No prisoners: The first firing of a Trumpist

First of many?

The precedent has been set:

The fracas over now-former general counsel Peter Robb’s tenure unfolded just hours into Joe Biden’s presidency. It began earlier Wednesday, when the Biden administration asked Robb to resign, the White House official said, a precedent-breaking move first reported by Bloomberg Law.

But Robb, a Trump appointee with 10 months left in his Senate-confirmed role, refused. In a letter to the White House, he called the request “unprecedented since the nascence of the National Labor Relations Act” and said his removal “would set an unfortunate precedent,” according to Law360.

Biden reportedly told Robb he should step down by 5 p.m. or he would be fired. By 8:45 p.m., the general counsel position on the NLRB’s online organizational chart was listed as “vacant.”

Normally, I would have mixed feelings about this.  It’s another action that can be repeated by the next GOP Administration, and can easily be misused.  On the other hand, Biden can’t restore decency to our government without rooting out the flunkies like Robb, who were placed specifically to cause havoc.  On balance, like the potential elimination of the filibuster, I think Biden has to be gutsy; the prior assholes bent governing so out of shape that some norms will need to be ditched.  Good for him starting that on Day One.