Miss Me Yet??
Posted on 03/13/2015 7:34:49 PM PDT by Jim Robinson
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell doesn’t have to bring U.S. Attorney Loretta Lynch, President Barack Obama’s nominee to serve as the next Attorney General of the United States, up on the Senate floor for a vote next week—or ever—if he doesn’t want her confirmed. But he’s doing it anyway, even though just four Senate Republicans have said they’ll vote for her—and even their support for her is questionable at this point.
McConnell’s office has struggled to defend the Majority Leader’s decision—which flies in the face of a pre-election promise to not allow any attorney general nominee who supports Obama’s executive amnesty.
McConnell’s spokesman Don Stewart repeatedly refused to answer when Breitbart News asked him why the leader plans to bring Lynch’s nomination up for a floor vote next week. He also refused to state whether McConnell himself—even though he’s bringing up Lynch for a vote—will personally vote for Lynch, something that would be a direct violation of the pre-election promise McConnell made to voters.
“He’ll speak on her next week—assuming Dems end their filibuster of the anti-trafficking bill,” Stewart said, refusing to answer where the Majority Leader himself stands and why he’s even bringing her up for a vote when he doesn’t have to. “McConnell is the leader of a majority in the Senate,” Daniel Horowitz, the Conservative Review’s senior editor, told Breitbart News.
"He could easily refuse to bring Lynch up for confirmation and actually stand for conservative values. However, McConnell always likes taking the path of least resistance. In this case, simply allowing Lynch to come for a vote, but personally opposing her, allows him to win the best of both worlds: avoid any confrontation with Obama but preserve his conservative bona fides."
McConnell could also undo the so-called “nuclear option”...
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
I’m beginning to think this guy is even worse than Boner.
We have been completely abandoned by our elected leaders. Why bother to even vote?
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Miss Me Yet??
Maybe McConnell’s double dealing will catch up to him and the other RINOS that vote for Lynch, especially next time they run for office.
Stand by the Dems
A decision to move her nomination to the floor is an unqualified endorsement.
Why do we keep this communists liberal McConnell. Between this fool and Bonehead we are lost.
“They” never let anyone rise to power without having a large blackmail portfolio on them.
Just ask Senator Menendez.
Elections have no meaning for republican voters. 90% lie in their district, then vote liberal. Levin’s Article 5 may be the only hope for our Republic.
They should have voted for Matt in the primary. Failing that they should have voted for Grimes. She would have done less damage.
McConnell and Boner need to go.
The chick already has testified that she will defiantly ignore certain laws and the letter as well as the Spirit of the Constitution.This is right up McConnell’s alley as he will gladly position her to become the next AG.
“We have been completely abandoned by our elected leaders. Why bother to even vote?”
Agree. I am done with Repubs and await their replacement.
So are the Kentuckians worse than the Ohioans?
I don't think it will: we have seen how uninformed are Republican primary voters as recently as 2014.
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