John Gibbs

John Gibbs is an American far-right politician and political commentator. A member of the Republican Party, Gibbs was a software engineer and missionary before entering politics. During the Donald Trump administration, he held roles in the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, and was acting Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for Community Planning and Development. Gibbs has a history of making false, inflammatory, and conspiratorial remarks on his Twitter feed. In July 2020, Trump nominated Gibbs to be director of the United States Office of Personnel Management, but he was never confirmed by the Senate. Gibbs promoted Trump's false claims that the 2020 presidential election was stolen. He was the Republican nominee for Michigan's 3rd congressional district in the 2022 elections, having defeated incumbent Peter Meijer in the primary, but lost the general election to Democratic nominee Hillary Scholten. Following his defeat, he was hired by the Ottawa County Board of Commissioners to serve as the County Administrator. Early life and education Gibbs is a native of Lansing, Michigan. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in computer science from Stanford University and a Master of Public Administration from the Harvard Kennedy School. Gibbs was raised in the Pentecostal faith and served as a missionary in Japan after studying abroad there. Gibbs later converted to Catholicism and attends the Traditional Latin Mass. Career