▲ Karoline Leavitt served as spokesperson for the Republican’s campaign during this election cycle and for the transition team. The image, from last May.Photo Ap

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La Jornada Newspaper
Sunday, November 17, 2024, p. 18

West Palm Beach. President-elect Donald Trump nominated Karoline Leavitt, 27, his campaign spokesperson, White House Press Secretary, and oil and gas industry executive Chris Wright, a staunch defender of the use of fossil fuels, to lead the Department of Energy (DOE). Meanwhile, the Democrats are preparing to develop their opposition agenda.

I have the utmost confidence that she will excel on the podium and help us deliver our message to the American people to Make America Great Again.the magnate said in a statement, referring to Leavitt.

The next tenant of the White House stressed that it is a woman intelligent, tough and has proven to be a very effective communicator.

Leavitt served as a spokesperson for the Republican’s campaign during this election cycle and for the transition team, in addition to working as deputy press secretary during the Republican’s first term.

(Karoline) Leavitt did a phenomenal job as national press secretary on my historic campaignhe stated.

The 27-year-old communicator, originally from New Hampshire, who tried unsuccessfully to obtain a seat in the United States House of Representatives in her home state in 2022, thanked on her X account to President Trump, for believing in me. I feel very honored.

Chris Wright, CEO of Liberty Energy, a major service provider for the energy industry in the United States (according to its website), based in Denver, is a key element in Donald Trump’s agenda to achieve energy hegemony of the country in the global market.

He is also a staunch opponent of efforts to combat climate change, which could push for pro-fossil fuel measures, including swift action to end a year-long pause in the process of approving natural gas exports. decreed the government of current president Joe Biden.

Mike Sommers, president of the American Petroleum Institute, the industry’s main lobbying group, said Wright’s experience in the energy sector provides you with important perspective to the DOE.

An ecocidal mistake

Jackie Wong, senior vice president of climate and energy at the Natural Resources Defense Council, an environmental group, called Wright an advocate for dirty fossil fuels and stated that his nomination was a disastrous mistake.

Meanwhile, Democratic leaders across the United States are working to consolidate resistance against the agenda proposed by President-elect Trump, the British newspaper published Guardian.

Bob Ferguson, governor-elect of Washington, who is also the state’s attorney general, declared that his team prepared for months for the billionaire’s imminent arrival at the White House, with a review line by line of Project 2025, in addition to the more than 900-page policy plan, which was drafted by the president-elect’s conservative allies.

Meanwhile, the Californian governor, Gavin Newsom, stated that he will safeguard California fundamental rights and valuesrefers to the text of Guardian.