... While 10 Republican senators voted for Lynchs final confirmation,
it was the cloture votewhich had a 60-vote thresholdwhere Senate GOP leadership could have stopped Lynch
if they wanted to.
A whopping 66 senators voted for cloture,
which means 20 Republicans technically voted for Lynchs nomination
and by extension, for President Obamas executive amnesty in doing so.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell personally whipped votes for Lynchs nomination, and for the cloture vote, according to a report from The Hills Alex Bolton. ...