On Tuesday, marking 100 days in office, President Donald Trump made that official with a snub to his former opponent.
Trump dismissed Doug Emhoff, former Second Gentleman, and others selected by Joe Biden from the United States Holocaust Memorial Council, as Breitbart News reported.
It is worth noting that Emhoff was appointed by the Biden administration to spearhead its "strategy" against antisemitism.
However, this plan was diluted and failed to address the root cause of anti-Jewish animosity following the terror attack on Israel by Hamas on October 7, 2023. As a result, there were antisemitic demonstrations and attacks.
The New York Times reported on the issue, noting that the current administration was firing the previous administration's appointees.
The board is one that oversees the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, and was home to not just the former second gentleman, but a number of other Biden officials.
“Today, I was informed of my removal from the United States Holocaust Memorial Council,” Mr. Emhoff said in a statement on Tuesday.
“Holocaust remembrance and education should never be politicized. To turn one of the worst atrocities in history into a wedge issue is dangerous — and it dishonors the memory of six million Jews murdered by Nazis that this museum was created to preserve.”
This is far from the first removal done by Trump of Biden officials, both functional and ceremonial, with the changes rippling through Washington like an alligator surfacing in the swamp.
The other officials removed by the Trump administration include Ron Klain, Biden’s first chief of staff; Tom Perez, the former labor secretary and senior adviser to Biden; and Susan Rice, the national security adviser to former President Barack Obama.
The former first lady didn't get off unscathed, though, as Trump also removed Anthony Bernal, a senior adviser to Jill Biden, the former first lady.
Ironically, Trump has been able to fire a large number of Biden appointees to various councils and offices largely because the Biden administration was so adamant about the same.
Biden relentlessly fired anyone Trump had appointed during his first term, including Sean Spicer, who served as the former press secretary.
That purge, which was upheld by the Supreme Court was the foundation for the change and paved the way for Trump to do the same.
The humor of that situation was not lost on those who got the ax at the start of the last administration. “Now all of these Biden appointees are paying the price for what Biden did,” Spicer said.
