CNN Declares Opposition to Biden's Cabinet Sexist

Alex Christy | February 23, 2021
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[See NewsBusters for more.] Neera Tanden and New Mexico Rep. Deb Haaland, President Biden's nominees for Office of Management and Budget and the Interior Department respectively, have faced difficult confirmation processes, in large part due to their history of past statements about Republicans. Which, to CNN Newsroom host Brianna Keilar raises the question: is this sexism?

Welcoming S.E. Cupp and Kirsten Powers to her Tuesday show, Keilar, starting with Tanden, acknowledged her Twitter history was "not pretty. Some of the things she said, I remember the one that really stuck out to me, is calling Mitch McConnell Voldemort and Moscow Mitch."

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