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Op-Ed: Huckabee: Biden’s Making Same Mistake Dems Made in 2008 – It Gave the GOP a Historical Win in 2010

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Op-Ed: Huckabee: Biden’s Making Same Mistake Dems Made in 2008 – It Gave the GOP a Historical Win in 2010

by Western Journal
March 4, 2021
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Op-Ed: Huckabee: Biden’s Making Same Mistake Dems Made in 2008 – It Gave the GOP a Historical Win in 2010

U.S. President Joe Biden speaks after the House of Representatives passed his $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, U.S., February 27, 2021. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts

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President Biden’s Office of Management and Budget pick Neera Tanden was forced to withdraw her nomination due to bipartisan Senate opposition, and now, another high-profile appointment might be in trouble.

Biden’s choice for Health and Human Services secretary, former California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, failed to secure majority support from the Senate Finance Committee, so it will take Democratic Majority Leader Chuck Schumer to advance him to a full vote in the Senate.

The Senate Finance Committee deadlocked on Xavier Becerra’s nomination this morning, but under the rules of the evenly divided Senate, it still advances. Dems still confident he will be confirmed, but it’s going to be a close vote

— Manu Raju (@mkraju) March 3, 2021

Becerra has two issues common to Tanden, and indeed, a number of Biden appointees: He’s a rabid left-wing partisan who’s alienated all the Republicans, and he has zero qualifications for the job.

For comparison, the previous three HHS Secretaries were a top pharmaceutical company executive, a doctor and the head of worldwide organizations fighting hunger and poverty.

The closest Becerra has come to anything involving health or human services was trying to railroad some undercover reporters into prison for exposing the barbaric abortion practices of Planned Parenthood.

Sen. Sasse statement on Tanden withdrawing: “Now that Washington is done talking about Tanden’s tweets, the Senate should focus on Xavier Becerra’s assault on the First Amendment. We don’t need a culture war super-soldier leading the Department of Health and Human Services.”

— Peter J. Hasson (@peterjhasson) March 3, 2021

Republican Sen. Ben Sasse summed up the problems with Becerra perfectly.

This is just a devastating exchange for Becerra from @BenSasse.

Sasse takes apart the mindless defenses of his lawsuits against Little Sisters of the Poor, revealing that in the end.. it was just about bullying nuns and attacking religious liberty. pic.twitter.com/evOd0oyIsJ

— Matt Whitlock (@mattdizwhitlock) February 24, 2021

“This isn’t complicated: In the middle of a deadly global pandemic, Americans want their Department of Health and Human Services to be focused on health and human services — not culture wars,” he said.

“If bullying nuns and trampling First Amendment rights could magically cure COVID, Becerra would be qualified. He’s not right for the job, and the Senate needs to reject this hyperpartisan nomination.”

Amen to that. So far, the Biden administration is making the same mistake the Democrats did the last time they held total power in 2008-2010: thinking that gave them a mandate to shove a left-wing agenda down America’s throat, whether we wanted it or not.

.@JoeSetyon with @SenatorLankford, who stressed the Biden administration’s immediate departure for the “unity” rhetoric of the campaign trail.

Adds @XavierBecerra “wouldn’t pop up” in a @LinkedIn search for figures with the credentials to lead HHS. pic.twitter.com/zpW2tXzitt

— Andrew J. Sciascia (@AndrewJSciascia) February 26, 2021

And Biden is even worse because he campaigned as a moderate, bipartisan unifier and is governing like an arrogant leftist ideologue.

People are not only upset at the policies, they’re furious because they’re starting to feel they were bamboozled (news flash: they were, as we tried to warn for months before the election.)

In 2010, after the Dems forced Obamacare on us, Republicans gained six Senate seats and took back the House with a net gain of 63 seats, the biggest party shift of power in 60 years.

Democrats who understand how narrow their House margin is and how precarious a tied Senate majority is might want to reflect on those numbers before backing any more far-left nominees or unpopular AOC-approved legislation.

This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.

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