The issue with Neera Tanden was never her tweets. It's her character

Published February 10, 2021 12:00am ET



Aside from Xavier Becerra, no Cabinet nominee of President Biden faces as much of an uphill battle for confirmation as Neera Tanden. Before her nomination to direct the Office of Management and Budget has even left committee, the Center for American Progress has been forced to address her appalling Twitter behavior, which rivaled even the former president that she loathed so much.

"I deeply regret and apologize for my language and some of my past language," Tanden told the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. "I know I have to earn the trust of senators across the board."

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