Gabe McKenna

**Gabriel Lark "Gabe" McKenna** is an American politician, entrepreneur, businessman, academic, and journalist, who most prominently served as 6th President of the Virtual United States of America and as the 51st President of the United States of America. His key pieces of legislation include the CARS Act of 2019, the Funding America's Future Act, the Document Expansion for Intersex and Nonbinary American Citizens Act, the Protecting Intersex Children Act, as well as several key resolutions which affected procedure in the Administrative and established the Welcome Committee. Mr. McKenna has served in a multitude of positions from Secretary of Education to Vice President to Chief of Staff and currently serves as Chair of the Democratic Party. He previously retired for 2 months, before returning to the server. After an additional 2 months he came out of political retirement and is now enjoying his second career. Mr. McKenna was the first Democrat elected to a first term in office and is the oldest remaining member of the party. He has been a consistent champion of LGBTQ+ rights, ethical conduct, and consent.

## **First Career (December 2019 - April 2020)**

Almost immediately upon taking his seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, McKenna started getting to work, writing his first bill which caught the Vice President's eye and landed the freshman Congressman a position as Policy Advisor to the President. Following that McKenna showed initiative by founding the Policy Caucus, which he subsequently chaired for several months even as it was later renamed into the Policy Convention, working on President Collin Matthew's re-election campaign, and creating the first election maps in his role as Election cartographer. Following the President's re-election, McKenna became the first Chief of Staff, a position which he ended up holding through 3 Presidents. He still holds the record for longest serving Chief of Staff with 2 months total service. During his tenure he invented the Chief of Staff Reports, and wrote several guiding articles, including the first Beginner's Guide to Virtual Congress.

### Journalism and Recreation

From the first day on the server, Mr. McKenna engaged deeply with the community and started several initiatives to improve the recreational areas. In January he created the The Congressional Report website expanding upon the fledgling idea of journalism, subsequently for 3 months he owned the only news station on the server and was its primary reporter. Further he founded the Virtual Congress Book Club, the Coalition for Unity, and wrote the recommendation to establish the Welcome Committee on which he served from its creation until his retirement. Further, McKenna served as the first Director of the Virtual Congress Museum and Presidential Library, and as the first and only Professor teaching Virtual Congress History. Due to his extensive record keeping, Mr. McKenna was one of the most pre-eminent VC Historians.

### Administrative

Not uncommon for a trusted and committed member, Mr. McKenna also served in various capacities in the Admin team, starting out as a Moderator and being promoted to Admin. Following an unjust and abrupt demotion by Co-Owner Don, Co-Owner Collin Matthew promptly reinstated McKenna as an Admin. Subsequently serving as Top Admin, McKenna remained on the Admin team until he resigned in early March citing burnout, however he continued to serve as a Moderator. Following the March Revolution, Owner Collin Matthew forcefully promoted McKenna to Top Admin, a position he reluctantly accepted to bring stability after the unrest. He resigned again as a result of his candidacy for President. In his time in the Administrative, Mr. McKenna consistently stood up for accountability, transparency, ethical conduct, and the constitution. He authored the Motion for Procedural Change towards a more Fair and Democratic Server Staff and passed it within the Admin team, participated on the side of the revolutionaries in the March Revolution, and filed a lawsuit challenging the unconstitutional founding of the Senate and the Libertarian and Socialist Parties.

### Legislative and Executive

Beyond serving as Chief of Staff, Mr. McKenna also chaired the short-lived House Ethics and Rules Committee, served as Vice President to President Hull, and was the server's first Secretary of Education under President Vita. As Secretary, McKenna passed major education funding reform as well as reinstated crucial regulations and guidance such as the ESSA SNS provision in the allocation of Title I funding, renewing key student protections like the borrower defense to repayment rule, the Title IX rule and the student discipline guidance, as well as a rule related to student groups’ placement in special education services. Following an unsuccessful run for President in March 2020, McKenna became the Democratic Nominee for President in the April election and ended up winning the White House by a plurality of 48% against Messrs. Emperio and Antonio. His tenue as President started off rough as his predecessor, President Vita, was assassinated at McKenna's inauguration by former Vice President, and one of McKenna's primary opponents in March, Sandoval, Following a turbulent few days in the White House, plagued by a rabid press, the pandemic, as well as mental health concerns, McKenna saw no choice but not only to resign the presidency a mere 5 days in, but leave the server altogether and retire. Following that decision, Mr. McKenna informed his Vice President, Mr. Hull, his Chief of Staff, Mr. Pluribus, and the rest of his cabinet before a public statement was given. McKenna then swore in Hull as his successor, and remained on the server for another 6 hours to give adequate farewells.

