President Joe Biden’s nominee to be the next U.S. archivist defended on Sept. 21 denigrating Republican presidents and asserted she can be nonpartisan if confirmed by the Senate.
Colleen Shogan, the head of the White House Historical Association who was an aide for former Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.), was confronted by Sens. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) and Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) about her writings and social media posts during a confirmation hearing in Washington.
In an article titled “Anti-Intellectualism in the Modern Presidency: A Republican Populism,” Shogan wrote that former President Ronald Reagan had “less than impressive intellectual capabilities” and “it is widely accepted that George W. Bush was less intelligent than his challenger, Al Gore.”…