6. The avid anti-government program tea partier received unemployment benefits while working for Ted Cruz’s 2012 senate campaign.
7. Last year, she mounted a primary challenge against Texas Rep. Pete Sessions. She was trounced. Former boss Ted Cruz’s support was tepid, but his father, right-wing evangelical preacher Rafael Cruz, backed her. “I love him,” Pierson said at the time. “He is the same as Ted to me.”
8. After Pierson lost the primary, she took a job as a spokesperson for the Tea Party Leadership Fund, which Politico reports, “has been described in media reports as a 'scam PAC' for tactics that include spending unusually high percentages of its funding on overhead. ‘We all have to pay the bills, but for Katrina, there is no principle that she isn’t willing to abandon for the right price,’ complained Matt Mackowiak, an unaligned Republican consultant from Texas.”
9. She bailed on Ted Cruz when she became smitten with Trump’s anti-immigration message. She met Trump face-to-face at several conservative events, such as Rep. Steve King’s Iowa Freedom Summit in Des Moines and later at CPAC. She shares his views on Islam, writing on Facebook, "Islam preys on the weak and uses political correctness as cover. Two things that Americans won’t be concerned with when @realDonaldTrump is in the White House.” One area where she might be more extreme than her boss is nuclear weapons: “What good does it do to have a good nuclear triad if you’re afraid to use it?” she remarked after Donald Trump botched a debate question about nuclear armaments.
10. Another reason she decided to go to work for Trump, who is less conservative than she generally prefers her politicians to be, is that she was a little starstruck: “When Donald says, ‘I think you’re great, I really want you to work for me,’ I don’t think any sane person would say no to that,” she told Politico.
11. She shares Trump’s entrepreneurial bent and plans to launch her own clothing line, although she apparently has not pitched her business to Ivanka Trump, who heads her own fashion line. In fact, Pierson thinks the Donald's branding brilliance is just what the world needs, telling the Dallas Morning News, “Mr. Trump is definitely someone that has an international economic appeal. He’s built a billion-dollar empire. He’s grown businesses. He’s had successes and failures. He’s learned the tricks of the trade. He’s a great negotiator. He’s known for building brands, and that’s what the country needs right now.” No word on whether Pierson's clothing line would also accessories, like bullet and fetus necklaces (together in one necklace, ideally!)
12. She views Trump as a stepping stone, a transitional figure, to an even more conservative president. Maybe Ted Cruz, if he’ll have her back. She told Politico, “Cruz would be a good president, but I think right now with all the hyper-partisanship in the country, I think Trump would be the better person to transition out of Obama,” she said. “It would be a softer transition for some on the left. It would be a harder transition for some on the right.”
7. Last year, she mounted a primary challenge against Texas Rep. Pete Sessions. She was trounced. Former boss Ted Cruz’s support was tepid, but his father, right-wing evangelical preacher Rafael Cruz, backed her. “I love him,” Pierson said at the time. “He is the same as Ted to me.”
8. After Pierson lost the primary, she took a job as a spokesperson for the Tea Party Leadership Fund, which Politico reports, “has been described in media reports as a 'scam PAC' for tactics that include spending unusually high percentages of its funding on overhead. ‘We all have to pay the bills, but for Katrina, there is no principle that she isn’t willing to abandon for the right price,’ complained Matt Mackowiak, an unaligned Republican consultant from Texas.”
9. She bailed on Ted Cruz when she became smitten with Trump’s anti-immigration message. She met Trump face-to-face at several conservative events, such as Rep. Steve King’s Iowa Freedom Summit in Des Moines and later at CPAC. She shares his views on Islam, writing on Facebook, "Islam preys on the weak and uses political correctness as cover. Two things that Americans won’t be concerned with when @realDonaldTrump is in the White House.” One area where she might be more extreme than her boss is nuclear weapons: “What good does it do to have a good nuclear triad if you’re afraid to use it?” she remarked after Donald Trump botched a debate question about nuclear armaments.
10. Another reason she decided to go to work for Trump, who is less conservative than she generally prefers her politicians to be, is that she was a little starstruck: “When Donald says, ‘I think you’re great, I really want you to work for me,’ I don’t think any sane person would say no to that,” she told Politico.
11. She shares Trump’s entrepreneurial bent and plans to launch her own clothing line, although she apparently has not pitched her business to Ivanka Trump, who heads her own fashion line. In fact, Pierson thinks the Donald's branding brilliance is just what the world needs, telling the Dallas Morning News, “Mr. Trump is definitely someone that has an international economic appeal. He’s built a billion-dollar empire. He’s grown businesses. He’s had successes and failures. He’s learned the tricks of the trade. He’s a great negotiator. He’s known for building brands, and that’s what the country needs right now.” No word on whether Pierson's clothing line would also accessories, like bullet and fetus necklaces (together in one necklace, ideally!)
12. She views Trump as a stepping stone, a transitional figure, to an even more conservative president. Maybe Ted Cruz, if he’ll have her back. She told Politico, “Cruz would be a good president, but I think right now with all the hyper-partisanship in the country, I think Trump would be the better person to transition out of Obama,” she said. “It would be a softer transition for some on the left. It would be a harder transition for some on the right.”
