[DoughtyOne]

Good old Mitch, the guy everyone has been praising for two years, has prevented Trump from making recess appointments.

This is related to that, as I understand it.

I don’t know if Trump has the power to name Whitaker the temporary A. G. or not, until one is nominated and appointed.

Mitch wants total control. He wants to screw Trump, show him who is boss.

Never-mind the nation is paying for it.

[MrEdd]

The whitehouse got clarification on thet point specifically before the appointment in question was made.

[Hostage]

Vacancy Reform Act covers POTUS’s choice of Whittaker as ‘Acting’ AG.

Whittaker satisfies the statute fully and may serve up to 210 days.

[ripnbang]

Well, though I do agree McConell is not Trump’s friend, he is the Senate majority leader and the legislature is a co-equal branch of government. He does not take direction from Trump, though I do support Trump appointing/nominating whoever he wants to cabinet positions for Senate confirmation.

[mrsmith]

“Mitch wants total control. He wants to screw Trump, show him who is boss.”

We’ll see in a month when it’s time for the Senate to adjourn sine die.
If he lets the Dems prevent that to block appointments there’ll be no way to hide Mitch’s duplicity.

[Jim Noble]

Mitch wants total control. He wants to screw Trump, show him who is boss

He wants to defend the swamp, more than showing Trump who is boss.

I don't mean, defend it for being great, or "make the swamp great again". I'm sure McConnell knows that on some level, the swamp is indefensible.

But it's natural to get your back up when an outsider shows up and announces that he wants to burn the place where you've spent your adult life to the ground.

The "swamp" is how things get done. The Congress is an illusion, the swamp is real.

McConnell probably feels, "yeah the swamp is bad, but it's OUR swamp", or something like that.