Sen. Kennedy Tells Neera Tanden ‘You Called Sen. Sanders Everything But An Ignorant Slut’
Republican Lousiana Sen. John Kennedy pressed Neera Tanden, President Joe Biden’s nominee to lead the Office of Management and Budget, during a Wednesday hearing, asking her if she stood by her previous comments personally attacking senators.
“I have to tell you I’m very disturbed about your personal comments about people. Um, it is not just one or two. I think you deleted about a thousand tweets, and it wasn’t just about Republicans. And I don’t mind disagreements in the policy. I think that’s great. I love the dialectic, but the comments were personal. I mean, you called Sen. Sanders everything but an ignorant slut,” Kennedy said.\
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“That is not true, at all,” Tanden responded. Kennedy then asked, “When you said these things did you mean them?”Senator, I have to say, I deeply regret my comments,” Tanden said. Kennedy continued to press Tanden on if she actually meant what she said or if she was not telling the truth, to which she said, “I mean, I feel bad. I look back at them, I said them, I feel bad about them. I deleted tweets … ”Are you saying that because you want to be confirmed?” Kennedy interjected.“No, I felt bad about them … I must have meant them,” Tanden told Kennedy.
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A number of Republican Senators have continued to hammer Tanden over her past comments and donations to Democrats. In the House, Budget Committee Republicans urged senators to reject Tanden’s nomination in a letter sent Tuesday.
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There have continued to be concerned over Tanden’s partisanship since news of her nomination first broke. After being nominated, she quickly deleted over 1,000 tweets critical of Republicans.
Biden nominated Tanden while she was serving as president of the Center for American Progress, a progressive think tank.
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