{"id":2360447,"date":"2024-10-28T10:24:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-28T14:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/don-jr-swamp-rats-want-back-in-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-10-28T10:27:09","modified_gmt":"2024-10-28T14:27:09","slug":"don-jr-swamp-rats-want-back-in-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/don-jr-swamp-rats-want-back-in-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Don Jr.: Swamp \u2018rats\u2019 want back in &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fdon-jr-swamp-rats-want-back-in-washington-examiner%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=2360447&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--><p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-taking-regeneron-drug-remdesivir-therapy-for-coronavirus-diagnosis-ex-wh-doctor-explains\/\" title=\"Trump taking Regeneron drug, Remdesivir therapy for coronavirus diagnosis: ex-WH doctor explains\">article<\/a> features Donald Trump Jr. discussing the resurgence of\u2063 former allies \u2062and \u2062aides reaching out to\u200b the Trump campaign as the likelihood \u2064of Donald Trump winning the \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">upcoming election increases<\/a>. Trump Jr. characterizes these returning figures as &#8220;rats&#8221; trying to \u2064rejoin \u200bthe campaign, expressing\u200b disdain for\u200d what he perceives as weak Republicans. He emphasizes\u2064 a desire for strong leadership, asserting that individuals like Elon Musk are better suited for roles in a potential new administration than traditional bureaucrats. Trump Jr.&#8217;s remarks reflect\u200b a broader strategy\u200d to distance from conventional political \u200dfigures and highlight a \u2062preference for non-politicians who he believes can \u200beffectively \u200dcontribute\u200d to \u2064governance. The article indicates \u2063a growing anticipation \u200cof a\u2064 shift in power should Trump\u2063 secure \u2062electoral success, with an emphasis on a need for change in Washington, \u200bD.C.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Don Jr.: Swamp &lsquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-continuous-media-covid-fear-mongering-may-backfire-and-diminish-democrat-voter-turnout\/\" title=\"The Continuous Media COVID Fear Mongering May BACKFIRE and Diminish Democrat Voter Turnout\">rats&#038;rsquo<\/a>; want back in<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1847320\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>As the chances that former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3205153\/trump-tries-recapture-magic-madison-square-garden-rally\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a> may win on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3205370\/trump-harris-fired-madison-square-garden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Election Day grow<\/a>, many former allies and aides are filling the email inboxes of campaign officials likely to play a big role in hiring the new administration.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>And those officials are spamming those emails as fast as they can.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The rats are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donald-trump-ends-negotiations-with-nancy-pelosi-on-coronavirus-relief\/\" title=\"Donald Trump Ends Negotiations with Nancy Pelosi on Coronavirus Relief\">coming back<\/a> to the ship,&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\/3201561\/don-trump-jr-campaign-running-like-two-points-behind\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump Jr.<\/a> said.<\/p>\n<p>His message to them: &ldquo;I <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/despite-insistence-by-democrat-politicians-and-medical-elites-empirical-evidence-does-not-conclusively-show-that-masks-reduce-the-spread-of-covid\/\" title=\"Despite Insistence by Democrat Politicians and Medical Elites, Empirical Evidence DOES NOT Conclusively Show that Masks Reduce the Spread of COVID\">don&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t want a weak Republican. If I want weak Republicans, we&rsquo;d put Liz Cheney and Mitt Romney in the Cabinet. &hellip; We know who you are.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump Jr. said that many other Washington political and business leaders have already stepped in to help Trump&rsquo;s campaign and that they will be first in line during the transition should Trump win.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We don&rsquo;t need bureaucrats now. We got guys like Elon Musk willing to step in and do a good job that not a single person in government could come close to doing, not the entire government. It scares the hell out of them. They understand, you know, that they&rsquo;re not going to have the gravy train they had in Washington, D.C., while the rest of America suffers anymore,&rdquo; he told Secrets.<\/p>\n<p>Dan Scavino Jr., the ever-present Trump aide and adviser, added that long AWOL Trumpers can go pound sand. He put on social media, &ldquo;I have zero interest in working with anyone who is a former colleague who disappeared upon our departure from the White House.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>On his social media platforms, he added in all caps, &ldquo;STOP CALLING. STOP EMAILING. STOP TEXTING &mdash; YOU&rsquo;RE NOT HEARING BACK FROM ME.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SEE THE LATEST POLITICAL NEWS AND BUZZ FROM WASHINGTON SECRETS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Trump Jr. said the transition already has a good list of aides. He also said possible hires will know who&rsquo;s the boss.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;re going to make sure he has a good team around him, of people that know what they&rsquo;re doing, that understand that but are also loyal and, most importantly, recognize that they serve at the pleasure of the president of the United States, that they serve the duly elected president of the United States. It&rsquo;s not their job to slow-roll. It is their job to execute, you know, his wishes. I think it&rsquo;s why you have so much more pushback from D.C. Because that&rsquo;s what scares them,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1847320\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1847320\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Don Jr.: Swamp &#8216;rats&#8217; are returning as Trump&#8217;s chances rise<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2647,"featured_media":2360448,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Team-Trump-Rats-scaled-1024x694.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[35303,5894,11009],"class_list":["post-2360447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-don-jr","tag-politics","tag-swamp"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Team-Trump-Rats-scaled-1024x694.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2360447","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2647"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2360447"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2360447\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2360448"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2360447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2360447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2360447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}