[See NewsBusters for more.] Andrea Mitchell was distraught on her Wednesday MSNBC show over the fact that Republicans are not thrilled with President Biden's pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, Xavier Becerra. She was also dismayed that thus far no Republicans have stepped forward to cancel Sen. Joe Manchin's decision to vote no on OMB director-nominee Neera Tanden.
Mitchell, wanted to know how any Republican could oppose Becerra, "Xavier Becerra for instance is not a doctor, but the Republicans supported Alex Azar and you know, Kathleen Sebelius was HHS secretary, Donna Shalala. They were not doctors. Since when has being a doctor the requirement to be HHS secretary? You're running one of the biggest agencies other than the Pentagon."