20/16/2019

IMMIGRATION/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP PEOPLE: “It was a defining image of the 2016 Republican National Convention: Ken Cuccinelli throwing down his credentials in disgust after failing to secure a rules vote that could have complicated Donald Trump’s nomination. Cucinelli had led the delegate operation for Trump’s chief GOP rival, Sen. Ted Cruz. Three months earlier, Trump’s convention manager, Paul Manafort, had accused the Cruz team of engaging in ‘Gestapo tactics’ to win over delegates. ‘This is disgusting,’ Cuccinelli said after his call for a vote was rebuffed…Many Trump allies have never forgotten the chaos on the 2016 convention’s first day. So some of them were surprised to learn that a president notorious for holding grudges is likely to tap Cuccinelli to help oversee the administration’s immigration policy, a core issue of Trump’s presidency. But White House officials and other allies of the president said Tuesday that Trump is aware of Cuccinelli’s past, and has nonetheless come to admire him.”

Andrew Restuccia and Anita Kumar, “Former Trump opponent Cuccinelli may land key immigration post,” Politico, May 21, 2019 8:16 pm