Dems ready to advance Biden nominee that Republicans accuse of promoting critical race theory

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer. D-N.Y., filed cloture on President Biden’s nomination of Kiran Ahuja to be the director of the Office of Personnel Management, a procedural step that will likely set up a confirmation vote next week for the nominee Republicans accuse of espousing critical race theory.

Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., has led efforts to try to stop Ahuja’s nomination to what had essentially been the federal government’s human resources department. He led a group of Republican senators who put a hold on her nomination earlier this month, delaying action on her nomination.

“Senator Hawley has a hold on Kiran Ahuja’s nomination because of her history promoting radical critical race theorists,” Hawley’s office said at the time. “These associations merit real scrutiny, especially in light of Ms. Ahuja’s nomination to a role that would allow her to reinstate race-based training sessions throughout the entire federal government.”..

(Excerpts from Fox News)