Russ Vought's rise from the Senate mail room to Trump's "shadow president."

[IcyPeas]

This might be an interesting (if infuriating) discussion. Just saw the post on Bluesky and wanted to share it.

On Wednesday, Oct. 22 at 6 p.m. ET, ProPublica reporter @andykroll.bsky.social will be on Reddit answering your questions about his investigation of Russ Vought’s rise from the Senate mail room to Trump’s “shadow president.”

Set a reminder: www.reddit.com/r/fednews/co...

— ProPublica (@propublica.org) 2025-10-17T12:16:05.947Z

https://www.reddit.com/r/fednews/s/dj5CCSt09F

[CurtEastPoint]

1. From Wiki...this tells me all I need to know...

Vought graduated from the evangelical Christian Wheaton College and describes himself as a Christian nationalist.[33] He seeks to infuse the government and society with elements of Christianity, saying he has "a commitment to an institutional separation between church and state, but not the separation of Christianity from its influence on government and society", according to The Washington Post.[66] In a secretly recorded meeting in 2024, Vought said that conservatives should discuss whether to prioritize Christian immigrants over those of other religions.[51] Vought supports a total ban on abortion. He has called the Democratic Party "increasingly evil" for supporting secularism.[33]

[themaguffin]

2. Seems like their are a couple shadow presidents basically running free in their areas of destructive interest

[valleyrogue]

3. Completely evil. The worst one of them all, including Stephen Miller.

Vought needs to be run out of town on a rail if not in jail, just like Miller should be.