24 Feb 2021
Wednesday, Andrea Mitchell, host of MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports,” asked Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) if the opposition to Office of Management and Budget nominee Neera Tanden is because of “sexism.” The opposition comes from the GOP and Democrats for publicly attacking Republicans.
Mitchell noted that Klobuchar’s Senate colleagues, including Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV), voted in support of Ric Grenell to serve in “the worst bullier-in-chief” President Donald Trump’s cabinet in 2020.
“I just want to quickly ask you about Neera Tanden and some of your colleagues Senator Manchin opposing her opposing her for her past tweets and for being too partisan. But these same people voted for Ric Grenell, who’s probably more toxic on Twitter than anyone else, who’s ever been confirmed to be an ambassador, and certainly, the former president, Donald J. Trump, was the worst bullier-in-chief on Twitter.”
“Corporate consolidation, monopoly power, dark money, and rising levels of income inequality are problems that require a newly invigorated pro-competition agenda,” said Klobuchar.