Biden pick for OMB is a mistake

President Biden's nominee to lead the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Neera Tanden, on Tuesday apologized for her past tweets disparaging Republicans.

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"Over the last few years, it’s been part of my role to be an impassioned advocate. I understand, though, that the role of OMB director calls for bipartisan action, as well as a nonpartisan adherence to facts and evidence," she said.

Republicans on the committee pilloried Tanden for scathing language she used against Republicans on Twitter while heading up the left-leaning Center for American Progress.

Sen. Rob Portman (Ohio), the panel's ranking Republican, went through a litany of tweets in which Tanden had referred to Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) as “the worst,” said Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) was “a fraud,” proclaimed that "vampires have more heart" than Texas Sen. Ted Cruz (R), and compared then-Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) to the villain in the "Harry Potter" series, Voldemort.

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“I recognize the concern. I deeply regret and apologize for my language," Tanden responded, adding that the onus was on her to earn the trust of GOP senators.

  The Hill

They always regret it when they get busted while looking for an appointment.

She may not get confirmed. It's not that she's wrong. But she should have had more sense than to say those things publicly. Who does she think she is? Trump?

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

Flashback:

It's also a mistake in no small part due to her close ties to Hillary Clinton. And there's this.  And that email to John Podesta.

UPDATE:

UPDATE 3/3:  Tanden withdrew her nomination.