OF HAVE GOTTEN THIS FAR.
THEY HAVE MADE THE BARGAIN THAT
WHATEVER DAMAGE IS DONE IS
ACCEPTABLE IN THE REALITIES THEY
FACE.
>> JOE BIDEN’S PICK TO LEAD THE
BUDGET OFFICE NEERA TANDEN CAN
BE DIFFICULT IF THE REPUBLICANS
KEEP CONTROL OF THE SENATE.
SHE HAS CLASHED WITH REPUBLICAN
LAWMAKERS ON TWITTER.
WHICH PROVOKED BACKLASH FROM
SOME GOP SENATORS YESTERDAY.
SENATOR SUSAN COLLINS OF MAINE
TOLD REPORTERS, QUOTE, I DID NOT
KNOW HER OR MUCH ABOUT HER BUT I
HAVE HEARD THAT SHE’S A VERY
PROLIFIC USER OF TWITTER?
>> WHO ELSE IS?
>> IS THAT A PROBLEM?
WE HAVE HAD THE REPUBLICANS SAY
FOR YEARS, WELL, I HAVEN’T SEEN
WHAT -- PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS A
TWITTER ACCOUNT?
OH, I HAVEN’T SEEN WHAT HE’S
TWEETING.
>> AS IF THEY’RE IGNORING THE
PAST FOUR YEARS.
>> IS THIS -- THIS IS IRONY,
RIGHT?
>> SO THEY’RE GOING TO USE HER
TWITTER ACCOUNT AGAINST HER.
>> WOULD ALANIS MORISSETTE CALL
THIS IRONY?
>> YES.
HERE IS JOHN CORNYN AND LINDSEY
GRAHAM.
>> IT’S PRETTY CRAZY TO ME TO
THINK THAT SHE CAN GO BACK
AND -- YOU KNOW, ELIMINATE ALL
OF THE TWEETS SHE SENT OUT OVER
THE LAST WHATEVER MONTHS OR
YEARS.
I DON’T KNOW IF THEY DIDN’T
THINK ABOUT IT.
THEY JUST ASSUMED SHE’D GET
CONFIRMD WITHOUT QUESTION, BUT I
THINK SHE’S GOING TO BE
RADIOACTIVE.
>> THE OMB DIRECTOR HAS TO COME
BEFORE THE BUDGET HEARING FOR
HEARINGS TO BE CONFIRMED.
I WOULD ASK DIFFERENT QUESTIONS
THAN BERNIE SANDERS IF DEMOCRATS
WON IN GEORGIA.
IF YOU WANT TO STOP THIS
NONSENSE, IF YOU WANT TO MAKE
SURE IN NUT JOB ISN’T IN CHARGE
OF THE OFFICE OF THE MANAGEMENT
AND BUDGET, THEN MAKE SURE WE
WIN IN GEORGIA.
>> YOU KNOW, WILLIE, BACK IN THE
19 --
>> TRUE COLORS.
>> -- DURING THE CLINTON
ADMINISTRATION, ANDREW SULLIVAN
WHO WAS THEN AT THE NEW
REPUBLICAN HAD A COVER STORY
CALLED THE DEATH OF SHAME.
TALKING ABOUT THAT
ADMINISTRATION.
MY GOD, THEY WERE STRAIGHT
SHOOTERS COMPARED TO THESE GUYS.
IT IS REALLY -- IT’S
BREATHTAKING THAT ANYBODY
WOULD -- WOULD TALK ABOUT TWEETS
COMING FROM A DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE
AFTER THESE PEOPLE HAVE FORGIVEN
OR DISMISSED THE PRESIDENT OF
THE UNITED STATES TWEETING THE
MOST HORRIFIC ATTACKS, THE MOST
HORRIFIC INSULTS IMAGINABLE.
>> THIS IS THE TRAP THEY SET FOR
THEMSELVES FOR FIVE YEARS,
IGNORING THE TWEETS, PREEPDZING
PRETENDING THAT STUFF DOESN’T
MATTER.
NOW THEY HAVE SURRENDERED THE
RIGHT TO BE OFFENDED BY WHAT
PEOPLE SAY.
YOU CAN’T DO IT.
AND PUT TOGETHER WHAT KASIE SAID
A MINUTE AGO THAT NONE OF THEM
WANTS TO SAY PUBLICLY THAT
DONALD TRUMP LOST THE ELECTION.
THEY’RE SILENT ABOUT THIS LAME
COUP HE’S TRYING TO PULL OFF.
AND YESTERDAY, THEY’RE VERY
EXERCISED AND VERY VOCAL ABOUT
SOME TWEETS THAT NEERA TANDEN
WROTE ABOUT THEM OVER THE YEARS.
>> PLEASE.
>> LET’S BRING IN MIKE MEMOLI,
HE’S COVERING THE TRANSITION NOW
OF JOE BIDEN.
YOU MADE THIS POINT YESTERDAY.
REPUBLICAN SENATORS WHO ALWAYS
PROFESS TO BE UNFAMILIAR WITH
PRESIDENT TRUMP’S TWEETS NOW
SEEM TO BE VERY FAMILIAR WITH
THE DETAILS OF THOSE BELONGING
TO NEERA TANDEN.
>> YEAH.
ABSOLUTELY, WILLIE.
FIRST OF ALL, WE SHOULD POINT
OUT WE’RE GOING TO SEE TANDEN
JOIN THE PRESIDENT-ELECT TODAY
AS HE ROLLS OUT THE FULL MEMBERS
OF HIS ECONOMIC TEAM.
THIS IS A TEAM THAT ALONG WITH
THE PRESIDENT-ELECT FACES
ENORMOUS CHALLENGES OF REVIVING
AN ECONOMY THAT’S BEEN VERY MUCH
UNDER STRAIN DURING THE PANDEMIC
AND FOLLOWING THROUGH ON THE
PROMISES BIDEN MADE DURING THE
CAMPAIGN.
HE WAS AT TIMES CRITICAL OF HIS
OWN PARTY FOR LOSING SIGHT OF
THE PLIGHT OF WORKING AND MIDDLE
CLASS AMERICANS EVEN AS HE PUT
IT DURING THE CAMPAIGN, PEOPLE
ON PARK AVENUE HAVE DONE WELL, BUT NOT IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS
BUT NOT IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS
LIKE HE GREW UP IN IN SCRANTON.