Controversial Biden FCC Nominee Withdraws After Democrat Concern over Anti-Police Rhetoric

[Woody]

Adios, you shitbrained commie cunt. 

 

 

 

 

President Joe Biden’s FCC pick, Gigi Sohn, withdrew her nomination Tuesday after she faced criticism for her anti-police rhetoric and other controversial views.

Sohn withdrew her nomination after facing severe criticism from both Republicans and Democrats over her controversial views. This ends the 16-month battle over her nomination.

The Democrat nominee said she decided to withdraw after facing “unrelating, dishonest, and cruel attacks” from the cable and media lobbyists. Democrat commissioners at the FCC have been stalled from carrying out their agenda because they have been unable to secure a majority at the agency.

 

“It is a sad day for our country and our democracy when dominant industries, with assistance from unlimited dark money, get to choose their regulators,” Sohn said in a statement to The Washington Post. “And with the help of their friends in the Senate, the powerful cable and media companies have done just that.”

 

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), the ranking member of the Senate Commerce Committee, said in a written statement, “The withdrawal of Ms. Sohn’s nomination is a major victory and represents a strong bipartisan agreement that we need a fair and impartial candidate who can receive the support needed for confirmation. The FCC is not a place for partisan activists; free speech is too important. Now, it’s time for the Biden administration to put forth a nominee who can be confirmed by the full Senate and is committed to serving as an even-handed and truly independent regulator.”

Sohn withdrew shortly after Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) said he would oppose her, saying she cannot rise above her “toxic partisanship.” Her nomination had been stalled after a contentious mid-February confirmation hearing in the Senate Commerce Committee.

Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-NV) had expressed misgivings over Sohn’s anti-police rhetoric.

“I’d like to echo concerns raised about the nominee’s positions on matters of importance for law enforcement, both nationally and in Nevada,” Rosen said during the February 14 hearing.

The Fraternal Order of Police and the National Association of Police Organizations said that Sohn’s anti-police rhetoric should disqualify her from the position.

William Johnson, the executive director of the association of police organizations, noted that Sohn once retweeted a person who called law enforcement officers “armed goons in riot gear with tear gas” while she defended rioters.

Biden renominated Sohn this year after Senate Democrats failed to secure a majority to confirm her as a commissioner last year due to her far-left sympathies and controversial statements.

Breitbart News senior technology correspondent Allum Bokhari reported that Sohn was appointed to the board of the Electronic Freedom Foundation (EFF) in 2018, two years before the group gave its “pioneer award” to a dominatrix named Mistress Blunt.

Sohn has called Fox News “state-sponsored propaganda” that is “dangerous to democracy” and called on the FCC to investigate if Sinclair Broadcast Group, a conservative-run network of local TV stations, should have a broadcast license.

Sohn was the cofounder and CEO of the leftist advocacy group Public Knowledge, which called on cable and satellite providers to cancel One America News Network.

In October 2020, Sohn claimed that Facebook and Twitter “don’t have a censorship problem, they have a transparency, consistency & standards & practices problem. Their decisions 2 remove or not remove content are opaque, ad hoc & arbitrary. Which upsets people on both sides. #section230.”

 

 

Breitbart News reported in March 2022:

Sohn retweeted Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), who wrote in November 2020, “When It Comes To “Defund” & “Socialism” Attacks, People Need to Realize These are Racial Resentment Attacks. You’re Not Gonna Make That Go Away. You Can Make it Less Effective.” 

Sohn retweeted a user who described federal law enforcement protecting federal property in Portland, Oregon, in July 2020 as “armed goons in riot gear with tear gas.”

The FCC nominee also liked a tweet calling to end “qualified immunity,” which would remove the legal protection for officers in the line of duty.

During one confirmation hearing in February 2022, Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-AK) lambasted Sohn for calling Republicans “white supremacists”:

I don’t see how you can be unbiased. “Fox News is state-sponsored media… propaganda… Republicans know the only way they can win is to suppress the vote.” These are yours. Here’s a retweet: “your raggedy white supremacist president and his cowardly enablers would rather kill everybody than stop killing black people.” Damn. That’s way out. I mean, do you think most Republicans are racists and white supremacists?

 

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[HipKat]

 

[SackMan518]

Biden seems to have no shortage of "controversial" picks that are either extremists, communists, freaks, or all 3!

[HipKat]

1 hour ago, SackMan518 said:

Biden seems to have no shortage of "controversial" picks that are either extremists, communists, freaks, or all 3!

But dudes in dresses man!

[TonyasTaters]

32 minutes ago, HipKat said:

But dudes in dresses man!

Says the dirty cop.

[HipKat]

51 minutes ago, TonyasTaters said:

Says the dirty cop.

I'm not a cop

[Thebowflexbody]

11 minutes ago, HipKat said:

I'm not a cop

LOL.  WTF is he talking about?  Talk about odd.

[Woody]

12 minutes ago, Thebowflexbody said:

LOL.  WTF is he talking about?  Talk about odd.

I think he mistook Hip for Sack. 

