If Trump Succeeds, This Man May Be Why
Donald Trump’s first term in office was not a great legislative success. Republicans passed a massive tax cut, but the president went through four separate congressional liaisons as he tried to wrangle an often reticent Hill.
NOTUS’ Jasmine Wright reports on one (literally) huge difference between Trump 1.0 and 2.0 when it comes to Capitol Hill: 35-year-old James Braid, a towering 6’6” veteran of tough Capitol offices who is now working as Trump’s director of the Office of Legislative Affairs.
Stints working for Reps. Mark Sanford, Ted Budd and Ken Buck eventually landed Braid in JD Vance’s Senate office, where he helped the first-term lawmaker navigate Congress. “He was able to look at what we were doing on the political side and synthesize it into policy and legislation,” a strategist tells Jasmine. Vance pushed Braid for the White House gig.