She's a political figure. Her political presence on Twitter - not just a stray ill-considered Tweet unrelated to the job, but years of who she has been in public - IS her public record. You're making the same error as the people who said Trump's Tweets don't matter to his job.https://twitter.com/EricBoehlert/status/1363162153541394437 …
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If Biden wants to hire Tanden to a White House job that doesn't require confirmation, he can do so. You seek Senate confirmation, you cannot be surprised that the nominee's extensive, public, recent writings on politics become an issue.
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Sure, if you assume that all jobs in all fields of endeavor are as political as a Senate-confirmed position, & all statements resulting in cancellation are recent, extensive, & germane to the core duties of the job. https://twitter.com/grudging1/status/1363163003055669249 …
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The whole problem with "cancel culture" is taking the political aspect of politics & extending it to the entirety of life. Nobody's arguing that politics should not be political.
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