Ellen L. Weintraub, the chairwoman of the Federal Election Commission, said on Thursday that President Trump had moved to fire her.
Ms. Weintraub, who has served as a Democratic commissioner on the bipartisan panel since 2002, posted a short letter signed by Mr. Trump on social media that said she was “hereby removed” from the commission …
Ellen L. Weintraub, the chairwoman of the Federal Election Commission, said on Thursday that President Trump had moved to fire her.
Ms. Weintraub, who has served as a Democratic commissioner on the bipartisan panel since 2002, posted a short letter signed by Mr. Trump on social media that said she was “hereby removed” from the commission effective immediately. She said in an interview that she did not see the president’s move as legally valid, and that she was considering her options on how to respond.
“There’s a perfectly legal way for him to replace me,” Ms. Weintraub said on Thursday evening. “But just flat-out firing me, that is not it.”
I'm not serious in that I think the Republican Presidential nominee will win DC's three electoral votes in 2028, but I am saying that its electorate is poised to look a whole lot different in the coming years.
What do you mean its electorate is expected to look a lot different in the coming years? Race demographics wise?
About the only thing that has substantially changed over the years since day the 70’s has been the black population. It’s gone down towards a bit low than 50% as of 2020 compare to 1970 when it was at 71% per the Census.
All other demographics have increased in population over the years. This may have to do with cost of living in the city but I don’t know for sure. It’s not unique to DC though as cities like Oakland and San Francisco have also seen their black population population shrink over the years
However, while DC has seen its black population shrink since the 70’s, for the first time in it’s presidential election voting history beginning in 2008 for Barack Obama it began to vote for the Democratic Presidential Candidate in the 90% mark. Since then, no Democratic Presidential Candidate has gotten lower than 90.2% of the votes in DC. In fact, back last year Trump got 6.47% of the votes, down from McCain in 2008 and Romney in 2012.
I wouldn’t sweat over DC’s demographics over voting at the presidential level.
I was talking about Trump gutting as many federal workers as possible and replacing them with hand-selected lap dogs. It seems like that will lead to substantial population turnover in DC.
That’s speculative at this point. DC also contains a substantial private sector as well and isn’t completely federal.
Also, not all federal workers work in DC. VA, where the CIA and Pentagon are located, is a state that also will be affected, namely in the NoVa part of the state.
It's going to be extremely hard for Trump to get enough loyalists in DC to replace those who are being let go, unless he is able to get them from other states. Besides, with the federal judge that Trump appointed back in his first term ended up temporarily blocking the pink slips for USAID employees, we have no idea yet how this is going to play out.
If I was an attorney (and didn't have a family to displace) I'd literally go find some sublet in the DC metro and camp out for the next few years . . . (DC lawyers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqWc0B1-ZR4)
Ellen L. Weintraub, the chairwoman of the Federal Election Commission, said on Thursday that President Trump had moved to fire her.
Ms. Weintraub, who has served as a Democratic commissioner on the bipartisan panel since 2002, posted a short letter signed by Mr. Trump on social media that said she was “hereby removed” from the commission effective immediately. She said in an interview that she did not see the president’s move as legally valid, and that she was considering her options on how to respond.
“There’s a perfectly legal way for him to replace me,” Ms. Weintraub said on Thursday evening. “But just flat-out firing me, that is not it.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/us/politics/federal-election-commission-weintraub-trump.html
Lawyer up time for MS weintraub
This administration is a bonanza for Washington lawyers.
yup
Make Attorneys Get Attirneys
Billable hours are undefeated.
With the federal worker turnover going on, the District of Columbia could be a battleground in 2028. Only partly kidding.
You can’t be even partly serious about this, come on.
I'm not serious in that I think the Republican Presidential nominee will win DC's three electoral votes in 2028, but I am saying that its electorate is poised to look a whole lot different in the coming years.
What do you mean its electorate is expected to look a lot different in the coming years? Race demographics wise?
About the only thing that has substantially changed over the years since day the 70’s has been the black population. It’s gone down towards a bit low than 50% as of 2020 compare to 1970 when it was at 71% per the Census.
All other demographics have increased in population over the years. This may have to do with cost of living in the city but I don’t know for sure. It’s not unique to DC though as cities like Oakland and San Francisco have also seen their black population population shrink over the years
However, while DC has seen its black population shrink since the 70’s, for the first time in it’s presidential election voting history beginning in 2008 for Barack Obama it began to vote for the Democratic Presidential Candidate in the 90% mark. Since then, no Democratic Presidential Candidate has gotten lower than 90.2% of the votes in DC. In fact, back last year Trump got 6.47% of the votes, down from McCain in 2008 and Romney in 2012.
I wouldn’t sweat over DC’s demographics over voting at the presidential level.
I was talking about Trump gutting as many federal workers as possible and replacing them with hand-selected lap dogs. It seems like that will lead to substantial population turnover in DC.
That’s speculative at this point. DC also contains a substantial private sector as well and isn’t completely federal.
Also, not all federal workers work in DC. VA, where the CIA and Pentagon are located, is a state that also will be affected, namely in the NoVa part of the state.
It's going to be extremely hard for Trump to get enough loyalists in DC to replace those who are being let go, unless he is able to get them from other states. Besides, with the federal judge that Trump appointed back in his first term ended up temporarily blocking the pink slips for USAID employees, we have no idea yet how this is going to play out.
If I was an attorney (and didn't have a family to displace) I'd literally go find some sublet in the DC metro and camp out for the next few years . . . (DC lawyers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqWc0B1-ZR4)
She should just keep coming to work. So should all these fired people q