Trump announced he's nominating Scott Garrett to head the Export-Import Bank. (And Spencer Bachus to be on the board.)pic.twitter.com/x3mnHRldxI
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LGBT issues became a big issue in his 2016 congressional race:https://www.buzzfeed.com/johnstanton/the-surprisingly-huge-role-lgbt-issues-are-playing-in-a-new?utm_term=.rm7EMqkm1e#.di3jrnVKqY …
Garrett lost to Josh Gottheimer.https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/09/nyregion/new-jersey-house-race.html?_r=0 …
Now, Garrett, who is to the right of the NRCC on LGBT issues, is Trump's choice to run the Ex-Im Bank.
Obama's head of the Ex-Im Bank: Fred Hochberg, an out gay man who was one of Obama's senior out LGBT appointments.
[You can go to the finance people for the other news about the weirdness of this move, but going from Hochberg to Garrett is a big deal.]
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