Racist Much? Jen Psaki ‘Butchers’ Name of Asian American Senior Biden Appointee While Defending Cabinet’s Lack of AAPI Secretaries
Press Secretary Jen Psaki grimaces and bites her lip during diversity struggle session at White House briefing, March 24, 2021. screen image.
The Biden administration is getting major flak from Democrats in the Asia American Pacific Islander community for not having any AAPI person as a cabinet department secretary, with Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and Mazie Hirono (D-HI) briefly threatening Biden nominees on Tuesday, with Duckworth saying she would block white, heterosexual nominees in protest of the lack of diversity in what the Biden administration brags is ‘the most diverse administration in history.’
“Until then, I am a no vote on the floor on all non-diversity nominees,” she said, including sub-Cabinet choices and judicial nominees. She said she would support racial minorities and LGBTQ nominees.
