Durbin on Tanden Criticism: Think About ‘Barrage’ of Tweets From Trump

President Joe Biden’s pick to lead the Office of Management and Budget Neera Tanden is coming under fire for her past tweets, but Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) is defending her.

Durbin is pointing to former President Donald Trump’s tweets.

He was asked by CNN’s Wolf Blitzer if Biden should withdraw Tanden’s nomination and pick someone else, to which the senator responded, “That’s not a decision for me to make.”

“Sure, she went overboard when it came to those Twitter accounts and the things that she said,” he said. “And she said as much and apologized, said she was sorry for what she did in that respect.”

Durbin then pointed to Trump — who used to go on tweeting sprees, before he was permanently banned from the platform — as he said, “Think of the barrage of… tweets that we lived with for four years with this president.”

“There were two words not in his vocabulary: ‘I’m sorry,'” Durbin added. “She said she was sorry.”

The Democratic lawmaker called it “sad” to see “someone with her ability being denied an opportunity to serve this nation.”

Watch Durbin’s comments below:

It is unclear if Tanden will be confirmed, as she is facing