{"id":302488,"date":"2021-03-24T18:00:55","date_gmt":"2021-03-24T22:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=302488"},"modified":"2021-03-24T18:01:01","modified_gmt":"2021-03-24T22:01:01","slug":"dem-senator-tammy-duckworth-drops-threat-to-block-biden-nominees-over-diversity-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dem-senator-tammy-duckworth-drops-threat-to-block-biden-nominees-over-diversity-concerns\/","title":{"rendered":"Dem Senator Tammy Duckworth Drops Threat To Block Biden Nominees Over Diversity Concerns"},"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%2Fdem-senator-tammy-duckworth-drops-threat-to-block-biden-nominees-over-diversity-concerns%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=302488&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\/03\/fb_image-3301.jpeg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) abandoned a threat late Tuesday to block President Joe Biden\u2019s so-called non-diverse nominees from getting confirmed with unanimous Democratic support, a move that comes after she received diversity \u201cassurances\u201d from the White House.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cSenator Duckworth appreciates the Biden Administration\u2019s assurances that it will do much more to elevate [Asian American and Pacific Islander] voices and perspectives at the highest levels of government, including appointing an AAPI senior White House official to represent the community, secure the confirmation of AAPI appointments and advance policy proposals that are relevant and important to the community,\u201d said Ben Garmissa, Duckworth\u2019s communications director, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/tammy-duckworth-joe-biden-asian-american-minority-representation\/\"><span>reports<\/span><\/a><span> CBS News.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cAccordingly, she will not stand in the way of President Biden\u2019s qualified nominees \u2014 which will include more AAPI leaders,\u201d the senator\u2019s communications director added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The reversal comes after Duckworth and Senator Mazie Hirono (D-HI) revealed they planned to withhold support for the Biden administration\u2019s nominees going forward, citing a lack of Americans of Asian descent in pre-eminent positions at the White House. The threat had the potential to stall the Biden administration\u2019s nomination process, given that the Senate is currently evenly split between Democrats and Republicans.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI\u2019ve been talking to them for months and they\u2019re still not aggressive, so I\u2019m not going to be voting for any nominee from the White House other than diversity nominees,\u201d Duckworth told reporters, before she spoke with the White House and changed her stance, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/joe-biden-biden-cabinet-cabinets-kamala-harris-tammy-duckworth-f3f2c205442b5a515f860158b4ee8a87\"><span>reports<\/span><\/a><span> the Associated Press. \u201cI\u2019ll be a no on everyone until they figure this out.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Illinois senator also called it \u201cincredibly insulting\u201d when, she alleges, White House Deputy Chief of Staff Jen O\u2019Malley Dillon brought up Vice President Kamala Harris \u2014 who is partly of Indian descent \u2014 to address her diversity concerns, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2021\/03\/23\/tammy-duckworth-biden-cabinet-477676\"><span>according<\/span><\/a><span> to Politico. \u201cMultiple times I\u2019ve heard that. And that is not something you would say to the Black caucus: \u2018Well, you have Kamala, we\u2019re not going to put any more African Americans in the Cabinet because you have Kamala.\u2019 Why would you say it to AAPI?\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/newsletters\/playbook\/2021\/03\/24\/what-the-duckworth-aapi-episode-revealed-492220\">remarked<\/a> Duckworth.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Hirono backed down after speaking with the White House, saying she would vote to \u201cconfirm the historic and highly qualified nominees President Biden has appointed to serve in his administration.\u201d The Biden administration has also said it will hire an Asian American Pacific Islander liaison.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"9.4017094017094\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Based on the private conversation we had, I will continue voting to confirm the historic and highly qualified nominees President Biden has appointed to serve in his administration.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Senator Mazie Hirono (@maziehirono) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/maziehirono\/status\/1374560562231795713?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 24, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe President has made it clear that his Administration will reflect the diversity of the country. That has always been, and remains our goal,\u201d White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said in a statement, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2021\/03\/24\/white-house-to-add-aapi-liaison-after-democrats-threaten-to-block-bidens-nominees.html\">reports<\/a> CNBC.&nbsp;\u201cThe White House will add a senior level Asian American Pacific Islander liaison, who will ensure the community\u2019s voice is further represented and heard.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><i><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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">member<\/a>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) abandoned a threat late Tuesday to block President Joe Biden\u2019s so-called non-diverse nominees from getting confirmed with unanimous Democratic support, a move that comes after she &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2311101,"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\/03\/fb_image-3301.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Dem Senator Tammy Duckworth Drops Threat To Block Biden Nominees Over Diversity Concerns","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-302488","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-3301.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Dem Senator Tammy Duckworth Drops Threat To Block Biden Nominees Over Diversity Concerns","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302488","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=302488"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302488\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2311101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=302488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=302488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=302488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}