Do you support or oppose cancelling Neera Tanden for sending mean tweets?

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2. It goes a lot further than "mean tweets"

That description is very disingenuous. I keep seeing it categorized as that. It's not. At least, it's not only that.

Tanden was a highly partisan political operator for a long, long time. She threw a lot of elbows and punches over the years. Sometimes literally. And with that abrasive style, she didn't exactly make a whole lot of friends. She isn't well-liked in Washington because of this history. Everyone keeps talking about, "Oh, she just goes after Republicans so hard! I love her!"

Yeah, she also went after the Left hard. There's a reason her and Sanders had their little conversation at the beginning of the committee hearing. She attacked the Left with as much gusto as the Right.

With that being said, Sanders graciously let it go. I don't like her due to that history, but if he can let it go, then so can I. She's Biden's pick, and I think he gets the courtesy of having his initial picks put through. His administration deserves a roaring start.

But there was always going to be tension and turmoil over her nomination due to that history. When I heard she was nominated, I was interested to see how that would go. It felt like an odd choice. In an office that requires a degree of diplomacy and bipartisanship, why nominate this highly partisan person who has burned political bridges in the past? Didn't make a whole lot of sense to me.

And here we are. If she goes through, she goes through. If not, I'd like to see someone like Shalanda Young put forward.

Either way, she's reaping a bit of what she's sewn here. It was predictable. And if anyone is surprised, then they don't know the history. It isn't just, "She tweeted mean things about Republicans." No, the history is much, much deeper.