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3. Hispanic caucus expresses frustration to Biden team with how Michelle Lujan Grisham has been treated
Fri Dec 4, 2020, 09:46 AM
Dec 2020

The CHC talks about hurt. Their California suggestions make me hurt.
Does Gov. Lujan Grisham really feel hurt?
I don't get it.

Washington (CNN)

Members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus expressed frustration in a meeting with leaders of President-elect Joe Biden's transition team on Thursday with how they believe New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has been treated in the Cabinet selection process.

They took particular issue with what they say were leaks from the transition team about Lujan Grisham turning down a Cabinet position to lead the Department of Interior, saying that the leaks had the effect of being embarrassing for the governor.

Members of the caucus have been pushing Biden to name Lujan Grisham, the first Democratic Latina to be elected governor in the United States, as his nominee for Health and Human Services secretary. The push is part of a broader effort to pressure Biden to name multiple Latino or Latina nominees to top posts in his administration. The group also wants California Attorney General Xavier Becerra or Democratic National Committee Chair Tom Perez to serve as US attorney general.
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