I think the tweet is referring to political appointments. I think the tweet is implying that the position must not be extremely influential, because the most influential positions are politically appointed. (And, if this were a political appointment, we would know about it because of various disclosure requirements for those positions.)
Update: https://twitter.com/dkaushik96/status/1766108613431427445?s=20
Is Paul “supremely qualified” regarding CBRNs?
Also what’s the difference between a political and non political position?
I think the tweet is referring to political appointments. I think the tweet is implying that the position must not be extremely influential, because the most influential positions are politically appointed. (And, if this were a political appointment, we would know about it because of various disclosure requirements for those positions.)