Three Senate Dems Now Oppose Biden Judicial Nominee Over Radical Ties

Sen. Jacky Rosen (D., Nev.) on Wednesday became the third Democrat in the Senate to come out against Adeel Mangi, President Joe Biden’s controversial nominee to serve as a federal appeals court judge. 

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Rosen joined Sens. Catherine Cortez Masto (D., Nev.) and Joe Manchin (D., W.Va.) in opposing Mangi, a Muslim-American lawyer and nominee to the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, according to NBC News. Mangi is seeking the Senate’s confirmation but has faced pushback in recent months from Senate Republicans due to his affiliation with anti-cop and anti-Israel groups.  

"Given the concerns I’ve heard from law enforcement in Nevada, I am not planning to vote to confirm this nominee," Rosen said in a statement Wednesday.

Ed Morrissey

The White House is still pushing Mangi and accusing Republicans of "Islamophobia" for their opposition, but the three defections make it difficult to sustain that strategy. It's not just Islamist ties that are creating problems for Mangi, either. He's on the board of Alliance of Families for Justice, a radical group that sponsors a fellowship in the name of domestic terrorist Kathy Boudin. That drew Cortez-Masto's denunciation. 

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