Thread by @chrisgeidner

The Senate voted for Rahm after 1 in the morning on a Saturday. Only three Democrats — Merkley, Markey, and Warren — voted against Rahm, who covered up the police killing of Laquan McDonald.

https://twitter.com/andrewsolender/status/1472095928081256450

I mean, technically speaking, some Dems forced some Republicans to support his nomination to get him confirmed, but, yeah, a whole lotta Dems out there — @SenBooker? — who were big on police reform last year nonetheless just voted to confirm Rahm to end this year.

I highlight Booker because he was literally the lead sponsor of the Justice in Policing Act of 2020: congress.gov/bill/116th-con…

Here was my column on this from back in August: msnbc.com/opinion/rahm-e…