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Kelly Knight Craft’s cautious support of Trump pays off
Trump has tapped Republican fundraiser Kelly Knight Craft to be America’s new Ambassador to Canada. Here’s what we know about her so far.
http://www.macleans.ca/politics/ottawa/kelly-knight-crafts-cautious-support-of-trump-pays-off/
Canada has a new U.S. Ambassador, and it’s not Sarah Palin, as an entertaining but not terribly credible rumour held over the last few weeks. Instead, Kelly Knight Craft, a wealthy Republican fundraiser from Kentucky, has accepted President Donald Trump’s offer—barring any issues during the vetting process—to take up the post in Ottawa, according to Bloomberg News.
She lives in Lexington with her husband, Joe Craft, a billionaire and CEO of Alliance Resource Partners, which produces and markets coal. She has served as finance chair for the Republican Party of Kentucky, where she raised money for politicians including Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, with whom she maintains close ties.
Knight Craft’s late father, a veterinarian named Bobby Guilfoil, was prominent in local Democratic politics and famous for hosting an annual pig roast and party gathering at his house. Knight Craft explained to the newspaper in her tiny hometown of Glasgow, Ky. that her parents had imparted values and a sense of independence that led her to develop her own political identity as a Republican. “That’s just the way I was raised,” she said in 2007. “I just kind of evolved in my philosophy.”
She became involved in politics during the 2004 presidential race, when she raised enough funds—leveraging her experience drumming up dollars for civic causes—for the Bush-Cheney campaign to earn the designation of “Pioneer,” the top tier of contributors.
Trump has tapped Republican fundraiser Kelly Knight Craft to be America’s new Ambassador to Canada. Here’s what we know about her so far.
http://www.macleans.ca/politics/ottawa/kelly-knight-crafts-cautious-support-of-trump-pays-off/
Canada has a new U.S. Ambassador, and it’s not Sarah Palin, as an entertaining but not terribly credible rumour held over the last few weeks. Instead, Kelly Knight Craft, a wealthy Republican fundraiser from Kentucky, has accepted President Donald Trump’s offer—barring any issues during the vetting process—to take up the post in Ottawa, according to Bloomberg News.
She lives in Lexington with her husband, Joe Craft, a billionaire and CEO of Alliance Resource Partners, which produces and markets coal. She has served as finance chair for the Republican Party of Kentucky, where she raised money for politicians including Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, with whom she maintains close ties.
Knight Craft’s late father, a veterinarian named Bobby Guilfoil, was prominent in local Democratic politics and famous for hosting an annual pig roast and party gathering at his house. Knight Craft explained to the newspaper in her tiny hometown of Glasgow, Ky. that her parents had imparted values and a sense of independence that led her to develop her own political identity as a Republican. “That’s just the way I was raised,” she said in 2007. “I just kind of evolved in my philosophy.”
She became involved in politics during the 2004 presidential race, when she raised enough funds—leveraging her experience drumming up dollars for civic causes—for the Bush-Cheney campaign to earn the designation of “Pioneer,” the top tier of contributors.
