Biden says he considered Bernie Sanders for labor secretary, but couldn't risk Senate control.
President-elect Joe Biden said on Friday that he strongly considered Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont to be his labor secretary, but both men decided against the move after Democrats captured both US Senate seats in the Georgia runoff elections, giving the party control of the upper chamber.
Sanders, who was the last major candidate against Biden in the 2020 Democratic presidential primary campaign, was a key surrogate for the president-elect in the run up to the November election.
"I did give serious consideration on nominating my friend Bernie Sanders to this position," Biden told reporters in Wilmington, Delaware. "I'm confident he could have done a fantastic job. I can think of no more passionate, devoted ally to working people in this country."
He added: "But after Tuesday's results in Georgia, giving Democratic control to the United States Senate and a tie vote, Bernie and I agreed - and as a matter of fact Bernie said - we can't put control of the Senate at risk on the outcome of a special election in Vermont."
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