The Queen: AOC Bashes Biden Picks But Takes Credit For Everything That Biden 'Plans To Do'

Written By BlabberBuzz | Saturday, 12 December 2020 04:30 PM
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President-elect Joe Biden has begun to fill out key positions in his cabinet and staff before he takes office, though Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., announced this week that she'd like to see a more unified unit.

"I think it'd be great to see a more cohesive vision across the entire cabinet," she declared.

"You know, you have an individual appointment here, and an individual appointment there, we can wrestle about whether they are bold enough or ambitious enough, especially given the uncertainty and what kind of Senate we're going to have."

The New York Congresswoman explained she's waiting to understand how the rest of the cabinet shakes out.

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She told reporters, "I think one of the things I'm looking for when I see all of these picks put together is, what is the agenda? What is the overall vision going to be?"

“We have a person who has a more conservative history, that’s one thing, but what is the mission that they are being given in their individual agency, whether it’s Transportation, Defense, OMB [Office of Management and Budget], etc.?” she asked. “What is the mandate here?”

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“I just think that’s something that we’re looking to see is — it’s something that I hope will be pushed,” she added.

Other progressives haven't been as patient with the team Biden is arranging.

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Congressman-elect Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y., explained on Thursday that Biden's cabinet should move further to the left.

“We need to make sure here that President-elect Joe Biden is picking as many progressives to his cabinet as possible,” Bowman said. “But when I hear names like Rahm Emanuel and Bruce Reed, you know, it makes my skin crawl."

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Rahm Emanuel, the former mayor of Chicago who also served in the Obama administration, has been floated as a good fit for U.S. trade representative or Secretary of Transportation.

Bruce Reed is Biden's past chief of staff and was reportedly being weighed for the Office of Management and Budget, but that job went to Center for American Progress CEO Neera Tanden.

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Biden declared Thursday that he will name former Obama national security adviser Susan Rice to lead the White House Domestic Policy Council.

The President-elect further elected former Obama White House chief of staff Denis McDonough to head the Department of Veteran Affairs.

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Many on the left were pushing Biden to pick Rep. Marcia Fudge, D-Ohio, as his secretary of agriculture, Yet the President-elect instead chose former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack, who worked in that area for all of the Biden administration.

Fudge, meanwhile, was chosen to be the secretary of housing and urban development.

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