Gigi Sohn, nominated by President Joe Biden to be a commissioner for the Federal Communications Commission, has withdrawn her nomination after 16 months of stonewalling by nihilist Republican Senators and “unrelenting, dishonest and cruel attacks” by industry lobbyists who opposed her nomination.
“It is a sad day for our country and our democracy when dominant industries, with assistance from unlimited dark money, get to choose their regulators,” Sohn said in a statement shared exclusively with The Washington Post. “And with the help of their friends in the Senate, the powerful cable and media companies have done just that.”