{"id":133399,"date":"2024-12-05T01:02:46","date_gmt":"2024-12-04T18:02:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=133399"},"modified":"2024-12-05T01:02:46","modified_gmt":"2024-12-04T18:02:46","slug":"trumps-pick-to-run-the-dea-withdraws-his-name-from-consideration-trump-says-he-pulled-the-plug","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=133399","title":{"rendered":"Trump\u2019s pick to run the DEA withdraws his name from consideration. Trump says he pulled the plug"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 Chad Chronister, Donald Trump\u2019s pick to run the Drug Enforcement Administration, has withdrawn his name from consideration for the job, becoming the second person selected by the president-elect to bow out quickly after being selected for a position requiring Senate confirmation. Trump says he pulled the plug.<\/p>\n<p>The sheriff of Hillsborough County, Florida, said Tuesday in a post on X that he was backing away from the opportunity, which he called \u201cthe honor of a lifetime.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOver the past several days, as the gravity of this very important responsibility set in, I\u2019ve concluded that I must respectfully withdraw from consideration,\u201d Chronister wrote. He did not elaborate.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, Trump claimed he was the one who made the call.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe didn\u2019t pull out, I pulled him out, because I did not like what he said to my pastors and other supporters,\u201d Trump wrote on Truth Social, his social media website. <\/p>\n<p>Chronister had faced backlash from some conservatives, who raised concerns over his actions during the COVID-19 pandemic and his saying that his office \u201cdoes not engage in federal immigration enforcement activities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In March 2020, Chronister arrested the pastor of a megachurch who held services with hundreds of people and violated a safer-at-home order in place aimed at limiting the spread of the coronavirus.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShame on this pastor, their legal staff and the leaders of this staff for forcing us to do our job. That\u2019s not what we wanted to do during a declared state of emergency,\u201d Chronister said at the time. \u201cWe are hopeful that this will be a wakeup call.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky, was among those airing public complaints, saying Chronister should be \u201cdisqualified\u201d for the arrest.<\/p>\n<p>Others flagged comments Chronister made in a video about Florida\u2019s immigration laws that he released in 2023 that circulated again online after Trump named him last weekend.<\/p>\n<p>In the video, Chronister praised the \u201crich diversity\u201d of his community and called it \u201ca place where people from all walks of life come together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said it was important to note his office \u201cdoes not engage in federal immigration enforcement activities. We do not target individuals based on their immigration status. That\u2019s the authority of federal agencies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump has made a sweeping crackdown on immigration a central focus of his campaign and his aims for his coming administration.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/matt-gaetz\">Matt Gaetz<\/a><\/span>, Trump\u2019s first pick to serve as attorney general, also withdrew his name for a post in the incoming administration. Gaetz dropped out after scrutiny over <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-attorney-general-matt-gaetz-justice-department-9d51501fb6ad5c04b5b4113d3a6a584b\">a federal sex trafficking investigation<\/a><\/span> that cast doubt on his ability to be confirmed as the nation\u2019s chief federal law enforcement officer.<\/p>\n<h2>___<\/h2>\n<p>Associated Press writers Adriana Gomez Licon in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and Chris Megerian in Washington contributed to this report. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>\n  window.fbAsyncInit = function() {\n      FB.init({\n              appId : '870613919693099',\n          xfbml : true,\n          version : 'v2.9'\n      });\n  };\n  (function(d, s, id){\n     var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n     if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;}\n     js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n     js.src = \"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js\";\n     fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n   }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/chad-chronister-trump-withdrawing-nominee-032bd91a5ef447e820e2b1f63e50861e\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 Chad Chronister, Donald Trump\u2019s pick to run the Drug Enforcement Administration, has withdrawn his name from consideration for the job, becoming the second person selected by &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=133399\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8629],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-133399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-u-s","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133399","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=133399"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133399\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=133399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=133399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=133399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}