Energy Department parts company with Trump appointee who called Muslims maggots

[dixiegrrrrl]

This is SO typical Trump....crony-ism even for people he barely knew...
go to link to see details of the tweets..he should have been arrested for them.

President Donald Trump appointed a massage therapist from New Hampshire with no apparent relevant experience to work at the Energy Department, but parted company with the employee Friday after a series of anti-Muslim social media posts came to light, current and former DOE employees tell POLITICO.

Sid Bowdidge had received a nameplate and taken up residence this week in the director’s office of the agency’s Office of Technology Transitions, a career DOE employee said, but it was not clear precisely when he started or what his job would be. OTT specializes in shepherding research developed at the national labs into the private sector, an area in which Bowdidge didn't seem to have any experience.

Before joining DOE, Bowdidge worked for the Trump campaign, according to Federal Election Commission records. An August 2015 NBC News report quoted Bowdidge attending a debate watch party in Trump’s New Hampshire campaign office, describing him as a “massage therapist from Bedford.”


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DOE said Friday that Bowdidge is not with the agency anymore. Buzzfeed first reported the news. Greentech Media reported earlier in the day on his social media history and apparent lack of qualifications.

https://secure.politico.com/story/2017/03/trump-appointee-muslims-maggots-sid-bowdidge-235945

[exboyfil]

1. I have used commercial software programs built upon the technology from the DOE at two different

companies with wildly different products. The fact that a man without any experience was put in this role is so mind boggling it defies description. This job should be filled by someone with something like an engineering degree and industry experience.

A friend of mine has a job similar to this for a public university. He hated both Clinton and Trump in the last election. Got to ask him about this one. There is a difference.

You have to wonder how many more of these are out there. Even without the Tweet concern which is what brought this to light, this is an important job that should be taken seriously. It is not a sinecure.

[Turbineguy]

3. I suppose there are plenty of situations in the trump administration

where a non-relevant degree from Liberty University would make a person over-educated for the job.

The goal is to destroy governmental agencies from within so that they can be defunded by congress (for good reason). This person, while being qualified for the task was just too egregious.

[exboyfil]

4. The funny thing is that this department is a profit center for the Federal Government

I bet that is the real reason they buckled so quickly. He really wasn't saying anything much different than the current unpopularly elected President.

[Wellstone ruled]

2. Nice Guy eh!

Talk. about a hate monger.