Florida sheriff Chad Chronister announced Tuesday he was withdrawing his name from consideration to run the Drug Enforcement Agency.
Chad Chronister announced Tuesday he was withdrawing his name from consideration to run the Drug Enforcement Agency, three days after President-elect Donald Trump made announced he had selected the Hillsborough County, Florida, sheriff for the position.
Although Trump touted Chronister and said he would work to “ stop the flow of Fentanyl, and other Illegal Drugs“, there was pushback against Chronister from conservatives for his enforcement of COVID-19 lockdowns during the pandemic.