Classes may be over at tiny Patrick Henry College in Purcellville, Virginia, but that hasn’t stopped the conservative school from flexing its political muscle.
A destination college for homeschoolers said two of its graduates have reached the highest ranks of the Trump administration.
The classical Christian liberal arts school bragged to us that 2011 graduate Alyssa Farah is the director of strategic communications and that 2015 graduate Ben Williamson is working for Farah. They join Nicholas Butterfield, a 2008 graduate, who is the deputy White House policy coordinator. …
- If there is a second Trump term, former Immigration and Customs Enforcement chief Thomas Homan is open to coming back to run border policy. “Never say never,” he said. He got some backing from a key immigration reform group, the Center for Immigration Studies. “Hopefully, maybe I’ll be calling you, ‘Mr. Secretary’ or something else soon,” said CIS Executive Director Mark Krikorian. …
- So much for diversity in the Democratic Party. Pew Research Center found that Democrats more and more will not date a Trump supporter. Some 71% would just say no, said Pew, as would 87% of liberal college graduates. Republicans aren’t so rigid. Just 47% wouldn’t date a liberal. …
- West Virginia Sen. Shelley Moore Capito has won an award that will go over well in her state of West Virginia. She’s been picked “Legislator of the Year” by the gun industry’s National Shooting Sports Foundation for her work to steer federal money to gun ranges and her efforts to fix the FBI background check system. …
