Neera Tanden’s nomination for the OMB was withdrawn by the White House on Tuesday. It’s well-known that she’s not a wilting flower, that she is quite combative and has openly called out a lot of people in her day. And as a key part of Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign, she’s not someone likely to be confirmed by these petty, obstructionist and terrorist sympathizing Republicans. But Democrats have 50 seats in the Senate plus the tie-breaking VP vote, so this shouldn’t be an issue, right?
Ha! Democrats getting it right? Sucker!
It got so bad they had to ask Lisa Murkowski [R-AK] to consider voting for Tanden since they couldn’t get the Blue Dogs Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Krysten Sinema of Arizona (plus Sen. Bernie Sanders) to vote for her. Hilarious!
But here’s the thing: Biden wanted her BAD and the White House Chief of Staff is a HUGE supporter, so all these people did was piss off the administration, seeing as the White House, on the heels of Tanden’s withdrawal, categorically stated Tanden was going to be a key person in this administration. (Who knows? She might be in the WH as senior adviser next week.) Let’s see…she’s not going anywhere, they made the WH look weak unnecessarily and, more importantly, gave the QOP a free win. Heckuva job, Demmies!
I wouldn’t be surprised if some people reacted to my take on this is an out-and-out defense of Tanden per se, but it’s not about Tanden for me. Nope. It’s about GIVING the Republicans a win. Especially one that can be avoided since Democrats should not be siding in any way, shape or form with a terrorist organization such as the QOP. They have tossed aside their political party façade and comfortably settled into their role as a terrorist organization, and should be dealt with as such. If they ever become sane again, fine. But as long as they continue to behave as the anti-democratic supporters of domestic terrorism they currently are, Democrats should retain a united, bullet-proof front. You know, like how every single Republican in the House voted against Biden’s stimulus/COVID bill. Like that but for good.
And so, it’s done. Manchin—who said Tanden’s tweets upset him but did not exhibit the same displeasure for the Epi-pen price gouging by his pharma daughter (which Tanden criticized)—and the GOP got their way. The senator from WV got to avenge Tanden’s harsh criticism of his despicable daughter’s actions; Sen. Sanders got a little political retribution; and frankly, I don’t care what reasons other Democrats may have had. They fucked up.
