Tom Mulroney

Thomas John Mulroney is an American politician serving as the 13th and current president of the United States since May 2022. He served as a from  from March to May 2022, and as the  from April to May 2022. He was the from March to April 2022. He previously served as the 10th from December 2021 to February 2022. He served as the second from July to December 2021. A member of the, he was the third , simultaneously serving as a from.

Mulroney was elected president of the United States in the season 12 DES presidential election alongside Trey Cranfield with 297 electoral votes, defeating and.

Early Life
Thomas John Mulroney was born on July 6, 1946, at Belton Urgent Care Clinic Hospital in Crawford, Texas, while his father was a student at Yale. He was the first child of Martin and Mary Mulroney. He was raised in Crawford and Houston, Texas, with four siblings, Stephen, Donald, George and Anne. His grandfather, Thomas Prescott Mulroney, was a U.S. Senator from Texas. Mulroney has English and some German ancestry, along with more distant Dutch, Welsh, Irish, French, and Scottish roots.

Mulroney attended private schools in Crawford, Texas until the family moved to Houston after he had completed seventh grade. He then spent two years at The Kinkaid School, a prep school in Piney Point Village, Texas in the Houston area. Mulroney then began his legal career, studying and eventually graduating from Harvard Law School. Mulroney then passed the Texas BAR Exam and became a Public Defender.

United States House of Representatives
Mulroney quickly rose up the ranks of the Texas Republican Party and became the Texas U.S. House Republican Party campaign manager, leading the GOP to win the District Five House Seat. Following the seat becoming vacant, he was appointed to serve as the Member of Congress for the Fifth Congressional district by National RNC Chairman Jakob Ainsley.

Mulroney was then elected in his own right, un-opposed, to represent the district for the next term of Congress. Mulroney quickly entered Republican House leadership, becoming a close confident to then-Speaker Benjamin A. Bryant (R-AL). Mulroney was then elected as Leader of the House Republican Conference, and subsequently Majority Leader of the House of Representatives. Speaker Benjamin Bryant announced he would be retiring from the House to run for President of the United States against incumbent Hillary Cunningham (D-VA). Following Bryant's election and the subsequent House elections, where the Republican party expanded it's significant hold over the chamber, Mulroney declared his candidacy for Speaker.

Despite being considered the early favorite to win, Mulroney began to run into difficulty when long-time incumbent Rep. Everett Terry (R-NM) announced his candidacy. Mulroney ended up losing the vote overall by a single vote and gave up his position as Majority Leader to Rep. Edwin House (R-CA). Over the next term, Mulroney became less vocal and moved away from the limelight.

Mulroney was thrust back into speculation when Speaker Terry announced that he would retire at the end of the term. Rep. Mulroney immediately began making moves to secure the Speakership. Following his re-election to the House, again un-opposed, Mulroney formally announced his campaign for the Speakership. Republicans quickly coalesced around Mulroney and he became the undisputed favorite to win the election. Shortly after, Mulroney was elected Speaker of the House, defeating Rep. Lucas Underwood (D-NY).

Speaker of the House of Representatives
Following his election as Speaker of the House, Mulroney established himself as a firm supporter of President Benjamin Bryant. Many on the left have criticised Mulroney for refusing to compromise, in response to this Mulroney has stated "I'm happy to compromise and work with anyone to achieve for the American people, but when you have some members who say 'give me exactly what I want or you get nothing', it's hard to compromise with them. So would I rather sit around and wait for these people to come around, which they won't, or would I rather take action to get things done for the American people, even if that means only working with our side of the isle. For me the answer is pretty clear".

As Speaker, Mulroney worked with the Bryant administration to pass constitutional reforms, housing reforms, budgetary reforms and a wide variety of other issues. Following his election as Speaker, Mulroney established himself as an advocate for small government and cutting waste spending to increase the federal surplus.

As the midterm elections for the House of Representatives approached, Mulroney and the NRCC (National Republican Congressional Committee) began recruiting candidates for the upcoming elections. It soon became clear that the Democrats were poised to gain seats, and perhaps take the House. As results trickled in on election night, Mulroney's position as Speaker seemed to be under threat, but in the end Republicans held onto the House majority by one seat and subsequently Mulroney was elected to his second term in the role.

