Intercept DC bureau chief says Biden picks are 'same people' from Obama years

The Intercept's D.C. bureau chief Ryan Grim on Tuesday weighed in on President-elect Joe Biden’s recently-announced administration picks, saying a common feature is "loyalty to Biden over decades."

Grim in an interview on Hill.TV noted that many of those who have been tapped for top positions in Biden's incoming administration previously were longtime aides or allies to the former vice president or served in the Obama administration.

“The best we can hope for is that the establishment learned between Obama’s second term” and now, Grim said. “It’s not as if they went back and found new people to bring in, it’s the same people, and so the question [is], ‘Well, did they recognize the mistakes they made and will they do it differently?’ That’s an awfully thin reed to hang any opti... (Read more)

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