Neera Tanden in the Balance

Will President Joe Biden’s groundbreaking pick to lead the Office of Management and Budget be confirmed?

Neera Tanden speaking with attendees at the 2019 National Forum on Wages and Working People hosted by the Center for the American Progress Action Fund and the SEIU at the Enclave in Las Vegas, Nevada. April 27, 2019. (photo: Gage Skidmore)

Will Neera Tanden be confirmed?

Whether or not President Biden’s nominee to lead the Office of Management and Budget, Neera Tanden, will be confirmed hangs in the balance as more Senators publicly denounce her nomination.

Under particular scrutiny are some of Tanden’s past public communications on social media.

Some of the most cited tweets include Tanden’s descriptions of Senator Susan Collins (R-MN) as “the worst,” and Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) a “fraud.” She also said vampires have “more heart” than Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and referred to then-Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) as “Moscow Mitch.”

Tanden has also launched criticism at Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT), even suggesting Russia helped his presidential campaign in 2016.

‘Seriously this is ridiculous,” Neera wrote on Twitter in 2018. “I’m not for litigating the primary, but from what we know now, Russia did a lot more to help Bernie than the DNC’s random internal emails did to help Hillary. Try to actually look at some facts. This whole attack is a joke.”

Tanden addressed these comments in her opening statement, saying, “I know there have been some…