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Biden Quietly Names Lighting Rod Tanden To Replace Rice As Top Domestic Policy Adviser

President Joe Biden speaks about his economic agenda at International Union of Operating Engineers Local 77's training facility in Accokeek, Md., Wednesday, April 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
  • President Joe Biden has appointed Neera Tanden to replace outing Susan Rice as his chief domestic policy adviser.
  • Tanden, a close political ally of Hillary Clinton, was Biden’s top choice to run the Office of Management and Budget, but her attacks on people over every political stripe, derailed her Senate confirmation.
  • The former president of the Center for American Progress, deleted hundreds of mean tweets amid her confirmation hearings and apologized for the comments but ultimately had to withdraw her nomination.
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