President-elect Trump announced Tuesday that he will nominate Congressman Dan Bishop, RN.C., to serve as deputy budget director at the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).
President Trump announced the news in the following post: society of truth On Tuesday night, he described the North Carolina Republican as a “tireless fighter for our MAGA movement on the House Judiciary Committee and the Homeland Security Committee.”
“Dan will implement my cost-cutting and deregulatory policies across all government agencies and root out the weaponized deep state,” Trump added.
The move comes shortly after Bishop, who is not expected to return to Congress next year, lost the race for North Carolina's attorney general.
President Trump said in Tuesday's announcement that Bishop “has built an active and successful 30-year career in business litigation in the trial and appellate courts, with experience in the North Carolina House, Senate, and as a county commissioner.” praised.
President Trump also said, “Dan earned his Juris Doctorate with honors and his Bachelor of Business Administration with highest honors from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.''
During his time in Congress, which began in 2019, Bishop gained attention as a member of the hard-line conservative House Freedom Caucus.
He was not among the eight Republicans who voted to expel House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) last year, but he did so amid criticism of the former leader's debt ceiling deal with the president. It is notable that he was the first Republican lawmaker to call for his removal from office. Biden.
President Trump also announced that he will nominate Ed Martin to be OMB's next chief of staff.
“Ed previously served as Chief of Staff to Governor Ed Blunt. They co-authored 'The Conservative Case for Trump' with Phyllis Schlafly,” Trump wrote. “Ed has served as chairman of the Missouri Republican Party and as an RNC member. Ed is a winner and will help make America great again!”
