and gross attacks. guess what? it worked. she formally withdrew her nomination yesterday. rejected from public service of the karma being born in a country that does not even exist anymore. it would not be the first time a qualified nominee was denied a job in the government for reasons as such. i keep thinking of, one a woman named cassandra. she was president barack obama's nominee to service invested or to the bahamas. in fact, she works in the white house. i knew her biden. she is a qualified public servant. with decades of working government for nonprofits under her belt. but republican senator, tom cotton, of arkansas, blocked her nomination for 835 days. and i don't think it was because she was uncontroversial or -- but because she was an old friend. she later told a reporter that senator compton told her quote,