REPORT: Joe Biden Considering Rahm Emanuel For Transportation SecretaryAnders Hagstrom
White House Correspondent
December 01, 2020 10:53 AM ET
Former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is on President-elect Joe Biden’s short list for transportation secretary, the Associated Press reported Tuesday.
Emanuel is a divisive figure both inside and out of the Democratic Party, with New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez demanding in early November that Biden not appoint him to a cabinet position. Emanuel is also an Obama administration alumnus, having served as the 44th president’s chief of staff.
“Someone like Rahm Emanuel would be a pretty divisive pick,†Ocasio-Cortez said, according to the New York Times. “And it would signal, I think, a hostile approach to the grass-roots and the progressive wing of the party.â€
“We must govern with integrity and accountability. Laquan McDonald’s life mattered,†She added, referencing the 2014 police shooting that occurred in Chicago under Emanuel’s administration.
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