Biden Taps Senior Aide Who Quit Obama Admin After Praising Chinese Communist Dictator

President Barack Obama walks with Senior White House Advisor Anita Dunn to debate preparation at the Kingsmill Resort in Williamsburg, Va., on Oct. 16, 2012. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images

President-elect Joe Biden on Friday named a senior advisor for his incoming administration who had resigned from the Obama White House in 2009 after a clip surfaced showing her praising Chinese communist dictator Mao Zedong.

Anita Dunn resigned from her post as the White House communications director in 2009 after Fox News surfaced a clip of her praising Mao as one of her “favorite political philosophers.”