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Going through the confirmation
process to become OMB director as
we film this, or
at least recently was Neera Tanden,
and Neera Tanden is an interesting
figure in American politics for
a number of reasons that I'm sure
Jordan and I will get into.
But at least today during her
confirmation hearings,
mostly conducted over Zoom, her
past social media activity came up.
Because she's pretty aggressive on
social media, and she also,
Jordan correct me if I'm wrong,
tweeted more during the Trump years
than Trump himself did,
which is really saying something.
That is not easy, but
I believe she did.
Anyway, some of those tweets
came up.
Here is Senator,
I believe it's Rob Portman talking
about some of her tweets.
>> You have to chose if Collins is,
quote the worst to tell Tom Cotton
is a fraud, that vampires have more
heart than Ted Cruz.
You called Leader McConnell Moscow,
Mitch and Voldemort.
And on 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.
>> I would like to take that back
he's not Voldemort.
And really we shouldn't be saying
that name so casually.
He's more of a Death Eater really.
But anyway Jordan,
what do you think about this,
about Neera Tanden's quest to
become OMB director and
the fact that those tweets
in theory could hold her back.
It seems unlikely that it'll have
that effect.
>> It probably won't.
But God that's funny.
[LAUGH] I mean, just like it's
it's great to see, Twitter
representation in the federal
branch but it's hilarious.
>> Like 10 clipping Stein is
killing [LAUGH] his tweets.
I don't even want
to say specifically what he
was tweeting yesterday, but
there were some tweets of his which
were cold blooded.
I will just say, so he's going to
have a rough time with Rob Portman.
I will say, while like I don't
understand the Moscow match that
doesn't make any sense to me, but
I'm saying that I forget who it was
that someone was Susan Collins is
the worst.
First of all,
that's objectively funny and
second of all that isn't that bad,
but saying that like, like vampires
have more heart than Ted Cruz.
That's actually my new favourite
thing about Neera Tanden ever is
that she tweeted that.
>> Yeah, I kind of love it.
[LAUGH] I don't like her and
I think that her per pair stances
on budget cuts, when that was
the democratic party line,
as opposed to what she's claiming
now and shape shifting for
different political parties or
political people and stances and
whatnot to get ahead,
is kind of the worst type of
person you want in DC,
let alone the federal government.
So >> Yeah.
>> That's Don't really care for
it for that reason.
But the tweets are funny and
that's what i think it's it's funny
to look back like ten
years ago fifteen years
ago when you were advised to never
>> Never really post post anything
too controversial.
Never wanted to post any pictures
of yourself drinking because I get
her teacher job prospects and
now she's out here basically giving
the finger to like all of her,
like colleagues and just like yeah,
whatever comments it..
>> Totally are we've changed at
least I'm about to fall.
Octo Squeze says, sir,
you neglected to mention me calling
you a punk ass bitch right now.
So could you please add that
to the record?
[LAUGH] Yeah, that it's good.
Yeah, look,
I don't care about our tweets,
I would say I mean, you could
accrue I think a lot of her tweets
about Bernie Sanders supporters
that are far harsher than the stuff
she was saying about Ted Cruz.
I would say if any thing about our
Twitter activity should concern
someone, it's less the individual
comment of tweets and
more the sheer volume of tweeting
because that's great, but
then also that she would regularly
late into the night like argue with
totally random people.
And that's sort of
a weird thing for
a government servant to do to like,
have this fight when you have this
huge platform all these followers
like Sam Mirando and you're just
going back and forth the middle of
night that is very weird.
But one final thing let's also
realize or let's also acknowledge.
That Rob Portman who is
a Republican, and Republicans
almost universally believed
the single worst thing in America
right now is canceled culture is
trying to get her blocked from
government service, because she
tweeted that someone was the worst.
>> Yeah, I mean that's all they
really have because it's not
exactly like they cared about like
intervention in Libya.
Like that's not really going to
raise a red flag for that.
>> Exactly >> Which she's supported
or taking money from the Saudis and
influencing their reports or
trying to break up the thing
progress union and just replace it
and have it, just kind of like
overnight, replace it with scabs.
None of those would ever ruffle any
feathers on the right.
It's that you said Susan Collins
was the worst.
>> Ted Cruz has a dead possum
on his face.
>> Yeah, it's like okay.
>> They actually care with the Ted
Cruz stuff though that much.
>> [LAUGH] i don't think of them do
>> [LAUGH] None of them.
>> They probably agree
with that part.
[LAUGH] >> I would have been great
if He chuckled a bit and
then moved on to the next one.
>> [LAUGH] Good way.
>> Anyway.
Okay, well, we'll check in and
see what happens when they're
attending the dems,
control the chamber, so I'm sure
she's going to be just fine.
I'm just going to go back to
tweeting all day long.
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