Joe Biden has chosen to nominate Xavier Becerra, the Democratic attorney general for California, to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, according to multiple reports on Sunday.
If confirmed, Becerra, 62, would be the first Latino to head the department, which will play an important role in responding to the coronavirus pandemic, which has hit the United States harder than any other country.
Biden’s tapping of Becerra, which was first reported by The New York Times, was confirmed by unnamed sources to multiple news outlets, including The Washington Post and CNN.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom congratulated his attorney general on Twitter, saying Becerra will continue to make Golden State proud from Washington, D.C.
“You’ve spent your entire career fighting for equality and justice,” Newsom said. “Now, you’ll help lead our nation toward quality, affordable healthcare for ALL.”
Becerra, who was a congressman for 24 years, was tapped to be the California attorney general in 2017, taking over for Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, who was elected to the United States Senate.
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He has fought for numerous health care-related causes during his time as the attorney general and has led a coalition of states seeking to protect the landmark ACA healthcare bill from being repealed or weakened.
He has also been behind scores of lawsuits filed against the Trump administration over issues such as LGBTQ healthcare rollbacks, student visa restrictions amid the pandemic and a slew of others.
Larry Levitt, the executive vice president for health policy at the Kaiser Family Foundation, said in picking Becerra, Biden has chosen “perhaps the biggest thorn in President Trump’s side on the ACA, reproductive health and immigrant rights.”
“If confirmed, he will have an opportunity to overturn much of what Trump has done,” he said via Twitter.
We’re supporting Mississippi’s last abortion clinic in its fight against the State’s near-total abortion ban, which outlaws abortions after 6 weeks and criminalizes providers.
This is yet another attempt to trample and undermine #ReproRights. https://t.co/8WIPr56r4f
— Attorney General Becerra (@AGBecerra) October 4, 2019
Xavier Becerra spent his career attacking pro-life Americans and tried to force crisis pregnancy centers to advertise abortions.
He’s been a disaster in California and he is unqualified to lead HHS.
I’ll be voting no, and Becerra should be rejected by the Senate. https://t.co/mEvpMrqPeH
— Tom Cotton (@SenTomCotton) December 7, 2020
Congressional Hispanic Caucus Chairman Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-Texas, they are “proud” Becerra, the son of Mexican immigrants, will be nominated to head the Health and Human Services Department, calling him “a dedicated public servant.”
“Becerra has lived the American Dream and he is a champion for working families, which we saw firsthand during his tenure as a leader in Congress,” Castro said in a statement, encouraging the incoming Biden administration to select five people of Latin heritage to his cabinet.
The news follows Biden last month announcing a slate of Cabinet nominees that include Alejandro Mayorkas to be the first Latino nominated to head the Department of Homeland Security and Janet Yellen to be the first woman to serve as Treasury secretary.
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Because Becerra is a “Latino”, that will play an important role in fighting covid? Oh, if someone is of a certain ethnic group, that will help fight covid? I know, with that kind of logic, the people on the left could pass a kindergarten math test.
IT shouldn’t matter, what ethnicity one is. BUT THESE DAYS< ethnicity, Gender etc ARE ALL THAT Matter, to whether the left, appoints you to a position of power.. NOT REQUIREMENTS.
“The Fetus will never beat us” is the battle cry of these Children of the lesser god. Would that we could similarly abort THEM from office as easily as the Democrats put them into power over our children’s minds and lives, even before their heads hit the birthing table, blessed with about $90,000 of their share of the Liberal produced national debt,,,,that is if they survive the “Family Planning of these democrat demons which soon destroys the very child that defines what a real family is.
This guy is a dedicated public servant, like Lucrecia Borgia was a dedicated wife and health food cook. If they are short on Mexican or Latino nomination quota’s how about a good practicing moral Christian that knows how to cook real Tex-Mex food without the political customary tainted fruit of the Democrat vine.
More like the new battle cry for these demons… Kill them all… let our lord Satan sort them out!
Hasn’t that ALWAYS been their battle cry?!
He plans to jail those who are against abortion. The communist ideology is in full swing now. As I said, one of the Communist Rules for a Revolution is “Seize Power As Quickly and Ruthlessly As Possible.” The Democrat/Communist party chose Joe “demented” Biden to name these Communists to powerful positions, then Biden will develop the disease he was talking about and Kamala will take over from there with the “ain’t it awful club” speaking about how tragic it was “Uncle Joe” couldn’t finish out his term of office. They will have the executive, legislative and judicial branches of government in place when they start stacking the Supreme Court. I could be wrong and sincerely pray that I am on this, but it appears to be the way it is headed.
Lock and load.. Keep your powder dry!
DONE!!!!!! and Ready. When you target shoot and practice …use a blue helmet for a target. If these demons get in.. that’s what we will be up against.
This bird is a real joke out here in California, a useless do nothing! The only reason he got a job with bidet was because the ho pressed for him. Thanks for getting the ho and this clown out of california. They are both slackers who we do not want back!
Becerra has been a complete disaster as Kalifornia AG. He has been a total advocate for anti-gun legislation and regulations beyond what the law says. He has successfully managed to stop every one of the several recall petitions against Governor Gruesome. He has also created confusion of the voters by titling Ballot Propositions in a manner that makes it seem to be the opposite of what the Proposition actually is, even losing a court decision over a misleading title. He and the current governor obviously use the same barber, and the same brand of hair gel!
That’s probably WHY BIDEN want’s him…
A LAWYER in charge of our Health Care??? You’re F-ing kidding me!
slojoe hasn’t picked ANYONE. His handlers are doing the picking. slojoe probably doesn’t even know who this guy is. slojoe can’t even tell his wife from his sister.