AOC demands Senate reject Biden's 'shameful' nomination of ex-Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel as ambassador to Japan because he helped 'cover up' the cop murder of 16-year-old Laquan McDonald
Biden nominated Emanuel to be Ambassador Japan, making the announcements on a Friday last month Liberal Democrats have pointed to his handling of the shooting of McDonald by a white police officer Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke was convicted of second-degree murder in the shooting Ocasio-Cortez issued a statement accusing him of a 'cover up' of the murder She said it should be 'disqualifying' The Japan ambassadorship is a key diplomatic post By Geoff Earle, Deputy U.S. Political Editor For Dailymail.com
Published: 15:47 BST, 1 September 2021 | Updated: 15:51 BST, 1 September 2021
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez issued a blistering statement Wednesday trashing President Biden's nomination of former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel to serve as ambassador to Japan.
The left-wing House Democrat called the nomination 'deeply shameful,' due to Emanuel's role in a 'cover up' of video fo the 2014 police shooting of Chicago teen Laquan McDonald, she wrote.
House members have no role in ambassadorial nominations, although her withering statement turns up the temperature on the confirmation process in the 50-50 Senate.
'This nomination is deeply shameful. As mayor of Chicago, Rahm Emanuel helped cover up the murder of Laquan McDonald - a mere teenager when he was shot 16 times in the back by a Chicago Police Officer,' she said in a statement she posted on Twitter and released through her office.
Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) blasted President Joe Biden's nomination of former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel as ambassador to Japan, calling it 'deeply shameful'
'This alone should
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