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Flake Holds Up Judicial Nominee, Won’t Say Why
rollcall.com ^
| 6/19/18
| Todd Ruger and Niels Lesniewski
Posted on 06/19/2018 3:54:45 PM PDT by cotton1706
Arizona Republican Jeff Flake halted an appeals court nominee last week and he’s not publicly saying why, a behind-the-scenes move that takes aim at one of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s top priorities this year. The Senate Judiciary Committee scuttled a planned vote June 14 on the nomination of Britt Grant, a pick from Georgia for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit. Flake’s hold throws a cog in what has been the Senate GOP’s smoothly operating judicial confirmation machine. “Oh, it’s just something I’m working out,” Flake said Tuesday, without offering any more details. The typically media-friendly senator did say his reason didn’t have anything to do with Grant herself.
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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: draintheswamp; elections; jeffflake; nevertrumper; rumpranger
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This is the same thing Mitt Romney will be doing come January, so let's hope he's defeated in his primary next week!
To: cotton1706
He’s a deep state sellout is why.
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posted on
06/19/2018 3:55:58 PM PDT
by
bcr100
(Its)
To: cotton1706
Spite - against the will of the people.
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posted on
06/19/2018 3:56:42 PM PDT
by
donna
(Maricopa County, AZ: 22 percent of felons are illegal aliens)
To: cotton1706
Is he hoping for a bribe?
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posted on
06/19/2018 3:56:43 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: cotton1706
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posted on
06/19/2018 4:00:24 PM PDT
by
rfp1234
(I have already previewed this composition.)
To: cotton1706
Well, if Mister Flake wanted to PROVE that his deeply seated sympathies lie with the Dems/progressives/left, he's doing a great job.
He's a bit like McCain in this respect, except without the tact and charm.
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posted on
06/19/2018 4:01:30 PM PDT
by
Seaplaner
(Never give in. Never give in. Never...excepto for convictions of honour and good sense. W. Churchill)
To: cotton1706
He’s waiting for the check to clear.
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posted on
06/19/2018 4:04:02 PM PDT
by
Lurkina.n.Learnin
(Wisdom and education are different things. Don't confuse them.)
To: cotton1706
Probably because McCain told him to.
To: cotton1706
Obviously to get Trump to buckle on Amnesty.
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posted on
06/19/2018 4:05:48 PM PDT
by
BobL
(I drive a pick up truck because it makes me feel like a man)
To: cotton1706
Because he is a dick, Jim.
To: cotton1706
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posted on
06/19/2018 4:06:47 PM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(01/26/18 DJIA 30 stocks $26,616.71 48.794% > open 11/07/16 215.71 from 50% increase 1.2183 yrs..)
To: cotton1706
Because he is a deeply compromised ass.
To: cotton1706
Jeff Flake (POS) and (RINO)
To: cotton1706
It's his time of the month.
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posted on
06/19/2018 4:16:53 PM PDT
by
NobleFree
("law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual")
To: cotton1706
one of the most-appropriately named political idiots to have come along in YEARS! (although, As*hole would be an even more appropriate name for him...my Lord what an embarrassment for Arizona to have this jerk AND McShame, too!?) Creepers!
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posted on
06/19/2018 4:24:22 PM PDT
by
faithhopecharity
("Politicans aren't born, they're excreted." -Marcus Tillius Cicero (3 BCE))
To: cotton1706
Because he’s a sanctioned prig.
Let’s hope Mittens loses his primary
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posted on
06/19/2018 4:26:18 PM PDT
by
Nifster
(I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
To: cotton1706
senator did say his reason didn’t have anything to do with Grant herself.Flake is a Trump hating POS and can't be gone soon enough.
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posted on
06/19/2018 4:26:25 PM PDT
by
jazusamo
(Have YOU Donated to Keep Free Republic Up and Running?)
To: Parley Baer
Has anyone actually seen McShamey. Or ga Cindy become thiscentury’s Edith Wilson?
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posted on
06/19/2018 4:28:52 PM PDT
by
Nifster
(I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
To: cotton1706
It is because he is a [really inappropriate word censored].
To: Architect of Avalon
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posted on
06/19/2018 4:32:25 PM PDT
by
BigEdLB
(BigEdLB, Russian BOT, At your service)
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