{"id":1873638,"date":"2023-03-10T04:28:05","date_gmt":"2023-03-10T09:28:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jeff-zients-feels-the-heat-as-new-white-house-chief-of-staff\/"},"modified":"2023-03-10T04:28:33","modified_gmt":"2023-03-10T09:28:33","slug":"jeff-zients-feels-the-heat-as-new-white-house-chief-of-staff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jeff-zients-feels-the-heat-as-new-white-house-chief-of-staff\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeff Zients feels the heat as new White House chief of staff"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjeff-zients-feels-the-heat-as-new-white-house-chief-of-staff%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1873638&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<div class=\"RichTextArticleBody-body\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\">\n<div id=\"Brid_78304703\" class=\"brid\" style=\"width:16; height:9;\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\">                <meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Senate Intelligence Committee grills intel officials Biden admin blocking access in document cases\">               <meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Republicans and Democrats on the Senate Intelligence Committee grilled intel officials this week on why the Biden administration continues to block their access in the Trump and Biden document cases. 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Biden is trying to keep Democrats united against House Republicans. <\/p>\n<p>Progressives consider Zients, the richest member of Biden\u2019s Cabinet, with assets valued at least $89.3m, too business-friendly for their liking and too centrist. <\/p>\n<p>Revolving Door Project Executive Director Jeff Hauser <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jeffhauser\/status\/1617221010515705858\">Called<\/a> The hiring of a &#8220;catastrophic decision&#8221; This could lead to Gov. <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ron-desantis\">Ron DeSantis<\/a> R-FL), becoming president. Mursheed Zaheed is a progressive strategist. <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/murshedz\/status\/1617242094648856576\"><\/a> Zients &#8220;embodies much of the corporate misconduct the executive branch led by a Democratic Party ought to be cracking down on.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Klain worked with Biden in some capacity since the 1980s. He served as chief-of-staff to Biden while he was vice president, and also as chief of personnel to Vice President Al Gore. Chuck Schumer, Senate Majority Leader (D-NY). <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RonaldKlain\/status\/1633638906200481793\">Description<\/a> Klain &#8220;one of the f***ing nicest people I&#8217;ve ever met.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Zients in contrast are <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/biden-new-chief-five-things-jeff-zients\">Built a fortune<\/a> After starting a couple of Washington-based consulting businesses, I became involved in politics. Later, I served on the Facebook board of directors. <\/p>\n<p>Before he was appointed director of National Economic Council, he helped to solve problems with HealthCare.gov. Zients was Biden\u2019s COVID-19 czar during his presidency. This demonstrated his management and organizational skills during vaccine rollout. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t think it&#8217;s a big surprise, given Zients&#8217;s background, that progressive groups would be wary of him,&#8221; David Coh, University of Akron professor<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>&#8220;Read More from&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/jeff-zients-feels-the-heat\">Jeff Zients, the new White House Chief of Staff, feels the heat<\/a>&#8221;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:11px\"><em>&#8220;The views and opinions expressed here are solely those of the author of the article and not necessarily shared or endorsed by Conservative News Daily&#8221;<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THe White House It is currently going through its largest transition since 2021 Jeff Zients Chief of Staff. Zients assumed the reins of Ron KlainPresident, longtime associate Joe BidenOn Feb. 8, the Biden administration adapts to a GOP controlled House and possible reelection campaign. 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