A Terrible Decision’: Progressives Denounce Biden Pick of ‘Mr. Monsanto’ Tom Vilsack as Ag Secretary
(From Common Dreams)
President-elect Joe Biden’s reported decision to nominate Tom Vilsack to lead the U.S. Department of Agriculture was met with immediate backlash from progressives, who argued the former Iowa governor’s industry-friendly record as Obama’s USDA chief should have disqualified him from returning to the role.
A coalition of environmental organizations and sustainable farming advocates had urged Biden to choose Rep. Marcia Fudge (D-Ohio) to head the Agriculture Department, but the president-elect opted instead to nominate Fudge as his secretary of housing and urban development.
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