(Andrew Harnik/Associated Press)On the evening of Saturday, Jan. 28, as airport protests raged over President Trump’s executive order on immigration, the man charged with implementing the order, Homeland Security Secretary John F. Kelly, had a plan. “We have to evaluate the way we get input from the Cabinet secretaries affected before we do things,” the White House official said. The Cabinet members also demonstrated that they had something to offer the White House besides their policy input; they are the most credible spokespeople for controversial White House policies in the eyes of the public. On Tuesday, Kelly gave the White House badly needed political cover by holding a press conference and strongly defending the immigration executive order. Minutes later, White House press secretary Sean Spicer told reporters at the daily briefing that “there was proper coordination and preparation” between the White House and the DHS.

Source: Washington Post February 04, 2017 12:14 UTC