## **Return to Virtual Congress (June - August 2020)**

Following a two month full retirement Mr. McKenna decided to visit Virtual Congress, following as outlined in his report of the experience, "*Messrs. Dillinger and Schlorp reaching out in a very pleasant fashion and suggesting visiting the server in Voice chat*". What started out as a visit became a resolution to stay. But, still reminded of the events leading to his retirement in the first place, McKenna decided to stay out of the political aspects and merely engage in the community. He became a citizen, which he remained for more than 2 months. That slow re-engagement with the server proved to be effective in reinvigorating his spirits. However, as time went on, McKenna, seeing the lack of experienced and dedicated Democrats in his party, decided to fully come out of retirement and to join Congress once again.

## **Other information**

Birth Date

07.21.1999

Alias

Gabriel McKenna

Gabriel L. McKenna

Gabe

McKenna

Gaybe

Spouse

none

Hometown

Pasadena, Californa

Residence

Pasadena, California (primary residence)

Arlington, Virginia

Profession

In the Executive

President (April 12, 2020 - April 16, 2020)

Secretary of Education (March 16, 2020 - April 12, 2020; December 17, 2020 - January 12, 2021)

Vice President (March 9, 2020 - March 12, 2020)

Chief of Staff (January 13, 2020 - January 22, 2020; January 22, 2020 - February 10, 2020; February 11, 2020 - March 9, 2020)

Policy Advisor (December 22, 2019 - January 12, 2020)

In the Legislative

Congressman from California's 27th District (December 21, 2019 - April 16, 2020; August 16, 2020 - December 17, 2020; January 12, 2021 - present)

Member of the House Judiciary and Constitutional Affairs Committee (September 26, 2020 - December 10, 2020)

Chairman of the Ethics and Rules Committee (January 22, 2020 - January 24, 2020)

In the Administrative

Top Admin (February 18, 2020 -March 8, 2020; March 21, 2020 - April 4, 2020)

Admin (January 23, 2020 - January 26, 2020; January 27, 2020 - February 18, 2020)

Moderator (January 13, 2020 - January 23, 2020; January 26, 2020 - January 27, 2020; March 9, 2020 - March 21, 2020)

In the Party

Secretary of the Democratic Party (November 30, 2020 - December 12, 2020)

Democratic Party Chair (September 29, 2020 - November 28, 2020)

DNC Engagement and Recruitment Officer (September 10, 2020 - November 28, 2020)

DNC Member (September 10, 2020 - December 12, 2020)

Non-voting DNC Member (March 9, 2020 - Mach 12, 2020)

Clerk for the DNC (February 9, 2020 -February 10, 2020)

In the Fourth Estate

Editor-in-Chief of The Congressional Report (January 27, 2020 ~ present)\*

Reporter at The Congressional Report (January 27, 2020 ~ present) \*briefly recused from April 12, 2020 - April 16, 2020

In Other

Campaign Staff for Speaker Pluribus’ presidential campaign (December 30, 2020 - January 2, 2021)

Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Equality PAC (August 18, 2020 - present)

Leader of the Pride Caucus (August 18, 2020 - present)

Member of Federal Elections Commission (June 11, 2020 ~ July 5, 2020)

Member of the Welcome Committee (March 30, 2020 - April 16, 2020)

Director of the VC Museum and Presidential Library (March 15, 2020 - April 12, 2020)

Professor for VC History (March 10, 2020 - Apirl 16, 2020)

Leader of the Coalition for Unity (March 8, 2020 - Apirl 16, 2020)

Leader of the VC Book Club (February 19, 2020 - present)

Election Security Officer (February 10, 2020)

Election Cartographer (January 6, 2020 - January 12, 2020)

Campaign Staff for President Matthew's re-election campaign (January 6, 2020 - January 11, 2020)

Founder and Chair of the Policy Caucus/Policy Convention (December 25, 2019 - April 16, 2020)

Significant Other(s)

none

Political Party

Democratic Party

Awards

Presidential Medal of Freedom (awarded by President Wilson)

Presidential Medal of Freedom (awarded by President Bo)

President’s Medal for Distinguished Federal Service (awarded by President Smith)