. She has also provided technical assistance and advice to Medicaid officials in other states.
Under President Obama, the agency that runs Medicare and Medicaid has also led efforts to carry out the Affordable Care Act, supervising most of the online marketplaces where people can buy health insurance and obtain subsidies to help cover the cost.
Still hankering to understand what happened in the election that shocked the news media, the pundits and much of America?Still hankering to understand what happened in the election that shocked the news media, the pundits and much of America?
Celinda Lake, a Democratic pollster, has your rundown. Hint: Demographics are not destiny when anger at the status quo drives parts of the electorate.Celinda Lake, a Democratic pollster, has your rundown. Hint: Demographics are not destiny when anger at the status quo drives parts of the electorate.