Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA): “I don’t know whether to call you professor or comrade.”
— The Recount (@therecount) November 18, 2021
Someone off-camera: “Oh my goodness.”
Dr. Saule Omarova, Biden’s comptroller currency pick: “I’m not a communist. I do not subscribe to that ideology. I could not choose where I was born.” pic.twitter.com/CEiCWNwx2N
Biden nominated Omarova, a law professor at Cornell University, to run the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, which regulates assets held by banks. Her supporters argued Omarova would ensure a fair banking system, while her critics questioned some of her academic writings, including a proposal theorizing a federal banking system that critics said would undercut private banks.
