White House to withdraw nomination of David Chipman to head up Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms bureau

The White House will withdraw its nomination of David Chipman to head up the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. 

The nominee, a former special agent at ATF and current gun control lobbyist, was scrutinized immediately upon his nomination for his publicly anti-firearm positions. Moderate Democrat Senators in the evenly-split chamber signaled to the Biden administration that they were not fans of the choice and it was unclear whether Chipman would have made it through a confirmation vote.

Senate Republicans universally opposed his nomination. Minority Leader Mitch McConnell described Chipman as an "anti-gun extremist." 

The White House has yet to comment on the matter.