Overview
- The backlash centers on a Daily Beast article headlined "Trump Hires Beauty Salon Owner to Decide Who to Ban From US."
- State Department principal deputy spokesperson Tommy Pigott called the framing "shameful, pathetic, and quite frankly sexist."
- Mora Namdar was confirmed by the Senate on Dec. 18 and now leads the Bureau of Consular Affairs overseeing visas, passports and assistance to Americans abroad.
- Namdar is a lawyer who founded Namdar Law PLLC in Dallas and announced the firm’s closure following her appointment.
- She previously served as the department’s senior bureau official for Near Eastern Affairs and earlier held the consular role on an interim basis, and she told the Daily Caller her salon venture is a side business with three locations.