{"id":2412665,"date":"2025-03-12T01:56:10","date_gmt":"2025-03-12T05:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/barstool-sports-dave-portnoy-claims-he-was-offered-a-job-with-commerce-department-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-03-12T01:56:53","modified_gmt":"2025-03-12T05:56:53","slug":"barstool-sports-dave-portnoy-claims-he-was-offered-a-job-with-commerce-department-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/barstool-sports-dave-portnoy-claims-he-was-offered-a-job-with-commerce-department-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Barstool Sports\u2019 Dave Portnoy claims he was offered a job with Commerce Department &#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\">32<\/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%2Fbarstool-sports-dave-portnoy-claims-he-was-offered-a-job-with-commerce-department-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=2412665&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>Dave Portnoy, the founder of \u200dBarstool Sports, revealed that he was offered\u200c a position in the Trump management&#8217;s Department of Commerce. He described the job offer, received through a \u2064phone call, as &#8220;weird.&#8221; Portnoy \u200dmentioned the \u2062offer during a Fox News interview earlier in the year \u2063but felt it went unnoticed.\u200c He reiterated this in a video on his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elementary-school-teacher-fired-after-parents-discover-his-disturbing-lifestyle\/\" title=\"Teacher fired for disturbing lifestyle after parents find out.\">social media\u200b account<\/a>, stating that \u200bto accept the offer, he would have to \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-wants-to-give-the-who-and-china-more-power-after-they-grossly-abused-a-pandemic\/\" title=\"Biden Wants To Give The WHO And China More Power After They Grossly Abused A Pandemic\">relinquish control<\/a> \u2064of Barstool Sports, as joining the government would not allow him to run the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-gop-rally-against-15-minimum-wage-within-final-relief-package\/\" title=\"Senate GOP rally against  minimum wage within final relief package\">company simultaneously<\/a>.Ultimately, \u2063he was uninterested \u200bin the position \u200cand\u2064 noted that there was \u2064no follow-up from the administration.Portnoy also raised\u200c questions about why notable figures like Elon Musk do\u200d not\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">face similar scrutiny<\/a> regarding their dual roles\u200d in business and government.  <\/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\">Barstool Sports&rsquo; Dave Portnoy claims he was offered a job with Commerce Department<\/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_2035218\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Barstool Sports founder and owner <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/dave-portnoy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Dave Portnoy<\/a> claimed the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/trump-administration\/\" title=\"\">Trump administration<\/a> offered him a job to work at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/commerce-department\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Department of Commerce<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The businessman and social media personality said he received the job offer through a phone call that he described as &ldquo;weird.&rdquo; Portnoy claimed he mentioned the offer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/dave-portnoy-reveals-weird-government-call-offering-job-says-he-wouldve-had-stop-running-barstool\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">during an interview on Fox News<\/a> earlier this year but that &ldquo;no one paid attention to it.&rdquo; He mentioned the job offer again in a video he posted to his <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/stoolpresidente\/status\/1899453767818313817\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">X account<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3344678\/minnesota-democrat-wins-house-special-election-split-control-gop\/\">Minnesota Democrat wins state House special election, teeing up split control with GOP<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3344620\/court-usaid-employees-shred-burn-documents\/\">Court steps in after USAID employees ordered to shred or burn classified documents<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3344576\/house-hearing-keith-self-transgender-sarah-mcbride-mister\/\">House hearing unravels after Keith Self calls transgender Sarah McBride &#8216;mister&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;I got a call, 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 know, a couple of months ago?&rdquo; Portnoy said. &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t know when I got the call. It was like, &lsquo;Hey, would you have any interest, Dave, in joining the Department of Commerce &ndash; commerce secretary under [Howard] Lutnick, or the guy working under him.&rsquo;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I was offered a position in the government but I would&rsquo;ve had to stop running Barstool to take it <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DDTG?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DDTG<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/T1eNqCcPek\">pic.twitter.com\/T1eNqCcPek<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Dave Portnoy (@stoolpresidente) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stoolpresidente\/status\/1899453767818313817?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 11, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Portnoy said he was uninterested in the job, and no one from the administration followed up with him about it. He also said that to take the job, he was told he would have had to relinquish control of Barstool Sports.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;But a caveat of joining the government is somebody would have to run Barstool,&rdquo; Portnoy said. &ldquo;You can&rsquo;t run Barstool and work for the government.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Even if I wanted to do that, they never, liked, followed up,&rdquo; Portnoy elaborated. &ldquo;They&rsquo;re like, let us know if you could find somebody to run Barstool and if you&rsquo;re interested. And if you are interested, we&rsquo;ll schedule a call in a week to go over the next steps. That never happened. So, it was weird.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Portnoy, however, questioned how Elon Musk was not being held to the same standard about owning a company and working for the government.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I guess Elon doesn&rsquo;t have a specific title, but you kinda want your CEO with the eye on the ball, right?&rdquo; he theorized. And while Musk is technically not considered a government official or employee, the amount of attention required to do both jobs was not lost on Portnoy.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/3344399\/elon-musk-talking-problem\/\"><strong>ELON MUSK&rsquo;S TALKING PROBLEM<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The one thing I do wonder with Elon, he&rsquo;s the CEO of Tesla, obviously, and he&rsquo;s doing all this DOGE stuff, which I think is good,&rdquo; Portnoy said. &ldquo;Get rid of government waste, I&rsquo;m for that. But how do you run Tesla when you&rsquo;re working on DOGE 24\/7?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You kind of want your CEO with the eye on the ball, right?&rdquo; Portnoy said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <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_2035218\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2035218\"}});<\/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>Dave Portnoy of Barstool Sports claims he was offered a job at the Commerce Department by the Trump administration<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2677,"featured_media":2412666,"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\/2023\/11\/dave-portnoy-1024x628.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[51969,51970,34606,51971],"class_list":["post-2412665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-barstool-sports","tag-commerce-department","tag-dave-portnoy","tag-job-offer"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/dave-portnoy-1024x628.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2412665","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\/2677"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2412665"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2412665\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2412669,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2412665\/revisions\/2412669"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2412666"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2412665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2412665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2412665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}