{"id":2439850,"date":"2025-05-28T12:08:02","date_gmt":"2025-05-28T16:08:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-concha-warns-alleged-shadow-cabinet-is-not-democracy\/"},"modified":"2025-05-28T12:09:36","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T16:09:36","slug":"joe-concha-warns-alleged-shadow-cabinet-is-not-democracy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-concha-warns-alleged-shadow-cabinet-is-not-democracy\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Concha warns alleged shadow cabinet \u2018is not democracy\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/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%2Fjoe-concha-warns-alleged-shadow-cabinet-is-not-democracy%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=2439850&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>In a recent segment on Fox News, Joe Concha, a senior writer for the Washington Examiner, criticized a proposed &#8220;shadow cabinet&#8221; unveiled by Senator Elissa Slotkin (D-MI). This shadow cabinet would reportedly include celebrities and Democratic politicians in key government roles, such as comedian Nikki Glaser as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-disgrace-democrats-block-bill-determining-if-covid-19-relief-went-to-taliban\/\" title=\"\u2018A Disgrace\u2019: Democrats Block Bill Determining If COVID-19 Relief Went To Taliban\">small business administrator<\/a> and Mark Cuban as secretary of commerce. Concha drew a parallel between this plan and the Soviet system, arguing that it undermines democracy. He remarked that the current management already resembles a shadow government, implying a lack of efficacy. Concha stressed that the existing government should reflect elected officials, stating that a non-elected cabinet indicates a departure from democratic principles.Slotkin, though, aims to rejuvenate the Democratic Party by <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >implementing effective strategies<\/a> and reclaiming patriotism in politics.  <\/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\">Joe Concha warns alleged shadow cabinet &lsquo;is not democracy&rsquo;<\/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_2130057\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><em>Washington Examiner<\/em>&nbsp;senior writer&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/author\/joe-concha\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Joe&nbsp;Concha<\/a> compared a proposed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3391600\/slotkin-strategy-democrats-weak-woke\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"shadow cabinet\">shadow cabinet<\/a> of celebrities and Democratic politicians to the &ldquo;Soviet Union in the United States.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) revealed to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/magazine\/2025\/05\/27\/democrats-shadow-cabinet-brand-00353690\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Politico\"><em>Politico<\/em><\/a>  her long-teased plan to create a shadow cabinet, which would include comedian Nikki Glaser as small business administrator, Dallas Mavericks minority owner Mark Cuban as secretary of commerce, children&rsquo;s TV star Bill Nye as Environmental Protection Agency administrator, and Letitia James as attorney general, among others.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3423748\/vietnam-veterans-memorial-relocates-trump-military-parade-washington\/\">Annual Vietnam veterans ceremony relocates for the first time due to Trump&#8217;s military parade<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3423666\/lara-trump-jake-tapper-apology-biden-mental-decline\/\">Lara Trump rebuffs Tapper&#8217;s apology to her over Biden decline: &#8216;Damage is done&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3423899\/watch-live-trump-swears-in-jeanine-pirro-as-interim-u-s-attorney-for-the-district-of-columbia\/\">WATCH LIVE: Trump swears in Jeanine Pirro as interim U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;I know it&rsquo;s only May, but this is by far the dumbest piece you will read all year. We already had a shadow cabinet running this country in the Biden administration when we had a president whose brain turned to applesauce, and apparently other people were running the autopen,&rdquo; Concha said on Fox News&rsquo;s <em>Fox &amp; Friends<\/em> on Wednesday. &ldquo;That was just so inept, but perhaps Bill Nye, the science guy, Nikki Glaser, Letitia James, who may be going to jail, those could be possible upgrades from what we saw.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share.php?id=2954298&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=10455&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=32a1265b4895c345fc56c5e03aa05e7b\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Concha was referring to the allegations against James regarding &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3381664\/letitia-james-criminal-referral-trump-administration-mortgage-fraud\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">falsified<\/a>&rdquo; records she used to secure home loans for a Norfolk, Virginia, property she said was her &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/letitia-james-faces-criminal-referral-for-alleged-mortgage-fraud\/\" title=\"... faces criminal referral for alleged mortgage fraud\">principal residence&#038;rdquo<\/a>; as a New York prosecutor. By so doing, she likely received a better mortgage rate from a bank than if she had applied for a secondary residence loan.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This proposed shadow government, I don&rsquo;t understand the point because the current government right now is, according to the people, doing well on the economy, border, and issues people care about most,&rdquo; Concha said. &ldquo;Cabinet members are not elected by the people, right? These people are installed.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>He continued, &ldquo;If people are not voting for those in power, that&rsquo;s not democracy, that&rsquo;s the politburo. We don&rsquo;t want the Soviet Union in the United States.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>After President Donald Trump&rsquo;s first speech to Congress in March,&nbsp;Slotkin&nbsp;delivered the Democratic response. The senator&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/sports\/3341792\/elissa-slotkin-transgender-athletes-make-sparks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a>&nbsp;she was working to improve the party and even implement some Republican strategies &ldquo;from within.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/3418586\/joe-concha-the-view-joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>JOE CONCHA SLAMS THE VIEW FOR MISSING &lsquo;BIGGEST COVER-UP OF OUR LIFETIME&rsquo; WITH BIDEN<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Part of my strategy for the Democratic Party in this moment is about loudly reclaiming our patriotism,&rdquo;&nbsp;Slotkin&nbsp;explained in an X post. &ldquo;We&rsquo;re fighting back *because* we love our country. And we need to take the flag back from the people who are spitting on our democracy.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Slotkin has publicly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3392890\/bernie-sanders-dismisses-slotkin-criticisms-fight-oligarchy-tour\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"disagreed\">disagreed<\/a> with Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez&rsquo;s (D-NY) &ldquo;Fight the Oligarchy&rdquo; tour. Her stances have earned her a segment on&nbsp;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/3408123\/bill-maher-elissa-slotkin-weak-democrats-indulge-nonsense-young-voters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Real Time with Bill Maher\">Real Time with Bill Maher<\/a><\/em>  and an op-ed from MSNBC anchor Jen Psaki proclaiming her the party&rsquo;s &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3341882\/elissa-slotkin-rising-star-democratic-party-jen-psaki\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">rising star<\/a>.&rdquo;<\/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_2130057\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2130057\"}});<\/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>Joe Concha criticizes proposed shadow cabinet as &#8216;not democracy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2631,"featured_media":2439851,"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\/2025\/02\/child-tax-credit-white-house.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[5521,52093,33457,32171,56055],"class_list":["post-2439850","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-democracy","tag-joe-concha","tag-media-analysis","tag-political-commentary","tag-shadow-cabinet"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/child-tax-credit-white-house.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2439850","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\/2631"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2439850"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2439850\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2439854,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2439850\/revisions\/2439854"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2439851"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2439850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2439850"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2439850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}