Former Fox News Executive Is OFFICIALLY IN At The White House

As I mentioned a few days ago, President Trump has been considering Bill Shine, former Fox News co-President, as his new deputy chief of staff for communications.

Bill Shine is IN. Thoughts? https://t.co/8JxJaCARGA

— Ashley “Kimber” D. (@RedIsTheNewPunk) July 5, 2018

It’s official.

According to Fox News:

President Trump has formally named former Fox News co-president Bill Shine as White House deputy chief of staff.

Shine’s title will be assistant to the president and deputy chief of staff for communications.

“He brings over two decades of television programming, communications, and management experience to the role,” the president said of Shine in a statement.

Shine was accompanying Trump to a rally with supporters in Montana later Thursday, in his first such trip in the new role.

This selection, of course, will not come without its share of controversy.

Shine resigned from Fox News in May 2017, nine months after he was named co-president along with Jack Abernethy. He had been with the channel since its founding in 1996.

He resigned after a crop of sexual harassment allegations sprung up at the network. The libs are, of course, already all over that.

Since we now pay Bill Shine’s salary, feel like we’re owed a full accounting of his role in covering up nearly two decades of sexual harassment and blackmail.

— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) July 5, 2018

Trump just hired Bill Shine to work on the WH communications team. This is a man who is accused of covering up sexual harassment at FOX for years.

Trump must need someone working for him who can better cover up his sexual harassment & assault allegations, since Cohen failed.

— Ed Krassenstein (@EdKrassen) July 5, 2018

They’re not concerned. They’re literally GIDDY to have something else to b*tch about.

Shine fills Hope Hicks’ vacant position:

Trump has been searching for a replacement for Hope Hicks, who resigned as White House communications director in February — shortly after she said to lawmakers that she occasionally told “white lies” on the president’s behalf.

At the time, Hicks denied that she had been untruthful in any matter relevant to the FBI’s investigation of alleged collusion between the Trump campaign and Russian officials.

While many question the choice, one prominent voice thinks this was a VERY good move:

If Bill Shine gets the job of White House communications director, that will be good for the country. Shine is smart and honest. But the President has to listen to him!

— Bill O'Reilly (@BillOReilly) June 27, 2018

Hmm.

Your thoughts?