{"id":1400118,"date":"2022-03-25T09:14:55","date_gmt":"2022-03-25T13:14:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1400118"},"modified":"2022-03-25T09:14:58","modified_gmt":"2022-03-25T13:14:58","slug":"joni-ernst-joins-grassley-in-placing-hold-on-eric-garcettis-india-nomination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joni-ernst-joins-grassley-in-placing-hold-on-eric-garcettis-india-nomination\/","title":{"rendered":"Joni Ernst Joins Grassley in Placing Hold on Eric Garcetti&#039;s India Nomination"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjoni-ernst-joins-grassley-in-placing-hold-on-eric-garcettis-india-nomination%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1400118&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Outgoing Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti faces new obstacles to confirmation as U.S. Ambassador to India as Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) has joined her colleague Sen. Chuck Grassley in placing a hold on his nomination over allegations that he tolerated sexual harassment in his office.<\/p>\n<p>Breitbart News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/03\/11\/grassley-wants-hold-on-eric-garcettis-nomination-as-ambassador-to-india\/\">noted<\/a> earlier this month:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote>\n<p>As Breitbart News previously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2020\/10\/19\/journalist-alleges-sexual-harassment-by-rick-jacobs-aide-to-l-a-mayor-eric-garcetti\/\">reported<\/a>, Garcetti\u2019s aide, Rick Jacobs, faced numerous allegations of sexual harassment, including claims made by a Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) officer and a prominent left-wing journalist, Yashar Ali.<\/p>\n<p>\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Garcetti has denied knowing about Jacobs\u2019s misconduct, telling Elex Michaelson of L.A. Fox affiliate KTTV-11: \u201cRepeating an untruth doesn\u2019t make it any less untrue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Left-wing activists, including Black Lives Matter demonstrators, have long <a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynews.com\/2020\/11\/24\/black-lives-matter-l-a-urges-biden-not-to-select-garcetti-for-cabinet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">opposed<\/a> a Cabinet post for Garcetti, who was one of President Joe Biden\u2019s earliest supporters in the 2020 primary.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Axios <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/ernst-places-hold-on-biden-india-nominee-f6521e74-e869-4deb-a23a-cecff07a2a9b.html\">reported<\/a> Wednesday:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) has placed a \u201chold\u201d on Eric Garcetti\u2019s nomination to be ambassador to India, demanding details about how the Los Angeles mayor handled allegations of sexual harassment by his staff \u2014 and whether he\u2019s been honest explaining them to the Senate.<\/p>\n<p>\u2026<\/p>\n<p>India has tried to remain neutral in the Russia-Ukraine conflict, frustrating the White House. It\u2019s also a vital ally for the U.S. in its efforts to contain China. Yet more than a year into the Biden administration, the United States has no ambassador to the world\u2019s largest democracy.<\/p>\n<p>\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want some clarity here. I want to know: Were there sexual harassment issues that came up in the workplace that were not addressed by Garcetti?\u201d Ernst told Axios. \u201cIf that\u2019s true, that\u2019s really concerning.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Garcetti\u2019s nomination moved through committee hearings in January, and could still pass a floor vote, but that would eat into the Senate\u2019s schedule.<\/p>\n<p>Garcetti <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/california\/story\/2022-03-24\/sen-ernst-iowa-places-a-hold-on-mayor-garcetti-nomination\">told<\/a> the\u00a0<em>Los Angeles Times<\/em> that he had been warned by State Department staff to prepare for possible objections toward the end of the process: \u201c\u2018Just know at the end that political things can happen. So be ready.\u2019,\u201d he quoted them as saying.<\/p>\n<p><em>Joel B. Pollak is Senior Editor-at-Large at Breitbart News and the host of <\/em>Breitbart News Sunday<em> on Sirius XM Patriot on Sunday evenings from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. ET (4 p.m. to 7 p.m. PT). He is the author of the recent e-book, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Neither-Free-nor-Fair-Presidential-ebook\/dp\/B08PNN54BB\">Neither Free nor Fair: The 2020 U.S. Presidential Election<\/a>. His recent book, <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.centerstreet.com\/titles\/joel-b-pollak\/red-november\/9781546099840\/\">RED NOVEMBER<\/a><em>, tells the story of the 2020 Democratic presidential primary from a conservative perspective. He is a winner of the 2018 Robert Novak Journalism Alumni Fellowship. Follow him on Twitter at <a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/joelpollak\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">@joelpollak<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Outgoing Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti faces new obstacles to confirmation as U.S. Ambassador to India as Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) has joined her colleague Sen. 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