‘Ice Baby’ Susie Wiles named as ‘Clown Car’ Owner
The Donald has chosen the first woman ever to serve as chief-of-staff. The closest to-date had been Reince Priebus who doesn’t lean too far to the UFC macho side.
Who is Susie Wiles?
From the cold shadows of New Jersey emerged Susie Wiles, 67, daughter of the late NFL legend Pat Summerall - a bloodline steeped in the brutality of professional football. Her destiny, however, would lead her down darker corridors of power.
In the halls of the University of Maryland, she honed her craft before descending into the treacherous waters of Republican politics in her early twenties. Her first taste of power came under the wing of the late Rep. Jack Kemp, a ghostly connection to her father's past through the haunted fields of the New York Giants.
The specter of matrimony led her to Republican consultant Lanny Wiles, with whom she carved out a fortress in Jacksonville's sweltering depths. Two children emerged from this union before it crumbled into dust in 2017, like so many political alliances before it.
Through the years, she prowled the shadowlands between lobbying and campaign management, a puppet master pulling strings in Florida's political underworld and beyond, leaving barely a trace of her presence.
“Ice Baby?”
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