Rahm Emanuel emerges as thorny candidate for Biden transportation post

Rahm Emanuel, the former Chicago mayor, Illinois congressman and Obama White House chief of staff, is being strongly considered to run Joe Biden’s Department of Transportation, according to reports.

Emanuel’s infrastructure chops include the development of a $2.3 billion railway extension project in Chicago and the renewal of the city’s two aging airports during his eight years as mayor.

But his office’s decision to suppress dashcam footage of the murder of a black teen at the hands of police in 2014 has made him a divisive figure even in his own party, with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) speaking out against his potential appointment, calling it “shameful.”