Susan Collins Joins Joe Manchin to Oppose President Joe Biden's nomination of Neera Tanden to lead the Office of Management and Budget.
"Neera Tanden has neither the experience nor the temperament to lead this critical agency. Her past actions have demonstrated exactly the kind of animosity that President Biden has pledged to transcend."
Her statement concluded: "The OMB needs steady, experienced, responsive leadership. I will vote against confirming Ms. Tanden." ─ Susan Collins
"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.
"For this reason, I cannot support her nomination.” ─Joe Manchin
Both voted for Brett Kavanaugh. Both voted for Bill Barr. Both voted for Jeff Sessions. Both voted for Jeff Sessions. Both voted for Mark Esper. Both voted for Mike Pompeo. Both voted for Ryan Zinke.
Sen. Susan Collins and Sen. Joe Manchin position on voting against Neera Tandem do not hold water. Seems like there is something else in play. Collins, we can understand. She does not have a position she can get behind. She voted for Mike Pompeo after his anti-Muslim and anti-LBGTQ statements. She voted for Brett Kavanaugh after rape accusations and going completely off the rails in his hearing.
When Neera Tandem comes up for nomination for OMB, all if a sudden it is a bridge to far. It seems like white men get a pass. Then──when a woman of color is nominated her “tweets” are just too much. After four years of voting for The Former Guys nominees Neera Tandem, speaking the truth gets a NO vote.
Why? Why now? Collins we can understand. But, why Joe Manchin? Why is he really voting against her? Manchin said, "As I have said before, we must take meaningful steps to end the political division and dysfunction that pervades our politics…” He did not take care when he voted for Kavanaugh or Pompeo.
Neera Tanden apologized for her past comments during recent confirmation hearings before the Senate Budget Committee and the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.
"My language and my expressions on social media caused hurt to people, and I feel badly about that. And I really regret it and I recognize that it's really important for me to demonstrate that I can work with others," she said. "I would say social media does lead to too many personal comments and my approach will be radically different."
None of the others apologized for anything and were confirmed.
A woman of color is held to a different set of standards, than their white counterparts.
Shame on Sen. Susan Collins and Sen. Joe Manchin.