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fishwax

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58. she has a history of heightened rhetoric towards people she'll have to work with in the position

Thu Feb 11, 2021, 12:33 PM

Feb 2021

so it's natural and legitimate that this would come up while those people interview her as they deliberate whether or not to affirm the appointment.

We've known for weeks this line of questioning was coming. She started cleaning up her twitter feed months ago in anticipation of it. I doubt she's Sanders' favorite nominee, but it seems likely that she'll pass the committee and the senate. Sanders addressed it and gave her the opportunity to effectively frame her response in anticipation of the republicans on the committee who will be much less likely to deal with the issue in good faith.

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Sanders confronts Tanden over past 'vicious attacks' [View all] Donkees Feb 2021 OP

Thanks for posting. I'm glad he confronted her. n/t Peregrine Took Feb 2021 #1

Wny? Me. Feb 2021 #31

I watched the entire hearing. Blue_true Feb 2021 #42

Post removed Post removed Feb 2021 #2

Ha.. as if! Cha Feb 2021 #5

That's a good point, and using a dominant position to browbeat OnDoutside Feb 2021 #6

+1, exactly. LizBeth Feb 2021 #7

And an apology for hiring vicious Nina Turner. SharonClark Feb 2021 #8

Yup. "Enough is enough." betsuni Feb 2021 #10

Hah! AND the Democratic Party. I'll confirm right now that I have never Hortensis Feb 2021 #13

Absolutely and the Democratic Party and all the base that have supported the DP. Also using language LizBeth Feb 2021 #16

:) No more excuse for those who believe him now and before Hortensis Feb 2021 #18

:) Yeah. No excuse for those who choose to believe proven liars, Hortensis Feb 2021 #19

Mentioning himself with Biden and leaving out Kamala Harris JI7 Feb 2021 #39

Thank you. Don't hold your breath. NurseJackie Feb 2021 #15

Didn't she assault someone? demmiblue Feb 2021 #3

Seems she punched Faiz Shakir Donkees Feb 2021 #9

She doesn't deserve an appointment in the Biden administration. demmiblue Feb 2021 #12

Yes she does. If President Biden wants her to head up OMB, she deserves that appointment... George II Feb 2021 #34

No she didn't. Please get your facts straight. Thanks. George II Feb 2021 #32

No she didn't. George II Feb 2021 #36

President Biden knows what he's doing Cha Feb 2021 #4

In my opinion.. BlueLucy Feb 2021 #11

But she didn't say that. She said she was sorry, no reason given for why she did it Beringia Feb 2021 #14

She took the high road. BlueLucy Feb 2021 #20

If you apologize, half of the apology is saying why you are sorry, not just that you are sorry Beringia Feb 2021 #21

I agree, she could have done a better job of explaining why she was Blue_true Feb 2021 #43

Yes she did! I love her! Cha Feb 2021 #27

She was at a committee hearing overseeing her ultimate confirmation. George II Feb 2021 #33

Neera was.. and she was good Cha Feb 2021 #26

OOOhhhh Weeee, Yay Sanders in Charge Beringia Feb 2021 #17

Sanders: "I am concerned about the level of corporate donations that the Center betsuni Feb 2021 #22

Right. Instead of being "concerned" (where have we heard that before?) about Americans.... George II Feb 2021 #24

If you sell your business to Unilever or write a best-selling book and sell it on Amazon, betsuni Feb 2021 #35

Tanden's "vicious attacks on progressives" were in response to similarly vicious attacks BY.... George II Feb 2021 #23

Exactly! Neera stood up for Cha Feb 2021 #25

+++ still_one Feb 2021 #41

I was at the 2016 national convention Gothmog Feb 2021 #28

No kidding! Cha Feb 2021 #29

He Is Finally In A Position Of Power And Could Do Some REal Good Me. Feb 2021 #30

I honestly don't understand why a personal beef with a person is allowed to enter.... George II Feb 2021 #38

Nor I Me. Feb 2021 #45

But Bernie said specifically that it wasn't about being hurt. Malmsy Feb 2021 #50

I was shocked when I heard him say that yesterday: "I don't see too many girls here." ... George II Feb 2021 #54

You are not alone in that observation. Many agree with you. NurseJackie Feb 2021 #62

Neera Tanden is a Democrat, and has been nominated to head OMB by a DEMOCRATIC President.... George II Feb 2021 #37

Precisely! Polices Not Cha Feb 2021 #40

Your last sentence says it all. Thank you... it needed to be said. NurseJackie Feb 2021 #52

I honestly don't know who to back on this one. SlogginThroughIt Feb 2021 #44

Pretty simple in my mind. Support the choice of President Joe Biden. GulfCoast66 Feb 2021 #46

TY.. Exactly!. Neera did nothing Cha Feb 2021 #47

It should be that way. SlogginThroughIt Feb 2021 #49

Neera Tanden: Democrat. Nominated by President Joe Biden: Democrat. Yes, very simple indeed. George II Feb 2021 #51

Inasmuch as Neera Tanden's "vicious attacks" were in response to similar "vicious attacks".... George II Feb 2021 #48

She once called him Crazy. He noted it. He asked her about policies. She answered Tom Rinaldo Feb 2021 #53

Yes, de-escalated AFTER he brought it up yesterday. Look up some tweets from his speechwriter... George II Feb 2021 #55

seems like a legit issue, well framed by Bernie and well handled by Neera Tanden fishwax Feb 2021 #56

What's "legit" about it? What does something that happened four years ago, in response... George II Feb 2021 #57

she has a history of heightened rhetoric towards people she'll have to work with in the position fishwax Feb 2021 #58

Some of people she'll have to work with in the position ALSO have a history.... George II Feb 2021 #59

Sure. But the point of the meeting was to review her for her appointment fishwax Feb 2021 #60

He will vote to confirm her because she's Joe's pick. I'm happy he called her out. Autumn Feb 2021 #61

And yet Turner, Sirota, Gray, West, and Sarandon went unmentioned. George II Feb 2021 #63

So? Were any of them at a hearing to be confirmed? I'll answer that. Nope, they weren't. nt Autumn Feb 2021 #64

They were the ones who attacked Neera Tanden (who was a private citizen at the time).... George II Feb 2021 #65

Yeah? Like you said, she and Sarandon are both private citizens who were attacked. Autumn Feb 2021 #66

So you're ignoring what Turner, Sirota, and Gray did? "Get back to me".... George II Feb 2021 #67

Yeah I am ignoring what they did. They are not the OP subject I didn't condemn them George, Autumn Feb 2021 #68

The subject of the OP is what Tanden did, and many are ignoring the underlying REASON.... George II Feb 2021 #70

I don't care about that George. I am not going down a vortex of outrage about Autumn Feb 2021 #72

I'm well aware that you "don't care about that George [II]", Autu.... George II Feb 2021 #73

Not my circus, not my monkeys. As I said, Turner, Sirota, Gray, West, and Sarandon Autumn Feb 2021 #74

For one final time, Neera Tanden was responding IN KIND to the vicious attacks by.... George II Feb 2021 #75

Post removed Post removed Feb 2021 #77

Wow. NurseJackie Feb 2021 #78

I wouldn't support Tanden and it has nothing to do with Sanders - but because Nanjeanne Feb 2021 #69

From the guy who hired Nina Turner and David Sirota. BannonsLiver Feb 2021 #71

If anyfuckingbody needs to do some fucking reflecting.... MrsCoffee Feb 2021 #76