BIDEN TRANSITION OFFICIAL ASKS PROGRESSIVES TO WAIT 'BEFORE PASSING JUDGEMENT'The two retweeted a post in which Jones accused Emanuel of covering up Laquan McDonald's murder. "Giving Rahm Emanuel a cabinet position would threaten that vital work," he added, alongside a link to an online petition opposing Emanuel's appointment. Emanuel's brother Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel has already joined Biden's transition team. Amid what appeared to be a deepening rift within the party, Biden transition official Jen Psaki seemed to make an effort at assuaging progressives' fears. Picking Emanuel, she said, would signal "a hostile approach to the grass-roots and the progressive wing of the party.”She added that she didn't "envy the Biden team.

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