In a state-run media article, a key word or two, included or oddly absent, is what points to the real story. The rest is camouflage.
The real story is an answer to the question, "Since this is a Democratic appointment, what kind of corruption is being evinced here--installing a visionary saboteur with vast contacts and credentials, or rewarding a time-server?" In this case, the answer appears to be "time-server."
I had the exact same suspicions - nowdays they prove right 90% of the time. And now with BLM terrorizing whites into appeasement, “affirmative action” will be on steroids as our country sinks into third world status.