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Controversial Trump Court Pick Gets Expedited Hearing
September 9, 2019 at 10:10 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 42 Comments
https://politicalwire.com/2019/09/09/controversial-trump-court-pick-gets-expedited-hearing/
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The White House and Senate Republicans on Monday quietly advanced one of President Donald Trumps most controversial judicial nominees to date, Steven Menashi, a legal aide to the president with a long record of opposing and undermining equality for communities of color, women and LGBTQ people, the HuffPost reports.
Within minutes of the White House formally submitting Menashis nomination to the Senate late Monday afternoon, the Senate Judiciary Committee added his name to its agenda for a Wednesday hearing. The agenda had been blank prior to the White House sending over Menashis nomination.
Thats an incredibly fast turn-around for a judicial nominee, and its no mistake that the Republican-led committee kept its agenda empty until the last minute.
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(22,668 posts)Can't say it any other way. Dirty politics from every single member of their caucus, no matter why they say in public. There is no such thing as a moderate republican.