Debo P. Adegbile was nominated by Obama to lead the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division.
Posted on 03/05/2014 10:40:30 AM PST by Nachum
Debo P. Adegbile was nominated by Obama to lead the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division.
The US Senate filibustered President Obama’s pick to lead the Justice Department’s civil rights division. Seven Democrats joined Republicans in arguing against Debo P. Adegbile.
The Washington Times reported:
The Senate filibustered President Obama’s nominee to lead the Justice Department’s civil rights division, with seven Democrats joining Republicans Wednesday in arguing his past history defending a convicted cop-killer made him the wrong man for the job.
The defeat of Debo P. Adegbile, who as a lawyer for the NAACP filed a brief arguing that former Black Panther Mumia Abu-Jamal’s murder trial was tainted by racism, is a major blow to Mr. Obama. It comes even after Democrats changed the rules last year to overcome filibusters with just 50 votes — but on Wednesday Majority Leader Harry Reid couldn’t even muster all of his own troops.
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I got this far before I knew they made the right decision.
“”””The defeat of Debo P. Adegbile, who as a lawyer for the NAACP “”””””
HA! buh-bye radical
“US Senate Blocks Cop-Killer Apologist From DOJ Post… Reid Cries Racism!”
A G A I N?!
Well, that’s some good news today, isn’t it.
Glad to hear someone had some stones.
Poor Wesley Cook.
As jojo biden would say: “One word. Evil Koch brothers.” According to hairy reid-iculous, all that is wrong with this country are people like that who want the rule of law followed. HUH? Delusional? You betcha.
Thanks to Ted Cruz and others for this defeat.
How about "LAWYER and ADVOCATE"!
Ted Cruz brilliantly pitted Obama against all the cops in the United States and their Unions.
Did we win something for once? Really?
what’s in it for Harry Reid ???
“Ted Cruz brilliantly pitted Obama against all the cops in the United States and their Unions.”
He knows when to do the most damage. This is the FIRST defeat of one of Obama’s radical nominees, not failure to get cloture, for that is no more, but actual defeat!
This is the other side of the coin of the Nuclear Option that Harry Reid triggered. For senators can no longer hide behind cloture to defeat these nominees, they actually have to vote yes or no. And this guy was a bridge too far.
Exactly what race is that guy, anyway?
Perhaps Obama promised to take Harry to "Man's Country" the next time Harry's in Chicago.
Good news!! We have enough marxist a-holes in this administration we didnt need another one..and as far as Reid goes, I’m surprised he doesn’t declare poop racist
I am glad to see that the Senate Minority Leader joined the acting Minority Leader, the junior Senator from Texas, to oppose this nomination!
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