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hatrack

(59,574 posts)
Sat May 14, 2016, 08:52 AM May 2016

Donald Trump Jr. Would Like To Be Secretary Of The Interior - No, I Am Not Making This Up

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As Donald Trump seeks to win over skeptical Republicans on Capitol Hill and fence-sitting voters, he seems to have wooed one important voting bloc: sportsmen. With the help of his son, Donald Jr., an avid sportsman and ambassador for the campaign, Trump Sr. is saying all the right things to America's hunters and anglers. He's capturing endorsements and positive reviews from sportsmen's trade publications -- hook, line and sinker.

The Trump campaign has pledged to nominate a hunter to lead the Fish and Wildlife Service, aggressively fight lawsuits by anti-hunting groups, make wildlife habitat more productive, and control predators like wolves that prey on game species like elk.

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In his interview with Petersen's, Trump Jr. said he'd like to be the next secretary of the Interior Department, the agency that controls one-fifth of the nation's landmass and almost all of the oceans. Trump Sr. said his sons (Eric Trump is also an experienced hunter) are already helping shape his platform. "You can be assured that if I'm not directly involved, I'm going to be that very, very loud voice in his ear," Trump Jr. told Petersen's. "Between my brother and myself, no one understands the issues better than us. No one in politics lives the lifestyle more than us."

The younger Trump has waged a media blitz to get that message to American hunters. He shared a pheasant hunt in January with reporters from The Washington Post, The New York Times and CNN, and spoke with The New Yorker. He has aggressively courted the hunting and angling trade publications, giving exclusive interviews to Field & Stream, Bowhunter Magazine and Deer & Deer Hunting and the websites Bowsite.com and Wide Open Spaces.

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http://www.eenews.net/stories/1060037104

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Donald Trump Jr. Would Like To Be Secretary Of The Interior - No, I Am Not Making This Up (Original Post) hatrack May 2016 OP
He probably thinks he'll do all the decorating n/t TexasBushwhacker May 2016 #1
With antlers? procon May 2016 #3
''Avid Sportsman"? brucefan May 2016 #2
Nepotism is alive and well in the Trump Family Assholes. Agnosticsherbet May 2016 #4
Setting the stage for the rise of Mad Max yourpaljoey May 2016 #5
One of those sons that enjoys going to Africa and shooting lions? bjo59 May 2016 #6
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