Reaching across the aisle

 

Biden eyes GOP candidates for Cabinet slots

Joe Biden’s transition team is vetting a handful of Republicans for potential Cabinet positions — despite doubts it will win him new support from the right and the risk it will enrage the left.

Reaching across the aisle to pick senior members of his administration could shore up Biden's credentials as a unity candidate, a message he's made a cornerstone of his campaign. Past presidents including George W. Bush, Bill Clinton and Barack Obama have all done the same. But that tradition died with President Donald Trump, and liberal Democrats are already warning that a Republican pick, even a moderate one, could sow distrust within the party before Biden even takes office.

Yeah, FUCK. THAT. NOISE.

We've had twelve years of Republicans shitting on Democrats, the American people and democracy. President Obama appointed several Republicans to his cabinet and got NO cooperation from Republicans in Congress. Today's Republicans don't respect Democrats who reach out to compromise, they spit in their hand.

Democrats are going to take the Presidency. Progressives should hold all cabinet positions because they've EARNED that right, or you could also say that Republicans have earned being thrown out on their asses.

How many Democrats hold positions in the Trump administration?

Come on, Joe. I get the point, but times have changed. After WWII, we didn't give Nazis positions in the allied government, did we?