Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., said Monday he will depart the U.S. House of Representatives early next year to become CEO of a new company founded by former President Donald Trump.
Nunes, who has served in the House since 2003 and is ranking member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence as well as a member of the Ways and Means Committee, said in a statement he would leave office by Dec. 31 to head Trump Media & Technology Group, or TMTG, in January 2022.
“I’m writing to let you know I’ve decided to pursue this opportunity and therefore will be leaving the House of Representatives at the end of 2021,” Nunes said in an emailed statement to constituents. “I will deeply miss being your congressman. It’s been the honor of a lifetime to represent you and I thank you for the trust you put in me through all these years.”
In a separate statement shared by TMTG, Nunes said he was “humbled and honored” that Trump asked him to take on the executive role.
“The time has come to reopen the Internet and allow for the free flow of ideas and expression without censorship,” he said. “The United States has made the dream of the Internet a reality and it will be an American company that restores the dream.”
In October, Trump announced the launch of TMTG, a new publicly traded media company.
The company plans to launch a social media network called TRUTH Social in the first quarter of next year followed by a subscription-based video-on-demand service that will feature “‘non-woke’ entertainment programming, news, podcasts and more.”
In a statement Monday, Trump described Nunes as “a fighter and a leader,” adding he will make an “excellent” CEO of the company.
“Devin understands that we must stop the liberal media and Big Tech from destroying freedoms that make America great. America is ready for TRUTH Social and the end to censorship and political discrimination,” said Trump.
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We lose a fighter in the hallowed halls of Congress, but I wish him well working with the Trumpster.
LETS HOPE the folks in his district can get another true red blooded conservative to take his seat.
Beating the high-tech media monopoly on published internet truth is only half the way to winning the elections in 2024. Being able to steal and change the results of confiscated and altered mail-in votes on par with the Democrats is the 2nd part of the equation. So, tell me Democrats, just how does Trump win an additional 12 million votes in 2020 than he got in 2016 and still loose the election, considering he won a greater percent of black, Hispanic, and suburban women as well? It must have been all those defecting people who showed up in D.C. on January 6th I suppose?,,,,NOT. People who show up to support freedom are the same people who show up at the voting booths to ensure their votes were not cancelled by some $15/hr mail carrier where the custody of evidence disappears faster than a line of cocaine on Hunter Biden’s hotel room table where the free flow of drugs and sex can’t compare to the free flow of honest truth established ideas.
HENCE why if we DO some how manage to win back both the house and senate (AND HOPEFULLY GET a veto proof majority in both)< THE FIRST thing they work on, is ELIMINATING ALL MAIL IN VOTING!