Trump picks labor secretary, heads west to meet OSU victims
NEW YORK (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump is taking on a somber task Thursday that became all too familiar to his predecessor — supporting survivors after an outbreak of violence, this time families and victims from last week's attack at Ohio State University.
The Californian was one of Trump's earliest campaign financiers, and his selection would bring another wealthy business person and elite donor into the president-elect's Cabinet.
[...] last week, in nearby Cincinnati, Trump said lax immigration policies enacted by "stupid politicians" led to the "violent atrocity" at Ohio State.
Trump, who has met twice with the 2012 GOP presidential nominee, denied he was stringing Romney along to make him pay for earlier remarks that Trump was unfit to be president.
Three sources close to the selection process said late Wednesday that Romney's stock was on the rise again after a period in which the celebrity businessman had cooled on the candidacy of the former Massachusetts governor.
Pruitt, whose selection demoralized some environmentalists and Democrats, came not long after Trump also met with former Vice President Al Gore, who is an environmental activist, and said he had "an open mind" about honoring the Paris climate accords.