[NOISE] Neera Tanden who was
the nominee to head up the OMB
under the Biden administration has
been withdrawn.
Technically, she withdrew herself
because that's always how they do
this, but her withdrawal marks
the first high profile defeat of
one of Biden's nominees.
13 of the 23 Cabinet nominees
requiring Senate approval have
been confirmed, most with strong
bipartisan support Acknowledge,
though that we're more than
a month in, and he still has
like half of a cabinet.
And by the way, some
people including Josh Hawley, the
reasonable guy that the left should
try to work with because he's
a populist has voted against every
single one of Biden's nominees.
But he says it's not because of
some sort of knee jerk opposition,
all of them were on the merits.
Every one of them randomly on
the merits he found unacceptable.
But anyway, here's what Neera
Tanden had to say, unfortunately,
now it seems clear that there is no
path forward to gain confirmation.
And I do not want continued
consideration of my nomination to
be distraction from your other
priorities.
She wrote this in a letter to
Biden, the president and
the statement said he has
the utmost respect for a record
of accomplishment, her experience
her counsel her Twitter activity
I'm joking and pledged to find her
another role in his administration.
And I get it but like nothing says
uniquely qualified to head up
the OMB like I will just find
you some other position.
But anyway, I get it, they wanted
the administration Jr. What do you
think about the fact that she
actually did end up getting beaten.
>> Yeah, I don't know why I feel
like things should always come
to its full conclusion.
And maybe that's just the way
politics works in this country and
you can't just actually
see the results of the process.
Hey if enough people are going to
vote against Neera Tanden,
have the vote.
I never understood why we,
have a vote,
before we have the vote,
isn't that what the vote is for?
To have the vote, not to talk about
having the vote, before we have
the vote so we can determine who's
not going to vote for you.
And then after we determine that we
don't have the vote we're trying to
have, it's so ridiculous,
have the vote, and
let people be on record saying what
they want to say, and how they
want to vote on their attendance.
Instead, we have this weird back
and forth when Neera Tanden has to
put out a statement acting like she
made the decision
to withdraw her name from this.
When in reality the administration
did because it's not going to work
out and they need her to say, Hey,
Mr. Biden, I think I should pull my
nomination because it just doesn't
look like it's going to work out
and and Biden has to respond to go.
Hey, yeah, you're right Neera,
it doesn't seem that way I
accept it, you have great expertise
[LAUGH] Let's stop with this back
and forth.
You weren't going to get it,
we paid for it, we looked for it,
you tried to campaign for it,
it didn't work,
just say that have the vote and
let them finish it off.
It's a waste of time to me,
to have these weird back and
forth letters between two people
who are trying to work together.
Why are they having back and forth
letters like they had no contact,
like writing a letter from Albany
and has to get sent all the way to
St. Louis or something.
So when I'm horseback,
I don't know.
>> [CROSSTALK] Because that's
all about the image, it's,
we have to manage the damage.
It looks bad for them so, let's
make it as if she decided no, she
I'm sure and by the way, look, am
I a personal fan of entertainment?
Obviously not but she wants
the position I get that she doesn't
want to pull out she was told to
pull out I'm sure and probably
told, do this and we'll find you
some other position or whatever.
I mean, the fact that it was so
focused on our tweets I think was
a little bit weird.
I personally think that many of
the policies that she's championed
would have been a better
reason to not supporter for OMB.
It seems like sort of a Dodge to
make it about the Twitter activity
as if Republicans give a damn about
people being rude on social media.
And by the way,
I say that as a leftist and
there's almost no one she was more
aggressively, like virulent towards
online than progressives but
I know that just that sort of seems
weird that being asked for
it [CROSSTALK] >> [LAUGH] It's
easier to convey because you know,
we know in this hyper angry state
and the country was people say
that's the way it's what it's
always been but anyway, we're in
this hyper angry state right now.
So then yeah, it's easy to say,
hey, look at our tweets, tweets,
tweets, tweets because people
that's palatable, but if you say
hey, look at our policies,
look who she spoke with,
who funded her was of course
established with Democrats.
No Republicans will say any of that
because then you can
start implementing any of them for
the same things.
So they won't do that, they have to
go for the things that the majority
of people will look at and
go either that's right yeah,
when you got it is far worse things
that she had done, >> Totally it's
sort of like how apparently like
a bunch of Republicans in Texas
hate Ted Cruz now but
it's because he left for Ken Kuhn
rather than because he supported
overthrowing American democracy and
so like, I guess, whatever gets you
there- [LAUGH] >> But it seems
weird that it was this one but that
said it was pretty entertaining,
so why don't we go to a quick
little reminder of the back and
forth that was had over her social
media activity.
>> You wrote that Susan Collins is,
quote the worst that Tom Cotton is
a fraud, that vampires have more
heart than Ted Cruz,
you called leader McConnell Moscow,
Mitch and Voldemort.
And on, I wonder specifically
how do you plan to mend fences and
build relationships with members of
Congress you have attacked through
your public statements.
>> Senator, I very much appreciate
that question,
I recognize the concern,
I deeply regret and
apologize for my language and
some of my past language.
>> Okay, so again,
when she wasn't doing those tweets,
she was viciously attacking
Bernie Sanders supporters, so
let's acknowledge that.
That said Jr. some of those were
pretty funny because
Susan Collins is 100% the worse,
Ted Cruz does suck and the vampire
stuff was good >> Baltimore,
>> That's the best stuff she ever
produced right there.
>> Honestly, the Republicans need
to stop pointed out because those
are the things that make me want to
get in [LAUGH].
I'm mess right, now in so in
reality, those are the things that
she said which loads and loads of
other people said on Twitter, it's
Twitter, because they can't again,
they can't focus on her policy.
They can't focus on her approach
the way she would handle OMB.
Its just you can't do that because
then you'll start shooting yourself
in the foot because that's where
they agree with her on.
They have to go with with the other
stuff and this is all they got and
then sometimes when you hear I'm
sure large majority people
will hear that and go, okay?
because everyone doesn't watch
those hearings that closely they
just watch their fox news is in the
CNN's and find out what was said
and then what they'll give them as
a quick little wrap up of what was
said instead of us hearing.
Him act like he's offended by those
very, very tame tweets about
calling people names and
how do you plan on mending fences?
You know, they answer that
question, I don't plan on mending
fences because you guys won't
accept it anyway, so let's just
go forward what we're going to do.
Did it help that you said?
I appreciate that question,
Senator.
>> - Yeah >> In fact,
I profusely apologize for
those words did it work?
>> No >> Yeah,
just stick with who you are,
they don't care.
>> Yeah,
nobody's thinking in America.
Nobody's like,
I have positions that I hold but
I am always willing to update them
with new information,
who there's like one grad student
that thinks that way and
that's about it for America.
No Senator certainly is getting
in there with that sort of view.
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