New York Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez crushed the selection of Emanuel, the former mayor of Chicago, to represent the United States in Japan and prompted the Senate not to confirm him.
The New York liberal called Emanuel’s nomination “deeply shameful” because he presided over the city when police shot 17-year-old Laquan McDonald. A Chicago police officer was eventually convicted of second-degree murder in that case.
City leaders faced extensive criticism after the 2014 shooting for originally withholding the footage of McDonald’s murder, then charging the officer who shot him only after the footage became public months later.
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“That the Biden administration seeks to reward Emanuel with an ambassadorship is an embarrassment and betrayal of the values we seek to uphold both within our nation and around the world,” Ocasio-Cortez announced in a statement on Wednesday. “I urge the Senate to vote NO on his confirmation."
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Emanuel — a close Obama ally who was the White House chief of staff when Biden was vice president — is not the single former, current, or prospective nominee to divide Democrats as Biden fights to get many of his picks over the finish line in the Senate.
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At the 200-day mark of his presidency, Biden had less than half of the confirmations former President Barack Obama had secured and somewhat fewer former President Donald Trump, who met widespread criticism for how slowly he filled the upper echelons of his administration.
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Ocasio-Cortez joined with fellow progressive Reps. Rashida Tlaib and Ayanna Pressley on Monday called on Biden not to renominate Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell for another term, as he is reportedly considering.
The liberal lawmakers urged Biden to replace Powell with a Federal Reserve chairperson who would shift the institution’s focus toward “eliminating climate risk and advancing racial and economic justice,” they announced in a joint statement handed to Politico.
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Powell’s term will end early next year, though Biden is assumed to reveal a pick for his replacement soon.
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Biden’s choice to lead the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives has faced headwinds in the Senate amid fierce Republican opposition and resistance from a handful of Senate Democrats.
David Chipman, a former ATF agent, has been an outspoken advocate for restricting gun rights and has come under fire for making statements about the 1993 siege of a compound in Waco, Texas, that were proven false.
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