The prospect of President-elect Joe Biden tapping former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel for a top-shelf administration position is stirring strong opposition among far-left Democrats.

Emanuel has reportedly been lobbying for a nomination for transportation secretary. That prospect is now off the table with Biden’s announcement Wednesday that the transportation post would instead go to former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg, a 2020 Democratic rival of the president-elect and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris.