NYT Columnist Thinks Ocasio-Cortez Should Occupy The Cabinet Post As UN Ambassador In A Biden Administration

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A New York Times opinion columnist has a job in mind for Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez in a theoretical President Joe Biden administration – United Nations Ambassador.

In an op-ed published Tuesday titled “What America Needs Next: A Biden National Unity Cabinet,” columnist Thomas Friedman contended that the former vice president’s promise to “nominate a woman” to be his running mate “felt right” then, but now that “times have changed” he “needs to go much, much further.”

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Friedman predicted that the U. S. would have a difficult time recovering from “the wreckage, pain and anger” caused by coronavirus and the impending economic recovery, and would need “megadoses of solidarity and healing from the top.”

To that end, Friedman called for Biden to name “his entire cabinet” at the Democratic convention later this year, a cabinet that conceivably would be comprised of “Democrats on the Bernie Sanders left to Republicans on the Mitt Romney right.”

“Biden, because he doesn’t run anything right now, has had a hard time demonstrating leadership,” Friedman wrote. “The one giant contrast that he could draw with President Trump, though, i... (Read more)



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