House Republican’s have made no bones that they will go after Democrat’s come next year if the gain the expected majority …
Unlike Democrats…
Republicans alway seek to go negative in their politics…
Sometimes it works….
Mostly it doesn’t…..
And sometimews it blows up in their faces…
The Biden people are bringing in old Democratic politcal hands to run the counter operation trying to stop the GOP effort’s from derailing the admin’s daily operation…
“If one or both houses flip control, if the past is any indication, they will be faced with a slew of inquiries, much of which will be aimed at trying to do political damage to the president,” said John Podesta, who served as chief of staff to President Bill Clinton.
Anita Dunn, a former top Biden adviser who remains close to the president, is returning to the White House in a senior adviser role with a broad portfolio, and she is expected to be involved in part in responding to potential GOP probes, according to four people familiar with the matter who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss personnel moves. The White House declined to comment on Dunn.
Dunn joined the White House for the start of the administration as a senior adviser and left in August to return to SKDK, the Washington public affairs firm where she is a partner. The timeline of Dunn’s return to the White House is still being finalized, as is the scope of her duties.
White House officials said Dunn’s job will not be explicitly tied to the potential Republican investigations, but her return ensures the veteran Democratic operative will have a central role in what could emerge as a pitched political and legal battle between Biden and a raucous group of newly powerful House Republicans. Dunn did not respond to a request for comment.
The White House is also bringing on Ian Sams, formerly a spokesman for Vice President Harris’s presidential campaign, where he was known as a hard-hitting and combative advocate — traits for which the White House looked in filling the role. Sams, who will start in the coming weeks, will have a communications role in the counsel’s office focused on responding to congressional investigations, according to the people familiar with the matter. He currently works at the Department of Health and Human Services as a spokesman on covid response.
Podesta praised the White House’s plan to hire someone like Sams to handle communications from the White House Counsel’s Office, rather than referring inquiries on sensitive investigations to the White House press office. It is critical that senior White House leaders remain focused on executing the president’s agenda and not get distracted or bogged down by investigations, he said.
“What you want to do is keep this out of the press room,” Podesta said. “Keep it out of the Oval Office. Let the White House counsel manage the problem.”…
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“When things get overly partisan and too nakedly political, the public tends to tune them out,” he said. “The Republicans have a hard time resisting doing that.”
Note…
Going into the November Midetrm election’s?
Repubicans will be dealing with the House Select Commitee throwdown on the Jan. 6 2021 protest /riot/violence ….
And?
Trump dueling with the law in New York and maybe even the Justice Dept. and a Georgia DA….