Posted on 12/01/2020 4:05:46 PM PST by rustyweiss74
A spokesperson for Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) stated Neera Tanden, President-elect Joe Biden’s reported pick to head the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), has “zero chance” of being confirmed for the post.
Drew Brandewie, Cornyn’s communications director, pointed out there are several negative remarks Tanden has made toward Republican lawmakers in the past, and noted she would need their votes for confirmation.
“Neera Tanden, who has an endless stream of disparaging comments about the Republican Senators’ whose votes she’ll need, stands zero chance of being confirmed,” Brandewie tweeted.
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Tanden, though, doesn’t just have an issue with Republicans. Progressives aren’t all that thrilled about her selection either.
Nomiki Konst, a former surrogate for Sen. Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign, called Tanden out as “a smear agent of the left.”
Tanden has been accused of physically assaulting Faiz Shakir, former Sanders campaign manager when he worked for ThinkProgress, a fact which doesn’t sit well with many supporters of the Vermont socialist.
One witness claimed she punched Shakir, though Tanden disputed that and said, “I didn’t slug him, I pushed him.”
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Cornyn standing up to the Dems? Riiiiiight. That beta-cuck is afraid of his own shadow.
Figures this ballless, gutless, limp-wristed GOPe pansy would send out his spokeperson to make this statement... pathetic never-Trumnper POS.
If the Democrats steal the two Senate runoff elections in Georgia, they won’t need any Republican votes to confirm anyone.
This cornyn guy What is he bleating about? Following Barr’s lead? He is a poster child for term limits just for starters
He is way up there with fox and the GA republican republorats scrambling for a life raft on the good ship Biden Harris.
Momentum I think.
She is a Soros creature.
Betcha she’s not the real choice.
She’s just there to make the real choice look more appealing.
Trump is out and normal programming has resumed.
Symbolic fake DC fights about nothing while globalist open borders restarts.
Cornyn is corrupt 💯
She's the designated block. The one scalp that Republicans are allowed to get. They'll confirm everyone else.
You left all this off from your cut and paste mental regression blog. There was no need to omit it, since you didn’t write it and you don’t own the words, posting bot.
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Other accusations and statements of disdain for Ms. Tanden circulated on social media following reports that she would be chosen to head the OMB.
please don’t let neera tanden’s antagonistic twitter presence detract from her real life accomplishments, such as firing everyone at thinkprogress because they formed a union and outing a sexual harassment victim to her entire staff
— kathbarbadoro (@kathbarbadoro) November 30, 2020
In 2008, Neera Tanden physically assaulted her staffer, Faiz Shakir, after he asked Hillary Clinton a critical question about the Iraq war.
Biden has already broken his pledge not to embrace brutal tyrants. https://t.co/iFdDxGerGE
— Max Blumenthal (@MaxBlumenthal) November 30, 2020
Everything toxic about the corporate Democratic Party is embodied in Neera Tanden. https://t.co/kWHcUK2VZ5
— BJG 👑 (@briebriejoy) November 30, 2020
Biden’s Curious Selections Continue
Biden’s choice of Tanden, a polarizing figure for Republicans and progressives alike, is rather curious considering his pledge to unite all Americans.
“It’s time to put away the harsh rhetoric, lower the temperature, and listen to each other again,” he tweeted.
“To make progress, we must stop treating our opponents as our enemy,” Biden continued. “We are not enemies. We are Americans.”
Odd then that he would choose someone accused of assaulting a Bernie Bro and who spends time attacking the very Republican lawmakers she’ll need for confirmation.
.@neeratanden spread conspiracies that Russia hacked the 2016 election through voting machines and changed votes for Trump. Enjoy the confirmation! pic.twitter.com/eTKFAGszRR
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) November 30, 2020
But then, Biden’s various selections for key posts in his cabinet or administration have been consistently odd.
His choice for National Security Adviser, Jake Sullivan, has suggested America should be involved in the “rise” of China.
Biden tapped John Kerry to be his special presidential envoy for climate.
Kerry, as Secretary of State, claimed peace in the Middle East would be impossible, something President Trump has proven false, and tried to console France after an attack by ISIS terrorists with a live performance by musician James Taylor.
Biden also recently named Richard Stengel to his transition team for Global Media, a man who once argued in an op-ed that the First Amendment needed redefining, that “hate speech” should be a crime, and that he was a big fan of government propaganda.
How can Biden possibly unite the entire country, left and right, when selections like Tanden can’t even unite his own party?
Read more at the Political Insider
“Betcha she’s not the real choice. She’s just there to make the real choice look more appealing.”
A cogent comment.
He’ll bend over in due course.
More evidence of vote fraud.
John Cornyn allegedly got 100,000 more votes in Texas than Donald Trump did. NO ONE in either party was proud to vote for Cornyn and I certainly didn’t hear Republicans saying that they would be voting for Biden in Texas.
https://www.npr.org/2020/11/03/928521936/texas-live-election-results-2020
Donald Trump (GOP) ● 52.1% 5,890,347
Joe Biden (Dem) 46.5% 5,259,126
Other Candidates 1.4% 159,639
100% in
Senate
John Cornyn (GOP) ● 53.5% 5,962,983
Mary Hegar (Dem) 43.9% 4,888,764
Other Candidates 2.6% 291,615
99% in
This means she’s measuring for Bolshevik drapery and window treatments.
5,962,983 Cornyn
5,890,347 Trump
I WOULDN’T VOTE FOR ANY OF HIS NOMINEE’S!!!
Romney, Collins, Murkowski are likely to fold.
Sounds like she is a shoe-in.
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