Democratic Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard laid into President-elect Joe Biden over Neera Tanden, the former vice president’s choice to head the Office of Management and Budget.
Gabbard shared a screenshot of an old email, allegedly sent by Tanden, in which she appeared to support the idea of confiscating oil from countries in which the United States had participated in nation building.
“Neera Tanden thinks the way to reduce our deficit is to steal oil from countries like Libya to pay us back for bombing them, toppling their government, and turning them into a failed state. @JoeBiden Is this really the person you want in charge of managing our budget?” she asked.
Neera Tanden thinks the way to reduce our deficit is to steal oil from countries like Libya to pay us back for bombing them, toppling their government, and turning them into a failed state. @JoeBiden Is this really the person you want in charge of managing our budget? pic.twitter.com/0H6E3P3lSs
Gabbard was not the only one to raise that particular concern with regard to Tanden.
Neera Tanden wanted to take Libyan oil as “payback” for overthrowing their government. Now she’ll be Biden’s budget director.
“We have a deficit, they have alot of oil.” -Neera Tanden How would you interpret this?
.@neeratanden, Biden’s pick to head the Budget office, has a proven track record of creative bu... (Read more)
Tweets mentioned:
https://twitter.com/TulsiGabbard/status/1334573725312712704
https://twitter.com/GravelInstitute/status/1333191686072233984
https://twitter.com/JENFL23/status/1333177891681693696
https://twitter.com/aaronjmate/status/1333174700101480448
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