{"id":1486242,"date":"2022-05-20T16:15:32","date_gmt":"2022-05-20T20:15:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1486242"},"modified":"2022-05-20T16:15:38","modified_gmt":"2022-05-20T20:15:38","slug":"la-mayor-eric-garcetti-literally-gets-mommy-and-daddy-to-lobby-joe-biden-to-give-him-a-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/la-mayor-eric-garcetti-literally-gets-mommy-and-daddy-to-lobby-joe-biden-to-give-him-a-job\/","title":{"rendered":"LA Mayor Eric Garcetti Literally Gets Mommy And Daddy To Lobby Joe Biden To Give Him A Job"},"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\">36<\/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%2Fla-mayor-eric-garcetti-literally-gets-mommy-and-daddy-to-lobby-joe-biden-to-give-him-a-job%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=1486242&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<aside id=\"right1forarticles\">\n<\/aside>\n<div id=\"ob-read-more-selector\">\n<p>Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti\u2019s parents are using lobbyists to help secure his nomination as the U.S. ambassador to India.<\/p>\n<p>Gil and Sukey Garcetti enlisted the public affairs firm <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mwcllc.com\/firm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">McGuireWoods Consulting<\/a> on Thursday to lobby on behalf of their son, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2022\/05\/20\/eric-garcettis-parents-register-to-lobby-for-their-sons-ambassador-bid-00034109\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according<\/a> to Politico. The aim of the lobbying is \u201cOutreach Related to Confirmation for Ambassadorship Nomination,\u201d and Garcetti\u2019s former deputy mayor Breelyn Pete is named among the lobbyists from the firm, the report continues.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Eric Garcetti\u2019s parents register to lobby for their son\u2019s ambassador bid<\/p>\n<p>A new chapter in the joys of parenting.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Hailey_Fuchs?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Hailey_Fuchs<\/a> reports <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LbhqdhyQIb\">https:\/\/t.co\/LbhqdhyQIb<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JLfVy06Ikl\">pic.twitter.com\/JLfVy06Ikl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Yashar Ali \ud83d\udc18 (@yashar) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/yashar\/status\/1527696679326994432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 20, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>President Joe Biden nominated Garcetti for the ambassador position in July 2021, but his confirmation process has been delayed amid <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/07\/15\/gay-deputy-la-mayor-allegedly-harassed-lapd-officer-me-too\/\">allegations<\/a> of sexual assault involving his top aide Rick Jacobs.<\/p>\n<p>Garcetti testified in December 2021 before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that he never witnessed any wrongdoing, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/losangeles\/news\/former-spokeswoman-for-garcetti-calls-for-him-to-face-charges-over-rick-jacobs-scandal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according<\/a> to CBS Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to say unequivocally that I never witnessed, nor was it brought to my attention, that behavior that has been alleged,\u201d Garcetti said, according to the outlet. \u201cAnd I also want to assure you that if it had been, I would have immediately taken action to stop that.\u201d<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/03\/31\/richard-blumenthal-concerns-eric-garcetti-connection-sexual-harassment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Sen. Blumenthal Expresses Concerns About LA Mayor\u2019s Connection To Alleged Sexual Harasser).<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Republican Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley released a staff <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/05\/10\/eric-garcetti-more-likely-than-not-knew-about-sexual-harassment-senate-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">report<\/a>\u00a0in February finding the assault allegations against Jacobs to be credible and that Garcetti \u201c<span class=\"markedContent\"><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">more <span class=\"highlight selected appended\">likely than<\/span> not \u2026 <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">either had personal knowledge of the sexual harassment or should have been aware of it.\u201d <\/span><\/span>Republican Iowa Sen. Jodi Ernst joined Grassley in voting to place a \u201chold\u201d on Garcetti\u2019s nomination in March, The Hill <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/senate\/599511-ernst-becomes-second-senator-to-put-hold-over-garcettis-ambassadorial\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Garcetti needs 50 Senate votes to secure the nomination, but currently lacks enough support from Democrats, Politico reported.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe president has confidence in Mayor Garcetti and believes he\u2019ll be an excellent representative in India,\u201d a White House spokesperson <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2022\/03\/31\/scoop-another-dem-senator-has-concerns-about-garcetti\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">told<\/a> Axios in March.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti\u2019s parents are using lobbyists to help secure his nomination as the U.S. ambassador to India.Gil and Sukey Garcetti enlisted the public affairs firm<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":650,"featured_media":1486254,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1486242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1486242","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/650"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1486242"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1486242\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1486254"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1486242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1486242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1486242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}