Eric Garcetti de facto Mayor of Los Angeles was expected to attend Christmas celebrations in India, as the United States Ambassador. Garcetti’s nomination was teased in May, and officially announced back in July. Garcetti will compete with New York Mayor Bill de BlasioBolsheviks and Chicago Mayor Lori LightfootLos Angeles may throw a parade whenever Lightbrained leaves the U.S. as he is deemed a worse mayor of big cities.
RedState also covered the sexual harassment allegations that Garcetti’s security detail Officer Matthew Garza is suing Garcetti’s former Advisor Rick Jacobs and the City of Los Angeles over. Naomi Seligman (ex-Garcetti communications director) testified that Garcetti knew about Jacobs’ behavior but repeatedly ignored it and covered up for it. According to the Los Angeles Daily News, in July, Seligman’s attorney submitted a letter to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and the letter was posited as something that could blow up the Garcetti nomination. The October meeting was The New York Times reported that Senator Ted Cruz was also part of the nomination hold up, obstructing Dementia Joe Biden’s State Department nominees in order to get sanctions in place on the Russian NordStream 2 pipeline.
While Mr. Cruz cannot entirely block Mr. Biden’s State Department nominees, he has greatly slowed the process by objecting to the Senate’s traditional practice of confirming uncontroversial nominees by “unanimous consent.” His tactic means that each nominee requires hours of Senate floor time while other major priorities, including President Biden’s domestic spending agenda, compete for attention.
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Mr. Cruz and his allies insist he is taking a principled stand on Nord Stream 2, a gas pipeline project from Russia to Germany that has long been an issue of high interest for him.
Only two days are left until Christmas. Garcetti looks like he has only coal in the stocking. Just last week were the Senate confirmation hearings that began, exactly six months since his announcement.
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Eric Garcetti of Los Angeles appeared before a Congressional panel on Tuesday, to inquire about his India Ambassadorship nomination.
Garcetti had been waiting for the hearings to begin since late May, when he was first rumored to have been President Joe Biden’s choice for ambassador. While his nomination was then made official in July, Garcetti’s nomination, as well as many other Ambassador nominations, have been delayed due to sudden emergencies in the Biden administration, as well as Senate Republicans, led by Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX), protesting the Biden administrations national security and foreign policy stances.
Mayor Garcetti has had to deal with multiple problems since 2013 and is now in danger of losing his nomination for Ambassadorship.
Los Angeles’ rampant homelessness and crime problems, as well as Garcetti’s knowledge of Jacobs sexual peccadillos are just a fraction of these issues. Doug McIntyre wrote this in the Long Beach Press Telegram
Those of us who live in L.A. have additional concerns: Did the mayor also not witness the corruption that’s rampant in the city he runs? Garcetti has been involved with the City Council for almost 20 years. He served six years as the president and twelve years as a council member.
A complex scheme of corruption, kickbacks, and extortion led to the bribery and other felonies committed by the Department of Water and Power’s head. He pleaded guilty on Tuesday. Garcetti appointed David Wright, General Manager of the DWP to admit that he had been David wrong.
David Alexander, the chief information officer at that time, told courts that he was guilty of corrupting as well. Meanwhile the taxpayers are on the hook for millions, not counting the huge cost of fixing the DWP’s billing debacle that gouged its customers.
Garcetti brought with him his father Gil Garcetti (ex-Los Angeles District Attorney) and his mother to the hearing for moral support or some other purpose. Eric Garcetti danced while Alex Padilla, a senator from Affirmative action (D-Stooge), gave him an enthusiastic endorsement of lying. But between Cruz’s political block and Garcetti’s tortured record, there are no guarantees that his nomination will be confirmed before the end of the year.
It couldn’t have happened to a nicer politician.
It’s unclear just when the nomination would advance to the full Senate during these complex days in Washington. Members of the committee expressed disappointment that the process wasn’t moving forward. Senators and Garcetti both emphasized the significance of the post of Envoy to India. This is a crucial U.S. ally in these fragile times.
“Few nations are more vital to the future of American security and prosperity than India,” Garcetti told the committee.
Unlike former Chicago Mayor and Obama White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emmanuel, Garcetti was not among the 30 other nominees who got confirmed in last weekend’s marathon final Senate session of the year. A nominee who isn’t confirmed prior to January 1, 2022 will have the whole nomination process reopened from scratch. The Foreign Relations Committee seems to consider Japan less important for national interest than India.
Garcetti’s nomination is essentially toast.
Garcetti continues to hold on despite this because he wants to escape from dodge. As his former cronies Mitch Englander and Jose Huizar from Garcetti’s Los Angeles City Council days are now on the hook for their crimes, Garcetti is doing his utmost to avoid being snared by his. It would be a great solution to reside 8,000 miles away in an area where only the President can call you back.
Let’s hope his multitudinous crimes catch up with him before that can happen.
And in line with that possibility, a YouTube podcast called “America’s Untold Stories” explores this concept of crime avoidance through presidential appointment. They contrast Eric Garcetti’s political career with a story from the late 1940s involving New York Mayor William O’Dwyer and President Harry S. Truman. Strangely, it is reminiscent of the past and more prescient.
In less than one hour, this fascinating podcast hosts Eric Hunley & Mark Groubert. On the weekend of Christmas, you might even find some Los Angeles and New York history that you can share with your guests.
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