For years, Republicans have tried to brush off Donald Trump's tweets, saying either they have not read them, it is Trump being Trump, or they do not take them seriously.
Apparently, these same Republicans who thought Trump's tweets were taken too seriously by the media and the left, think those from Neera Tanden, the head of the Center for American Progress and President-Elect Joe Biden's nominee to be the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, show an unhinged partisan individual not worthy to serve in public office.
Talk about hypocrisy to the 100th power.
Texas Senator John Cornyn called Tanden's nomination, because of the tweets, "radioactive."
Donald Trump must have been a supernova to Cornyn if he is basing his judgment on tweets.
Ohio Senator Rob Portman, who may be, depending on the results of the Georgia Senate runoff elections, chair one of the committees considering Tanden's nominations, commented:
“The concern I have is both judgment, based on the tweets that I’ve been shown, just in the last 24 hours … and it’s the partisan nature. Of all the jobs, that’s one where I think you would need to be careful not to have someone who’s overtly partisan.”
Apparently, Mr. Portman does not think Trump was in a job that did not need to be overtly partisan.
Not to be outdone, backstabber and blow with the wind Senator Lindsey Graham, the person who may chair the other committee considering Tanden's nomination if Democrats do not take control of the Senate, called the nominee "a nutjob."
Graham has not been looking in the mirror lately. He also has not disavowed the nutjob in the White House he has been sucking up to for the last four years.
To be fair, some in the Bernie Sanders orbit are not happy with the nomination either because of Ms. Tanden's nonsupport for Medicare for All and her embrace of Hillary Clinton in 2016.
Other Democratic Progressives like Senators Elizabeth Warren and Sherrod Brown have endorsed Ms. Tanden.
Conservative Bill Kristol has also said Republicans should support her.
To date, no one is questioning Neera Tanden's qualifications to become the next Director of the Office of Management and Budget.
To deny someone a hearing or vote because of what she tweets would be the height of hypocrisy among Republicans.
It would not be surprising considering their double standards with regards to the Amy Coney Barrett Supreme Court Nomination or the reluctance of many of them to acknowledge Joe Biden as the President-Elect.
Neera Tanden is not Betsy DeVos who, in her confirmation committee talked about needing shotguns in schools to shoot grizzly bears.
She is not a person that could only be installed in an acting capacity like Mr. Trump's current Homeland Security or Defense Secretary.
She is a nominee who deserves a hearing, a vote, and the opportunity to serve.
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