 

[Toofast80]

4 hours ago, Thebowflexbody said:

LOL.  WTF is he talking about?  Talk about a simple stupid human!

 

[Woody]

7 hours ago, SackMan518 said:

Biden seems to have no shortage of "controversial" picks that are either extremists, communists, freaks, or all 3!

Or just plain unqualified.  Look at Sloppy Joe's FAA nominee. 

 

 

[Toofast80]

4 minutes ago, Woody said:

Or just plain unqualified.  Look at Sloppy Joe's FAA nominee. 

 

 

“Administrators” are the bureaucratic bean counters, and are always unqualified, but highly involved in the commission of “policy”.  Makes absolutely zero sense, so of course it’s Bidumbs agenda.

[HipKat]

4 hours ago, Toofast80 said:

“Administrators” are the bureaucratic bean counters, and are always unqualified, but highly involved in the commission of “policy”.  Makes absolutely zero sense, so of course it’s Bidumbs agenda.

This is stupid

[Toofast80]

9 hours ago, HipKat said:

This is stupid

It is, but it’s how “governments” function!

[DannyBoy]

15 hours ago, Woody said:

Or just plain unqualified.  Look at Sloppy Joe's FAA nominee. 

 

 

It's even worse.  I was wondering why an uninformed Transportation Secretary (Butt's-a-gig) was answering all the questions recently with a few of the "aviation/air traffic" incidents and not the FAA Administrator but now I know why. To be fair, a few of those questions that Senator Budd was asking were not bell ringing inditements of total unfamiliarity with aviation, but close.  When he said he wasn't a pilot, not even a private pilot, that was the "get the fuck outta my face" moment.  Ted Cruz had a great line; ""You are in charge of coffee shops, clothing stores and newsstands," but not pilots, aircraft mechanics or air traffic controllers."   That, in reference to Washington's "running" the Denver Airport.  His appointment goes really deep into someone else's owing a favor to another crooked politician.  Any POTUS other than clueless Joe Bye-dumb would have laughed at that nomination if it made up to his desk, which it probably never did get that far up the chain.  Maybe this guy promised he would go after the runways in our nation that divide and segregate communities.  And thank you Colorado for re-electing Senator Hooplicker (Hickenlooper) who presented and supports this pile of mental trash.  

[SackMan518]

17 hours ago, Woody said:

Or just plain unqualified.  Look at Sloppy Joe's FAA nominee. 

 

 

Unfortunately it's not just the government. Hiring barely (if at all) people into jobs where they're appointed by special victim status ranking has become the norm of corporate policy and that has lead to lower profits, poor business plans, and productivity taking a huge nosedive. The real talent and producers soon get burned out due to increased workloads and jump ship as soon as they get a better offer leaving the offending corporation steering a boat of retards. This is evident in the tech industry where they don't even care what color or sexual orientation you are and just want nerds who can do the job.

Tech Industry Layoffs May Undo Workforce Diversity Gains

Last week, The Washington Post reported that an internal memo at Meta encouraged managers to identify low performers to eject, as the tech giant, like many others, prepares for leaner times...

 

People working to improve diversity in tech are worried that companies looking to cut costs may end up undoing the modest progress they have made toward diversifying their workforces through hiring more women, LGBTQ people, and people of color.

That’s because many times the roles that historically underrepresented groups are hired into tend to be seen as the most expendable, says Sarah Kaplan, director of the Institute for Gender and the Economy at Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto.

The article tries to dance around the answer but it's pretty apparent who the "low performers" are. Jobs aren't charities but should be run like meritocracies.

 

 

[Woody]

58 minutes ago, SackMan518 said:

Unfortunately it's not just the government. Hiring barely (if at all) people into jobs where they're appointed by special victim status ranking has become the norm of corporate policy and that has lead to lower profits, poor business plans, and productivity taking a huge nosedive. The real talent and producers soon get burned out due to increased workloads and jump ship as soon as they get a better offer leaving the offending corporation steering a boat of retards. This is evident in the tech industry where they don't even care what color or sexual orientation you are and just want nerds who can do the job.

Tech Industry Layoffs May Undo Workforce Diversity Gains

Last week, The Washington Post reported that an internal memo at Meta encouraged managers to identify low performers to eject, as the tech giant, like many others, prepares for leaner times...

 

People working to improve diversity in tech are worried that companies looking to cut costs may end up undoing the modest progress they have made toward diversifying their workforces through hiring more women, LGBTQ people, and people of color.

That’s because many times the roles that historically underrepresented groups are hired into tend to be seen as the most expendable, says Sarah Kaplan, director of the Institute for Gender and the Economy at Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto.

The article tries to dance around the answer but it's pretty apparent who the "low performers" are. Jobs aren't charities but should be run like meritocracies.

 

 

 

Yup, it's happening everywhere.  The airline industry worries me the most due to all the mishaps and near-collisions that have occurred over the past couple months.  When you're hiring pilots and controllers you should be looking for "high-speed" candidates, their skin color and sexual orientations shouldn't be considered in the hiring process.