Richard Shelby Referred To Mulvaney As ‘Most Dangerous Man’ In Washington

UNITED STATES - APRIL 18: Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney testifies before a House Appropriations Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee hearing in Rayburn Building on FY2019 Budget for OMB on April 18, 2018. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
UNITED STATES - APRIL 18: Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney testifies before a House Appropriations Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee hearing in Rayburn Building on the FY201... UNITED STATES - APRIL 18: Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney testifies before a House Appropriations Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee hearing in Rayburn Building on the FY2019 Budget for OMB on April 18, 2018. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call) MORE LESS
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During weeks of strained debate between parties while the government was shut down for a month earlier this year, tensions were high — and one Republican senator accused acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney of continuously derailing negotiations, The New York Times reported.

In an article about Mulvaney’s management style — letting President Trump be Trump — the Times reported that Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL) “complained bitterly” about Mulvaney’s habit of “undoing weeks of bipartisan work with a quick comment to Mr. Trump in the Oval Office,” in the Times’ words. Shelby reportedly told Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) that Mulvaney was the “most dangerous man” in Washington, three people familiar with the conversation told the Times.

Shelby has kept his feelings about Mulvaney to himself for the most part, but when asked by a reporter about the “chief of staff” last week, Shelby corrected him: “You mean acting chief of staff?”

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  1. I don’t know…after yesterday’s performance, I think Barr is bucking for this title.

    The next two years are going to be rough.

  2. Shelby often lapses into moments of lucidity. Maybe it is his inner Democrat struggling to resurface.

  3. Avatar for docd docd says:

    Hmmm…another GOP-er willing to go on record criticizing the administration. I’m hoping for a chance to recycle this Doonesbury from years and years ago:

  4. The difference between Barr and Mulvaney is that DC and New York are full of ass-licking journalists and hangers-on who will vouch for Barr’s probity, intelligence and fairness. In truth, it’s obvious that Barr is as fair as Sean Hannity—and probably not much more intelligent, except in a rat finding cheese in a maze sort of way—but the image police will protect him.

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