The state’s conservative politics and strong influence on national policy have made Texas fertile ground for GOP presidents assembling a Cabinet.
Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller calls an auction for a painting of Donald Trump at the Conservative Political Action Conference on Sunday, July 11, 2021, in Dallas. As Donald Trump assembles a leadership team for his second term in the White House, solidly Republican Texas will likely provide names for his short list to help lead the country.
Trump’s wide range of connections and occasionally volatile political relationships make his Cabinet slate hard to predict, political experts say.His past picks and current core group of allies don’t represent the same Texas pipeline that was tapped by former President George W. Bush and his father, President George H.W. Bush, said Daron Shaw, a government professor at the University of Texas at Austin.
The 26-member Cabinet – vice president, 15 department heads and 10 cabinet-level officials – helps shape the policies and decisions of a presidential administration. For Trump, observers are betting that a lot of his choices will be personal.“This is going to be about rewarding friends and punishing enemies,” said Shannon Bow O’Brien, associate government professor at the University of Texas at Austin.
Political observers suggest Patrick is a likely candidate for a Cabinet-level post or another influential position, but there have been no public signs Patrick has designs on Washington.Paxton has raised his national profile by repeatedly filing legal challenges to Biden administration policies on the environment, border, LGBTQ rights, abortion rules and other hot-button issues.
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