The White House said on Tuesday that it was withdrawing the nomination of Neera Tandon to be White House budget director.
President Biden presented the withdrawal as Tandon’s idea and the White House issued a letter stating that she wanted to leave.
Tenden faced longstanding obstacles in confirmation due to his old-vote tweets about senators, including swing-voting Republicans and even some Democrats.
Biden said in a statement that he had “accepted Neera Tandon’s request to withdraw her name from the nomination for the post of director of management and budget.”
“I have the utmost respect for his achievement, his experience and his lawyer’s record, and I look forward to serving him in a role in my administration. She will bring valuable perspective and insight to our work, ”said Biden.
Tandon, whose tweet clashed with Biden’s promotion of citizenship, wrote in a letter to Biden that the White House issued: “Unfortunately, it is now clear that there is no way to get confirmation, and I don’t want to constantly consider my nomination being distracted by my other priorities. “
An equally divided Senate required at least one Republican vote after Sen. Joey Manchin (D-WVA) said he opposed Tandon because of mean comments against his allies.
Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski, one of the last remaining GOP swing votes on the nomination, said Wednesday that she was surprised to learn that she was among the targets of Tandon’s social media fury.
In 2017, Tenden accused Murkowski of being “high” on his “own supply”.
Tanden recently deleted more than 1,000 tweets that attacked Republicans but also canceled Vermont Sen’s 2016 presidential bid. Choice of russia Against the Democratic Party’s favorite Hillary Clinton.
Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) reminded Tandon at one of his confirmation hearings, “You wrote that Susan Collins is the ‘worst’, Tom Cotton is a fraud, vampires are more heartbroken than Ted Cruz,” What you’ve called Leader McConnell ‘Moscow Mitch’ and Voldemort. “
Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) Quipped, “You called Sen. Sanders everything but an ignorant slut.”
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