President-elect Donald Trump may be willing to put a controversy aside with the Cubs brass and pick co-owner Todd Ricketts to be deputy secretary of the Commerce Department, according to CNN.
During his campaign in February, Trump was upset with the fact the Ricketts family was spending money (nearly $3 million worth) on negative ads, voter guides and mailers ahead of the Iowa caucuses and the New Hampshire and South Carolina primaries.
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Trump tweeted the family "better be careful" and later told The Washington Post he would run ads saying they are doing a "rotten job" running the Cubs.
I hear the Rickets family, who own the Chicago Cubs, are secretly spending $'s against me. They better be careful, they have a lot to hide!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 22, 2016
But Todd Ricketts backed Trump during the election, helping raise at least $66 million for outside groups called Future 45 and the 45 Committee.