As WeLoveTrump reported, Joe Biden’s Chief of Staff, Ron Klain, announced he will be stepping down from his role.
Klain will leave in the coming weeks.
REPORT: Ron Klain is expected to step down as Joe Biden's White House Chief of Staff in the coming weeks.
— DailyNoah.com (@DailyNoahNews) January 22, 2023
It appears the Biden administration wasted little time finding Klain's replacement.
Biden's former COVID Czar Jeff Zients will fulfill the role as the next chief of staff.
Zients was a vaccine authoritarian in his former role.
He fearmongered Americans, saying the unvaccinated would face a "winter of severe illness and death."
WATCH:
This is who Biden just picked to be his new Chief Of Staff… listen: pic.twitter.com/V1cR05z6nM
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) January 22, 2023
Zients served as Biden's COVID Response Coordinator from January 2021 to April 2022.
He pushed authoritative, discriminatory, and divisive COVID policies such as mask and COVID-19 jab mandates.
Twitter users commented on his atrociously bad policy directives in his former role.
BREAKING: Jeff Zients, who seemingly violated civil rights laws and US Constitution in leading Biden WH operation to censor Americans through Big Tech on Covid issue, set to be new Biden Chief of Staff.
— Tom Fitton (@TomFitton) January 22, 2023
A horrific choice. Epically worse than Ron Klain. Zients is responsible along with Walensky for the horrific covid policies that led to mass death and long term disability. He is a investment banker who was not qualified for that job and not qualified for this one. https://t.co/bUyXZtLxQV
— Sarah Kendzior (@sarahkendzior) January 22, 2023
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CNN reported:
In replacing Klain with Zients, Biden is turning to a consultant with more business experience than political background as he enters the third year of his presidency.
The decision to pick Zients surprised some internally given that there were differences in Biden’s and Zients’ management styles early on in the administration. But Biden was impressed with his job as the coronavirus response coordinator when Zients inherited what officials described as a “largely dysfunctional” effort by the Trump administration.
Another factor in the search was how this stretch of Biden’s presidency will focus on implementing the legislation enacted in his first two years, and Zients is seen internally as a “master implementor,” one source said. His operational skills were on display as his handled the coronavirus response and helped with the bungled 2013 launch of HealthCare.gov during the Obama administration.
Zients now has a closer relationship with Biden and with his senior advisers and multiple Cabinet members.
While Zients is not viewed as a political operator, his deep experience inside two administrations and his reputation for technocratic skill would likely serve as assets at a time when both are viewed as critical for what Biden faces in the year ahead. Still, he will be tasked with replacing an official who was a central force inside the administration – and someone with a rapport developed over decades with Biden himself.
According to Politico, Zients has earned a "Mr. Fix-It" reputation during his tenure during the Obama and Biden presidencies.
Politico highlighted Zients' previous positions in each administration:
Zients headed Biden’s Covid task force
Zients won internal praise for his management skills and initial success in bringing the pandemic under control.
He was the first chief performance officer in the Office of Management and Budget
In 2009, then-President Barack Obama created a position for Zients in the Office of Management and Budget called chief performance officer. The role required Zients to head an effort to streamline government and cut costs.
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