Ex-Bernie Sanders Official Goes After Joe Biden’s Cabinet Pick as ‘Openly Antagonistic’ to Progressives

Briahna Gray, the former national press secretary for Senator Bernie Sanders, called out President-elect Joe Biden for not appointing more progressive figures to his Cabinet—individuals she argued many Americans hoped to see selected when they cast their votes for the former vice president.

Gray singled out Neera Tanden, who Biden said on Sunday he would nominate as the next director of the Office of Management and Budget.

The announcement has been met with widespread backlash from Bernie supporters who see Tanden, the president of think tank Center for American Progress (CAP), as an obstacle to progressive change in the country.

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