Biden’s Cabinet picks rankle progressive Democrats
17 Dec 2020 Joe Biden announces Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg as his nominee for secretary of transportation during a news conference at Delaware on Wednesday. Reuters
Andrew Feinberg,
The Independent
As president-elect Joe Biden begins to roll out the balance of his cabinet, some top Democrats are losing patience with the left flank of the party.
The former vice president rode his reputation as an avatar of the center-left to a resounding primary victory over more explicitly left-wing rivals such as Vermont senator Bernie Sanders. But since he became the Democratic Party’s de facto leader this past spring, the soon-to-be 46th president has made a concerted effort to reassure progressives that they will have a voice in an administration that will “look like America”.