Senate GOP leader joins calls for Biden USBLM nominee to withdraw

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is joining a chorus of Republicans calling on the White House to withdraw President Biden’s pick to lead the Bureau of Land Management over a decades-old tree spiking incident.

Tracy Stone-Manning’s nomination has drawn GOP scrutiny because of a letter she sent in 1989 threatening tree spiking. She has denied further involvement.

https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/563420-mcconnell-calls-for-withdrawal-of-biden-public-lands-nominee

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