Biden withdraws nomination of Neera Tanden, Democratic heavyweight, scalded by her Twitter conduct Biden withdraws nomination of Neera Tanden, Democratic heavyweight, scalded by her Twitter conduct Ishani Duttagupta | TIMESOFINDIA.COM | Updated: Mar 3, 2021, 20:54 IST Tanden deleted hundreds of tweets, many of which were critical of Republicans. AP photo President Joe Biden was forced on Tuesday to withdraw the nomination for Neera Tanden for director of the office of management and budget. Despite initially standing by Tanden, 50, a Democratic Party heavyweight, the President had to push back after several senators, both Republican and Democrat, indicated that they would not vote for her because of several of her tweets in the past where she had acrimoniously attacked lawmakers on both sides of the aisle.