Tanden is considered a [[liberal]] [[Obamagate timeline|Russiagate hoaxer]] and Establishment Democrat.<ref>https://consortiumnews.com/2019/11/04/its-the-dnc-stupid-democratic-party-not-russia-has-delegitimized-the-democratic-process/</ref> Tanden advocated the [[subversive]] domestic [[terrorist]] myth that the [[2016 presidential election]] was stolen.<ref>https://greenwald.substack.com/p/biden-appointee-neera-tanden-spread</ref> During the [[2020 Democrat primaries]], [[Bernie Sanders]] wrote an angry letter directly calling out Tanden saying, “[she] repeatedly calls for unity while simultaneously maligning my staff and supporters and belittling [[progressive]] ideas.” He went on to cite CAP’s acceptance of “corporate money” as the reason for its “personal attacks” against other [[left-wing]] progressive candidates.<ref>https://capitalresearch.org/article/democratic-infighting-over-bidens-nomination-of-neera-tanden/</ref> During her confirmation hearings Sen. [[John Neely Kennedy|John Kennedy]] of [[Louisiana]] noted that Tanden called Sen. Sanders ‘everything but an ignorant slut’.<ref>https://nypost.com/2021/02/10/neera-tanden-called-sanders-everything-but-ignorant-slut-sen-kennedy/</ref> Journalist [[Matt Taibbi]] said: “The appointment of a longtime anti-Sanders troll to the Biden government is an impressively petty end zone dance by Democrats celebrating the crushing of their left flank.”<ref>https://taibbi.substack.com/p/with-tanden-choice-democrats-stick</ref> | Tanden is considered a [[liberal]] [[Obamagate timeline|Russiagate hoaxer]] and Establishment Democrat.<ref>https://consortiumnews.com/2019/11/04/its-the-dnc-stupid-democratic-party-not-russia-has-delegitimized-the-democratic-process/</ref> Tanden advocated the [[subversive]] domestic [[terrorist]] myth that the [[2016 presidential election]] was stolen.<ref>https://greenwald.substack.com/p/biden-appointee-neera-tanden-spread</ref> During the [[2020 Democrat primaries]], [[Bernie Sanders]] wrote an angry letter directly calling out Tanden saying, “[she] repeatedly calls for unity while simultaneously maligning my staff and supporters and belittling [[progressive]] ideas.” He went on to cite CAP’s acceptance of “corporate money” as the reason for its “personal attacks” against other [[left-wing]] progressive candidates.<ref>https://capitalresearch.org/article/democratic-infighting-over-bidens-nomination-of-neera-tanden/</ref> During her confirmation hearings Sen. [[John Neely Kennedy|John Kennedy]] of [[Louisiana]] noted that Tanden called Sen. Sanders ‘everything but an ignorant slut’.<ref>https://nypost.com/2021/02/10/neera-tanden-called-sanders-everything-but-ignorant-slut-sen-kennedy/</ref> Journalist [[Matt Taibbi]] said: “The appointment of a longtime anti-Sanders troll to the Biden government is an impressively petty end zone dance by Democrats celebrating the crushing of their left flank.”<ref>https://taibbi.substack.com/p/with-tanden-choice-democrats-stick</ref> |