Angela Rye on Biden’s Cabinet Picks: ‘Your Electorate Was More Diverse than the Country’

BOLDUAN Joining me right ░░░░░░░░ is Angela Rye CNN ░░░░░░░░ commentator former executive director ░░░░░░░░ the Congressional Black Caucus ░░░░░░░░ is great to see ░░░░░░░░ It has been way ░░░░░░░░ long We only say ░░░░░░░░ to each other in ░░░░░░░░ and on Instagram these ░░░░░░░░ which is so it ░░░░░░░░ getting old RYE It ░░░░░░░░ BOLDUAN I spoke to ░░░░░░░░ Johnson the president of ░░░░░░░░ NAACP yesterday about this ░░░░░░░░ said that yes he ░░░░░░░░ concerned about the makeup ░░░░░░░░ the cabinet but what ░░░░░░░░ s really about for ░░░░░░░░ he says is about ░░░░░░░░ rights being at the ░░░░░░░░ of the administration s ░░░░░░░░ What did you think ░░░░░░░░ how Biden is answering ░░░░░░░░ question right now RYE ░░░░░░░░ I think that you ░░░░░░░░ the answer is not ░░░░░░░░ important as the action ░░░░░░░░ So what we have ░░░░░░░░ throughout this process Kate ░░░░░░░░ we look at the ░░░░░░░░ agency review teams there ░░░░░░░░ nobody from an HBCU ░░░░░░░░ the agency review teams ░░░░░░░░ s no civil rights ░░░░░░░░ no civil rights organizer ░░░░░░░░ any of the agency ░░░░░░░░ teams I think hence ░░░░░░░░ Derrick Johnson s concerns ░░░░░░░░ think the other thing ░░░░░░░░ we have to pay ░░░░░░░░ to is they have ░░░░░░░░ buckets that they ve ░░░░░░░░ things there s climate ░░░░░░░░ s Covid there s ░░░░░░░░ and the economy what ░░░░░░░░ path forward is for ░░░░░░░░ country in that regard ░░░░░░░░ there s racial justice ░░░░░░░░ made significant inroads on ░░░░░░░░ of those things except ░░░░░░░░ when you start talking ░░░░░░░░ racial justice I appreciate ░░░░░░░░ fact that Joe Biden ░░░░░░░░ expanded what the cabinet ░░░░░░░░ look like We know ░░░░░░░░ Rouse who is a ░░░░░░░░ woman and will be ░░░░░░░░ chair for the Council ░░░░░░░░ Economic Advisers will be ░░░░░░░░ level We know that ░░░░░░░░ Thomas Greenfield will be ░░░░░░░░ ambassador to the U ░░░░░░░░ However when you start ░░░░░░░░ about some of those ░░░░░░░░ cabinet posts people are ░░░░░░░░ a little afraid because ░░░░░░░░ know what the makeup ░░░░░░░░ the transition agency review ░░░░░░░░ has been and we ░░░░░░░░ understand that when they ░░░░░░░░ out their senior level ░░░░░░░░ for the White House ░░░░░░░░ were a lot of ░░░░░░░░ men And so I ░░░░░░░░ that Joe Biden wants ░░░░░░░░ cabinet to reflect the ░░░░░░░░ of America but I ░░░░░░░░ actually challenge him and ░░░░░░░░ the cabinet needs to ░░░░░░░░ the face of your ░░░░░░░░ Your electorate was more ░░░░░░░░ than the country Your ░░░░░░░░ in the primary and ░░░░░░░░ the general was overwhelmingly ░░░░░░░░ women and black men ░░░░░░░░ I want to hear ░░░░░░░░ the attorney general I ░░░░░░░░ to hear about Marcia ░░░░░░░░ becoming the agriculture secretary ░░░░░░░░ m happy to hear ░░░░░░░░ Keisha Lance Bottoms potentially ░░░░░░░░ the SBA but we ░░░░░░░░ to hear a lot ░░░░░░░░ of these positions and ░░░░░░░░ soon.”