Left seethes over Tom Vilsack agriculture secretary pick

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President-elect Joe Biden is already struggling to satisfy more liberal Democrats, many of whom are enraged he picked a 69-year-old white man with a questionable civil rights record to lead his Department of Agriculture.

Tom Vilsack, Iowa’s two-term governor, is set to reprise his role as agriculture secretary, a position he held for the entirety of former President Barack Obama’s eight-year administration. Even if far-left Democrats are seething over Biden’s decision to name him nominee-designate.

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