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Apparently not former national security advisor, Michael Flynn. The extreme craziness of the MAGA right was on display again in the confirmation hearing of Biden's pick for Comptroller of the Currency, Sauie Omarova.
Opposition to her nomination is building because her academic writings on banking have concerned conservatives. Repugnants are not conversant with theoretical subjects, so Joe Kennedy of Louisiana resorted to something more familiar: red baiting. His performance during questioning of the candidate was straight out of Joe McCarthy's playbook.
Omarova happens to be a naturalized citizen from Kazakhstan. Membership in the Young Communists League (Kosmosol) was practically mandatory for college-bound students growing up in the Soviet Union. Omarova was no exception. Her family left the Soviet Union after Stalin had persecuted members of her family. Kennedy was told by the Democratic chair his line of questioning concerning her Kosmosol membership was irrelevant, Kennedy had the gall to gripe, "I don’t know whether to call her ‘Professor’ or ‘Comrade.'" Omarova calmly told her inquisitors she was proud to be an American, and that she is not a Marxist. Call her smarter than you, Senator. Have you no shame?