Biden supporters rush to defend reported Sec-of-State choose Antony Blinken, who ‘obtained wealthy off company consulting’

Blinken was revealed to be Biden’s anticipated choose on Monday by sources contained in the Democrat’s transition workforce, in accordance with media experiences. An extended-time Biden ally, he served because the number-two Nationwide Safety Advisor and the deputy State Secretary throughout Barack Obama’s eight years within the White Home. The official announcement of Blinken as the following administration’s overseas affairs head honcho is anticipated on Tuesday.

Regardless of being a veteran official, and a reasonably outstanding one at that, Blinken has not been a family title amongst Democratic Social gathering supporters. That shortly modified on Monday as he started trending nationwide on Twitter as Individuals dissected the main points of his profession.

With the sudden consideration got here recent scrutiny with the resurfacing of a July report in The American Prospect, which, in accordance with editor David Dayen, described Blinken as “getting wealthy working for company shoppers at a pop-up strategic consultancy,” after he left the Obama administration.

The article highlighted Blinken’s work on the agency WestExec, tasked with “serving to new firms navigate the advanced paperwork of successful Pentagon contracts.” The writer, Jonathan Guyer, posited that it could be problematic for the Biden marketing campaign’s overseas coverage workforce and potential future cupboard members to have such “connections to company energy.”

Whereas the Prospect’s criticism of Blinken was pretty gentle, Biden’s supporters on social media made it clear that they might be having none of it. They immediately dismissed considerations over his company connections “silly,” describing it merely as “having a job.”

“Blinken participated in society. The horror,” wrote outstanding tweeter and Vox journalist Aaron Rupar. 

“You needed him to sink into poverty?” tweeted one other Biden fan.

The frenzy to defend Biden and Blinken then provoked a backlash in its personal proper, as different commenters complained about what they noticed as a disregard for corruption motivated by partisan sentiment. One known as on the “vitriol directed at journalists” merely for criticizing or highlighting info a few Democratic politician.

“Wouldn’t have Trump [in office] with out folks like Aaron making excuses for each Democratic failure,” progressive pundit Briahna Pleasure Grey replied to Rupar.

Some commenters have been instantly delay by the Blinken report, calling his employment historical past “sickening stuff,” dreading company cozy “swamp” that the longer term Biden administration might be.

Regardless of that, there have been those that appeared utterly unbothered by Blinken’s profession shift, calling it “good ole capitalism”.

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