Trump, Sessions, Grenell: Critics say Senate didn't worry about mean tweets until Neera Tanden
Of all Joe Biden’s nominees, one was always going to have the hardest time. Neera Tanden, nominated to lead the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), was already controversial before Mr Biden picked her – and her hearings before the Senate Budget Committee failed to neutralise her single biggest problem: her history of tearing into opponents of both parties on Twitter.
The senator who first signalled Ms Tanden was in genuine trouble was Joe Manchin, the West Virginia Democrat whose swing vote will determine the fate of much of the Biden agenda. Announcing he would not back her, he specifically cited the tone of her public persona.
“I believe her overtly partisan statements will have a toxic and detrimental impact on the important working relationship between members of Congress and the next director of the Office of Management and Budget,” he said in his announcement.
That leaves Ms Tanden needing all 49 remaining Democrats to get behind her, with at least Republican crossing the floor to join them. After Mr Manchin backed away from her, Mitt Romney and Susan Collins also said they would vote no on her nomination, ruling out two of the most moderate Republican votes – and even some Democrats have not yet committed to voting for her.
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They are apparently are quite busy reviewing Democratic appointees' tweets for any "mean-spirited" tweets against them. I guess it's illegal/wrong for Democrats not to like Republicans now or say "mean" things about them?
