Representative John Ratcliffe (R-Tx.) is no longer being considered the job of Director of National Intelligence. Donald Trump blamed the media. From Politico.

“Our great Republican Congressman John Ratcliffe is being treated very unfairly by the LameStream Media,” Trump wrote on Twitter. “Rather than going through months of slander and libel, I explained to John how miserable it would be for him and his family to deal with these people … John has therefore decided to stay in Congress where he has done such an outstanding job representing the people of Texas, and our Country.”

But in fact, it was many Repulibcans who doubted Ratcliffe’s qualifications. From Axios:

“Ratcliffe withdrew himself. He was watching coverage of his possible nomination pile up, and the White House was getting word that he would struggle to get enough Republicans to confirm him. Ratcliffe “thought better to pull out now than put family through confirmation only to come up shy,” texted a source familiar with his thinking.“

Remember when folks walloped Kelly/Mattis for claiming they were keeping the whole going off the rails — and there was no telling what would happen when they left? https://t.co/MuEGhI2Q3b

— Glenn Thrush (@GlennThrush) August 2, 2019

But there were also questions about his resume.

Sort of amazed this is still on Ratcliffe’s House website given it was exposed as a lie two days ago. I guess they’re just going to go full Trump and say the sky is not blue. pic.twitter.com/GLmbbcoyDL

— Matthew Miller (@matthewamiller) July 31, 2019

Ratcliffe became known to Trump after the Texas Congressman strongly defended the president during the Mueller hearings.