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Tim Scott will oppose Trump judicial nominee’s confirmation
NYPost ^ | November 29, 2018

Posted on 11/29/2018 5:22:24 PM PST by SMGFan

South Carolina GOP Sen. Tim Scott said Thursday he would oppose the nomination of Thomas Farr to the federal bench over his links to voter suppression efforts in North Carolina targeting blacks.

Scott’s decision assures that President Trump’s nominee will not be confirmed by the Senate, where retiring Arizona Republican Sen. Jeff Flake had already said he would oppose Farr’s nomination.

Senate Republicans have a slim 51-49 majority and could not afford to lose more than one vote since all 49 Democrats oppose Trump’s pick.

In a statement explaining his decision, Scott, who is black, cited a 1991 Department of Justice memo that was leaked this week, days before the Senate was set to vote on Farr’s confirmation, South Carolina’s The State newspaper reported.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Government; US: Arizona; US: North Carolina; US: South Carolina
KEYWORDS: 1moretime; arizona; blackkk; jeffflake; jessehelms; naacp; northcarolina; primaryhim; southcarolina; sthomasfarr; thomasfarr; timscott
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To: txhurl

Trey swears up and down by this guy, almost brutha-from-anutha-mutha kinship.


21 posted on 11/29/2018 5:56:12 PM PST by txhurl (whoa)
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To: TexasGurl24

I didn’t know that Scott is a jerk.


22 posted on 11/29/2018 5:56:46 PM PST by alstewartfan ("An original thought would be such a rush. Why do they feed you a diet of man-made mush?" Al Stewart)
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To: Celtic Conservative

If Tim Scott is a “no”, in the new Congress Romney, Murkowski, Collins and Hyde-Smith will be “no” votes also.


23 posted on 11/29/2018 6:05:53 PM PST by Jim Noble (Freedom is the freedom to say that 2+2 = 4)
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To: alstewartfan

I didn’t know that Scott is a jerk.


Apparently Scott has the same low expectations of blacks that the liberal whites have and assumes the other blacks are less than full thinking human beings. He is the only smart one and the other blacks are stupid.


24 posted on 11/29/2018 6:06:15 PM PST by angry elephant (My MAGA cap is from a rally in Washingon state in May 2016)
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To: SMGFan

Um, factually incorrect. We have a 53-47 margin in the Senate.


25 posted on 11/29/2018 6:11:20 PM PST by piytar (If it was not for double standards, the Democrats and the left would have NO standards.)
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To: SMGFan

South Carolinians, kick BOTH your senators OUT. They do not represent your values!!!


26 posted on 11/29/2018 6:12:52 PM PST by Kalamata (How to interpret The Revelation: http://bibleresearchtools.com/bible-study-video-series/)
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To: SMGFan

Oops. Sorry, we will. As another Freeper stated, just delay and denominate. Game over.


27 posted on 11/29/2018 6:12:56 PM PST by piytar (If it was not for double standards, the Democrats and the left would have NO standards.)
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To: Celtic Conservative

Yes!


28 posted on 11/29/2018 6:14:25 PM PST by piytar (If it was not for double standards, the Democrats and the left would have NO standards.)
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To: Balding_Eagle
I’ll bet a Senator Roy Moore Luther Strange would have voted for him.

Better...this is what McConnell (and Trump) wanted.

29 posted on 11/29/2018 6:15:33 PM PST by mac_truck (aide toi et dieu t'aidera)
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To: piytar

Um, only nominally, now that Scott is signalling moving away from us, and God only knows what sway the Barbours hold over Smith in MS.


30 posted on 11/29/2018 6:17:59 PM PST by txhurl (whoa)
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To: Michael.SF.

Bingo


32 posted on 11/29/2018 6:25:31 PM PST by ZULU (Jeff Sessions should be tried for sedition.)
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To: txhurl

THAT is cause for concern!


33 posted on 11/29/2018 6:27:56 PM PST by ZULU (Jeff Sessions should be tried for sedition.)
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To: mac_truck

Strange wasn’t on the ballot.


34 posted on 11/29/2018 6:28:10 PM PST by Balding_Eagle ( The Great Wall of Trump ---- 100% sealing of the border. Coming soon.)
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To: SMGFan

The very few times I’ve seen Scott and heard him on the radio...well...not impressed. Seems a bit of a dullard to me. Not much original thought.


35 posted on 11/29/2018 6:29:45 PM PST by EMI_Guy ("You have to slow down to go fast." - Kenny Roberts)
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To: Arm_Bears
That's the problem. We keep kicking RINOs to the curb, but they just keep popping up in another form. Scott seemed pretty good for a while, but lately he is sounding like Rubio and others that we thought were OK but aren't.
36 posted on 11/29/2018 6:29:57 PM PST by Major Matt Mason (Any lover of big government is an enemy of freedom.)
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To: EdnaMode

I don’t understand why it would be harder for a black person to get an ID than a white person. Maybe if they are an illegal but not if they are a US citizen.

What I see here is Scott putting his skin color before his country. The wrong kind of person who should be a politician.


37 posted on 11/29/2018 6:31:06 PM PST by Boomer (The other name for "Democrat" is "Nation Killer")
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To: SMGFan

Pulling a Mia Love is no way to go through life, Scott. Noted.


38 posted on 11/29/2018 6:32:15 PM PST by WWG1WWA
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To: SMGFan

So let McTurtle hold off the senate vote until the new senate is seated in ‘19.


39 posted on 11/29/2018 6:36:20 PM PST by GoldenPup
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To: angry elephant

Scott’s presupposition is that his fellow blacks are pretty damn dumb.


40 posted on 11/29/2018 6:37:12 PM PST by alstewartfan ("An original thought would be such a rush. Why do they feed you a diet of man-made mush?" Al Stewart)
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