{"id":52503,"date":"2021-02-24T20:38:45","date_gmt":"2021-02-24T20:38:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fair.org\/?p=9020028"},"modified":"2021-02-24T20:38:45","modified_gmt":"2021-02-24T20:38:45","slug":"amid-scrutiny-of-tweets-tandens-role-in-killing-a-union-website-should-not-be-forgotten","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2021\/02\/24\/amid-scrutiny-of-tweets-tandens-role-in-killing-a-union-website-should-not-be-forgotten\/","title":{"rendered":"Amid Scrutiny of Tweets, Tanden\u2019s Role in Killing a Union Website Should Not Be Forgotten"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Neera Tanden, president and CEO<\/a> of the liberal Center for American Progress (CAP) think tank, may or may not be confirmed by the Senate as the Biden administration\u2019s budget chief. Republicans and one conservative Democrat, Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia, may reject her based on her past of posting overly personal attacks against Republicans on Twitter<\/b>. Those attacks also extended to independent socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders, although it is expected that he\u2019ll vote for her (Newsweek<\/b>, 2\/11\/21<\/a>).<\/p>\n The obvious angle much of the press is focused on is Republican complaints that Biden has appointed a partisan in-fighter while claiming to be pursuing national unity (CBS<\/b>, 2\/20\/21<\/a>; CNN<\/b>, 2\/22\/21<\/a>). It\u2019s tempting to view the whole affair as another episode of finger pointing over \u201ccancel culture,\u201d as Republicans, who nominally object to angry social justice activists limiting the free speech of aggressive Twitter<\/b> users, are now trying to do just that to someone on the other side of the aisle.<\/p>\n