{"id":172005,"date":"2021-02-25T09:25:16","date_gmt":"2021-02-25T14:25:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=172005"},"modified":"2021-02-25T09:59:47","modified_gmt":"2021-02-25T14:59:47","slug":"biden-team-seeking-help-from-asian-american-groups-to-rescue-neera-tanden-nomination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-team-seeking-help-from-asian-american-groups-to-rescue-neera-tanden-nomination\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Team Seeking Help From Asian American Groups To Rescue Neera Tanden 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\">26<\/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%2Fbiden-team-seeking-help-from-asian-american-groups-to-rescue-neera-tanden-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=172005&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><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/E4378BC1-3A3F-41DE-93BE-BB96DEAAC890_1_201_a.jpeg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>Members of President Joe Biden\u2019s team are reportedly seeking the help of Asian-American groups in a last-ditch effort to save his budget chief nominee, Neera Tanden, as the likelihood of her being confirmed by the Senate continues to shrink.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2021\/02\/24\/biden-asian-american-save-tanden-471558\">Politico<\/a> reports that the groups are calling Senate offices, sending letters to them, and utilizing social media in order to advocate on behalf of Tanden.<\/span> <span>The groups are naming the opposition to Tanden as \u201cstructural racism\u201d and \u201cinstitutional racism.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>According to two people familiar with the conversations, the attempts by the groups have been actively encouraged by both the White House and the presidential transition staff, still in place to assist with Senate confirmations, along with the Democratic National Committee.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Gregg Orton, national director of the National Council of Asian Pacific Americans, said, \u201cIt is incredibly frustrating to watch because we are talking about individuals who are preeminently qualified, but also coming from communities that have been screaming at the top of their lungs to be visible and valued by this country.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Tanden is the daughter of Indian immigrants, and a lot of the groups that are being enlisted to help secure her nomination had already been supporting her since late last year. But, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2021\/02\/24\/biden-asian-american-save-tanden-471558\">Politico<\/a>, \u201cthey \u2014 as well as prominent Indian Americans across the country \u2014 began to redouble their efforts Friday after Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) said he would oppose her confirmation, putting it in peril.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Last week, senators of both parties took issue with Tanden\u2019s nomination, citing past offensive tweets.\u00a0<\/span><span>Democrats and interest groups, however, are reportedly making the claim that she is being unjustly targeted because of her race and gender.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2021\/02\/24\/biden-asian-american-save-tanden-471558\">Politico<\/a> reports:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em><span>The groups are focused on three senators who have yet to declare their intentions: Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), a member of the Budget Committee; Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), a moderate who sometimes breaks with her party; and Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.), who sits on the Homeland Security Committee.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span>They are also reaching out to two long-shot senators, hoping to change their minds: Manchin and John Cornyn (R-Texas), who co-founded the Senate India Caucus, but this week called on Biden to withdraw Tanden\u2019s nomination.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/white-house-chief-of-staff-tanden-will-be-confirmed-but-well-put-her-somewhere-else-if-shes-not\">The Daily Wire<\/a> reported Wednesday that the Biden administration plans to place Neera Tanden somewhere if she does not get through the confirmation process:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain said Wednesday that the Biden administration has been \u201cfighting our guts out\u201d to get Neera Tanden confirmed as director of the Office of Management and Budget, and that she will be confirmed to the position \u2014 despite one Democratic senator already opposing her nomination, and despite the list of Republican senators who would consider voting to confirm Tanden shrinking smaller and smaller.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cLet me be clear: We\u2019re going to get Neera Tanden confirmed. That\u2019s what we\u2019re working for, and she will prove her critics wrong as an outstanding budget director that works with people on both sides of the aisle. That\u2019s what I think her record truly shows,\u201d Klain told MSNBC host Joy Reid.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>But Klain also said that if Tanden weren\u2019t confirmed, she would be placed in position \u201cthat doesn\u2019t require Senate confirmation.\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2021\/02\/24\/biden-asian-american-save-tanden-471558\">Politico<\/a>, the White House referred any queries about these efforts of Asian Americans to the presidential transition team. One of the officials on the transition reportedly acknowledged the work, adding that it had been going on since December.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/span><\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><span>member<\/span><\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Members of President Joe Biden\u2019s team are reportedly seeking the help of Asian-American groups in a last-ditch effort to save his budget chief nominee, Neera Tanden, as the likelihood of &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2274196,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/E4378BC1-3A3F-41DE-93BE-BB96DEAAC890_1_201_a.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Biden Team Seeking Help From Asian American Groups To Rescue Neera Tanden Nomination","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-172005","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/E4378BC1-3A3F-41DE-93BE-BB96DEAAC890_1_201_a.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Biden Team Seeking Help From Asian American Groups To Rescue Neera Tanden Nomination","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172005","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=172005"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172005\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2274196"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=172005"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=172005"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=172005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}