Due to the significant Democratic gains in the midterms, both President Bryant and Speaker Mulroney found themselves having to work with Democrats more and more on key issues. This came to a head when budget negotiations began and the White House set up a line of communication to Democratic Congressional leaders. At first, a budget deal seemed likely but as negotiations dragged on neither side was able to agree on a cut to social security and it seemed that the government was heading toward a shutdown. This was avoided when Mulroney and Senator Kenneth Allen (D-MI) were able to strike a deal, in co-ordination with the White House, on a 2.5 percent cut to social security, among other things.

Mulroney's position as Speaker was once again put into jeopardy after Rep. Mary McMullin (R-GA) defected to the Democrats, handing them a slim majority in the chamber. Not long after this, Rep. Hillary Cunningham (D-VA) tabled a resolution calling for speaker elections and the subsequent ousting of Mulroney. This move was met with hostility by a majority of the American public, with many considering the move to be a powergrab. The public anger in response to the resolution made some Democrats rethink their support for the motion and eventually led to it's roll call defeat. Mulroney remained as Speaker, despite the Democrats holding an overall house majority.

This gridlock was later resolved as President Bryant's second midterms approached. Republicans were optimistic of gaining seats as they saw many areas to improve on their campaign and candidate recruitment. Republicans fielded candidates in almost every district, and on election day every single Republican candidate was elected. This gave Republicans 8 seats to 2 Democrats and 1 independent. Mulroney was re-elected as Speaker again unanimously and entered his third term in office.

Mulroney remained a loyal supporter of President Bryant and took to defending him after accusations of impropriety by Democratic Vice Presidential nominee Kenneth Allen. In his third term, Mulroney took a strong stance on what he coined "defaming, character assaulting and patently untrue lies cast on the President of the United States spun by those who are desperate for power" and even censured Senator Kenneth Allen (D-MI) for his accusations that the President tried to edit a signed law.

After multiple months as Speaker, Mulroney decided to pass the torch to a new generation of leaders and announced his resignation from the House of Representatives. Mulroney then entered retirement and left the forefront of American politics.

Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
Despite being in retirement, Mulroney was approached by both Presidents Harry Bennett and Brett Cawthorn to serve on the Supreme Court. After several days of indecision, Mulroney accepted President Bennett's nomination as Chief Justice. Mulroney's confirmation process was slow but uncontroversial. Mulroney's nomination was renewed by President Cawthorn following the expiration of President Bennett's term in office.

After a brief hearing in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Mulroney was confirmed by the United States Senate to serve as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court in a bi-partisan vote. Mulroney was sworn in as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court by Justice Benjamin Bryant on July 20th, 2021.

The Mulroney Court is considered to be a conservative Court. The Mulroney Court has so far affirmed its support of the right to life of the unborn, dismissing cases brought forward by pro-choice groups to overturn provincial restrictions on abortion.

Mulroney served throughout relative judicial stability, though oversaw key court rulings on overturning the election of Hillary Sanders as Speaker of the House of Representatives and former President Everett Terry's attempt to send active duty troops into U.S. soil. Mulroney resigned from the Supreme Court on December 4th, 2021.

U.S. Secretary of State
Mulroney was nominated to serve as Secretary of State by President-elect Aaron Scott on December 2nd, 2021 and served as acting Secretary until his unanimous confirmation by the U.S. Senate on December 5th, 2021. Immediately upon taking office, Mulroney assembled a meeting of NATO foreign ministers in Portland, Maine. Mulroney used this occasion to restore American leadership on the world stage following the invasion of Taiwan by China and Ukraine by Russia. Mulroney promised that America was "back" and gave a rousing speech telling Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping that they would no longer get away with invading other countries. Mulroney announced the withdrawal of the United States from the Human Rights Commission in protest of Chinese membership in light of the human rights abuses of the Chinese government. Mulroney also withdrew the United States from the Treaty of Greece with China.