Centrist Dems sink Biden’s nominee for top bank regulator

Axios ^ | 24 Nov 2021 | Hans Nichols

[Rummyfan]

Five Democratic senators have told the White House they won't support Saule Omarova to head the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, effectively killing her nomination for the powerful bank-regulator position.

Why it matters: The defiant opposition from a broad coalition of senators reflects the real policy concerns they had with Omarova, a Cornell University law professor who's attracted controversy for her academic writings about hemming in big banks.

Their opposition also hints at a willingness of some Democratic senators to buck the White House on an important nomination, even if it hands Republicans a political — and symbolic — victory.

Republicans have attacked the Kazakh-born scholar in remarkably personal terms, and turned her nomination into a proxy battle over how banks should be regulated.

[Flick Lives]

Wow. He looks like an extra from Star Trek. I’ve seen better looking Ferengi.

[Governor Dinwiddie]

"Kazakh-born"

Oriental Asian Non-Russian Islamo-Communist dragon lady.

[xkaydet65]

I was hoping a vote would be forced putting the Dems on record.

[Verginius Rufus]

Axios thinks most Americans want the government to control their private bank accounts, I guess.

Biden will probably select someone just as radical but without the baggage.

[Surrounded_too]

*** the oligarchy that is the real executive power behind Joe Biden. ****

A soviet ‘council” behind the scenes.

[Thunder90]

She’s a Russian agent and a Communist.

[CletusVanDamme]

Muzzie Mongol blend.

[Bshaw]

Bye Felicia!

Thgis assumes that Mitt Romney and his ilk won’t come in and save her nomination for Biden.

[joma89]

All 5 of those criminal democrat senators still need to be voted our of office.

[willk]

Damn, I miss the days of Howard Cosell and the real MNF.

[Bonemaker]

Hope they do the same thing with that turd “build back better” garbage.

[lewislynn]

They can see the writing on the wall that they are going to get zonked on midterms

What are you talking about?
Biden has coattails every Democrat needs to get behind....Pass it on.

[lewislynn]

Biden’s nominee? Or Val Jar/Obama’s nominee?

[Tallguy]

Thanks for playing, Omorova! Tell us what lovely parting gifts we have for her, Johnny!

[Liz]

At the confirmation hearing for this blockheaded jerk,
the irrepressible Sen Kennedy asked if he should address her as “comrade”?

[simpson96]

Would like to know who directed Joe to nominate the Commie Marxist.

[Liz]

Opposition hints at a willingness of some Democratic senators to buck the White House on an
important nomination........even if it hands Republicans a political — and symbolic — victory.

[SaveFerris]

Yes GOOD

[Roy Tucker]

Let’s see who they put up next for Comptroller of the Currency. It will be almost, but not quite as bad. The Dems who rejected Omerova will be so grateful that Biden put up another Communist who graduated from Moscow State University on a Lenin scholarship, they will support whoever it is.

[dfwgator]

Even Putin was like “WTF are they doing?”