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"President Joe Biden announced Monday his intention to nominate a former appointee under former President Donald Trump (and a Reagan/Bush/Bush neocon) with a controversial past in Latin America (and Iraq, Iran, and America) to the bipartisan United States Advisory Commission on PUBLIC DIPLOMACY"
He was gonna go with rumsfeld, till he found out he was dead. 💩💩💩💩
https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/03/politics/elliott-abrams-public-diplomacy-nomination/index.html
@Incognitim
Per the article:
"The United States Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy is a bipartisan body and does not allow for more than four of its seven members appointed by the president to be from any one political party, according to the State Department."
Perhaps Elliott Abrams was the least evil Republican Biden could find for the job.
@JTashte @Steve98052
I'm assuming that statement was (mostly) tongue-in-cheek. But yeah- this guy's not quite kissinger level, but he's pretty fucking evil. Just peruse the Career section of his Wikipedia page, or👇
The fact that biden is putting this ghoul on a *Public Diplomacy* commission is an outrage, and he'll be lucky if it doesn't blow up in his face.
I wouldn't be surprised if some people stay home on election day because of straws on the camel's back like this
https://jacobin.com/2019/02/the-tragic-life-of-the-war-criminal-elliott-abrams
@JTashte @Steve98052
Also- there's only 3 of the 7 spots filled, and at least one of them is a republican. So the fact that they felt the need to offer this sh!tbag a seat at the table is mind-boggling.
Who knows, maybe Biden's just trying to piss off 'the squad' 😅
https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a26328370/ilhan-omar-elliot-abrams-el-mozote-massacre-el-salvador/
@Incognitim @JTashte @Steve98052
From here this looks like Biden reprising Trump's, "Only the best".
Nauseating, and a hard reminder of what a terrible state the USA is and has been.
Still far better a Biden reprising than a Trump extending.
@Incognitim @JTashte
I wasn't joking about the party balance rule.
Recalling his evil history, I don't dispute that he's Evil.
But with so much of the Republican party -- almost every politician who hasn't retired from elective office -- turning into minions of the twice-impeached racist misogynist fascist idiot mobster, Reagan era evil looks like the lesser evil.
Still, seems like there must be some Lincoln Project type Republicans who are still "noble opposition" and not minions of Putin's puppet.
@Steve98052 @JTashte
trump attempted a coup here, and at least 1 police officer died as a result.
Elliot did his best to support coups across the world, covering up & enabling rape, torture, murder, & genocide. BUT HEY- I guess it's all forgiven because his brand of neocons don't like the orange guy either.
There are PLENTY of non-democrats who biden could appoint. Or he could just leave 3 of the seats vacant. This appointment is a fucking disgrace. And of trump did it, people would be pissed
Incognitim
Steve
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