Nauert Quits as UN Pick After Nanny Issue Said to Surface

[yortsed snacilbuper]

State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said she’s withdrawing from consideration as President Donald Trump’s nominee to be ambassador to the United Nations.

Nauert’s nomination began to falter after the White House was alerted to a problem in her background: She had in the past employed an immigrant nanny who was in the U.S. legally but wasn’t authorized to work, according to two people familiar with the matter.


Nauert’s nanny issue became politically untenable -- and would have likely come out in her confirmation hearing -- given that halting illegal migration was a centerpiece of Trump’s campaign and has animated his fight to build a wall on the border with Mexico. A day before Nauert withdrew, Trump declared a national emergency to secure more money for the proposed wall, after Congress approved only about $1.4 billion in a spending

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/nauert-quits-as-un-pick-after-nanny-issue-said-to-surface/ar-BBTGwZ9?ocid=spartanntp

[OnDoutside]

1. I'm surprised she didn't create a new normal.

[marybourg]

2. And then there's the little issue

of her complete lack of experience for the job.

[tblue37]

3. Remember Kimba Wood? nt