Senate moves to confirm Kiran Ahuja, nominee with critical race theory ties, to run federal personnel office
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The Senate on Tuesday voted to advance the nomination of Kiran Ahuja to be the director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) by a 50-50 party-line vote, setting up a final confirmation vote later today that will likely succeed.
Republicans were staunchly opposed to Ahuja's nomination, citing her ties to critical race theory through her nonprofit organization Philanthropy Northwest. Notably, Ahuja hosted critical race theory and anti-racism activist Ibram X. Kendi for an event with Philanthropy Northwest. Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., is one of the Republicans most fervently opposed to Ahuja's confirmation. He lambasted Ahuja and critical race theory in a floor speech Tuesday, warning that she could bring use her post as essentially the head human resources officer for the federal government to promote critical race theory. "They think that all Americans are either oppressors or oppressed," Hawley said of those who subscribe to critical race theory. "In our world-class military, these critics see a vehicle for discrimination… They pit whiteness and blackness against each other in a manner that reduces every American no matter their character or their creed to their racial identity alone."More Related News