{"id":1905952,"date":"2023-03-28T10:41:50","date_gmt":"2023-03-28T14:41:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-faa-nominee-who-struggled-to-answer-basic-questions-withdraws-after-sen-sinema-voices-opposition\/"},"modified":"2023-03-28T10:45:45","modified_gmt":"2023-03-28T14:45:45","slug":"biden-faa-nominee-who-struggled-to-answer-basic-questions-withdraws-after-sen-sinema-voices-opposition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-faa-nominee-who-struggled-to-answer-basic-questions-withdraws-after-sen-sinema-voices-opposition\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden FAA Nominee Who Struggled to Answer Basic Questions Withdraws After Sen. Sinema Voices Opposition"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/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-faa-nominee-who-struggled-to-answer-basic-questions-withdraws-after-sen-sinema-voices-opposition%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=1905952&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-->\n<div class=\"item-articles\">\n<div class=\"index-ok\">\n<div class=\"featured-image img-frame img-preview content-img mb-3\" itemprop=\"image\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n            <meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/mr.cdn.ignitecdn.com\/client_assets\/bonginoreport_com\/media\/picture\/6421\/7a67\/f3ed\/2c58\/f19d\/97d5\/content_GettyImages-1470557087.jpg?1679915623\"><br \/>\n            <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"800\"><br \/>\n            <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"450\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-att-style p-2\">\n<div class=\"attribution small\">\n<div class=\"inner\">\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1470557087?utm_medium=organic&#038;utm_source=google&#038;utm_campaign=iptcurl\">Nominee For FAA Administrator, Phillip A. Washington, Testifies Before Senate Committee<\/a> by Anna Moneymaker is licensed under <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/eula?utm_medium=organic&#038;utm_source=google&#038;utm_campaign=iptcurl\">Getty Images North America Getty Images<\/a>\n                    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\" class=\"content-body article-body\">\n<ul>\n<li>Independent Senator Kyrsten Sinema, a former Arizona Democrat who refused to back Joe Biden&#8217;s &#8220;Build Back Better Act,&#8221; has successfully opposed Biden&#8217;s nominee for the director of the Federal Aviation Administration. Phillip Washington withdrew his candidacy due to opposition from Sinema.<\/li>\n<li>The FAA director position has been vacant since March 2022, with Billy Nolen serving as acting director. Surprisingly, despite Nolen\u2019s 33 years of experience in the airline industry, Biden chose to make an appointment in the form of a 24-year Army veteran.<\/li>\n<li>Sinema shares the concerns of Republican senators, including Ted Cruz, who argued that Washington doesn&#8217;t have the required aviation safety experience for the appointment.<\/li>\n<li>Earlier in March, during a hearing on Washington&#8217;s nomination, Senator Cruz said, &#8220;With all due respect, Mr. Washington, it does not reassure the flying public that their pilot may be a transgendered witch who doesn&#8217;t know how to prevent the plane from crashing and killing them. I believe your record is woefully inadequate.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>            <strong>Why This Matters<\/strong><br \/>\n            <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sinema&#8217;s opposition indicates that concern over Washington&#8217;s appointment is not just a partisan issue. Washington&#8217;s withdrawal is just the latest in a string of Biden&#8217;s nominees who have received criticism for being unqualified for their positions.<\/li>\n<li>In February, Biden&#8217;s nominee for United States District Judge for the Southern District of California, Marian F. Gaston, refused to answer whether she supported maintaining the Sex Offender Registry.<\/li>\n<li>In March, Washington was unable to answer any questions on certain aviation topics during a hearing before the Senate Commerce Committee.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9 rumble-embed\">[rumble]https:\/\/rumble.com\/embed\/v28zdb0\/?pub=22lb[\/rumble]<\/div>\n<p> \u00a0\n        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nominee For FAA Administrator, Phillip A. Washington, Testifies Before Senate Committee by Anna Moneymaker is licensed under Getty Images North America Getty Images Independent Senator Kyrsten Sinema, the former Arizona Democrat who angered progressives by refusing to back\u00a0Joe Biden\u2019s Build Back Better Act, has scored another victory. 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