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(46,340 posts)
Mon Feb 23, 2015, 06:23 PM Feb 2015

Ted Cruz doesn't want a vote on Loretta Lynch...

Maybe she's "too wimmen-ey" or something.

Cruz: It Would Be A 'Travesty' To Hold A Vote On Loretta Lynch

Submitted by Miranda Blue on Monday, 2/23/2015 3:42 pm

In an interview with Newsmax posted online today, Sen. Ted Cruz said that it would be a “travesty” for the Senate to hold a vote on the nomination of Loretta Lynch to be U.S. attorney general, saying she would be “materially worse” than Attorney General Holder. Cruz told Newsmax host John Bachman, “We have the ability to defeat this nomination, and there are two ways to do so. Number one, if every Republican on the Judiciary Committee simply votes no, the nomination is dead.” “Secondly,” he added, “even if the committee votes on her nomination, leadership has the authority simply not to report the nomination to the floor.” “If leadership brings it to the floor, the Republican Senate will have put in place an attorney general who will continue the lawlessness and abuse of power of President Obama,” he said. “I think that would be a travesty, I think it would be an abdication of our responsibility, I certainly hope we don’t do that.”

- See more at: http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/cruz-it-would-be-travesty-hold-vote-loretta-lynch#sthash.SRoutonv.dpuf

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Ted Cruz doesn't want a vote on Loretta Lynch... (Original Post) Archae Feb 2015 OP
"too wimmen-ey" AND "too blaaah" KamaAina Feb 2015 #1
Oh, she's a blah person? jberryhill Feb 2015 #5
Here you go. KamaAina Feb 2015 #6
I wish Eric Holder would launch an investigation into Cruz's sanity and the GOP's treason randys1 Feb 2015 #2
Why don't these assholes just don their hoods in public and get it over with? Cali_Democrat Feb 2015 #3
Got that right. But why insult assholes by elevatin Cruz to their level. You owe them an apology. haha InAbLuEsTaTe Feb 2015 #8
This is awesome DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2015 #4
He's a fucking idiot. williesgirl Feb 2015 #7
Given her stance on civil forfeiture I don't want her as AG dballance Feb 2015 #9
 

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)
5. Oh, she's a blah person?
Mon Feb 23, 2015, 06:44 PM
Feb 2015

This is what I get for just reading the news.

I didn't even know she was blah.

randys1

(16,286 posts)
2. I wish Eric Holder would launch an investigation into Cruz's sanity and the GOP's treason
Mon Feb 23, 2015, 06:28 PM
Feb 2015

maybe the little fucking prick will vote on her then

 

Cali_Democrat

(30,439 posts)
3. Why don't these assholes just don their hoods in public and get it over with?
Mon Feb 23, 2015, 06:32 PM
Feb 2015

They've already alienated so many blacks and Hispanics.

At this point, I don't think it would make much of a difference.

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,710 posts)
4. This is awesome
Mon Feb 23, 2015, 06:34 PM
Feb 2015

First they pissed off Latinos with their anti-immigration stance. Now they are pissing off African Americans by saying President Obama is a godless communist and not passing his appointments.


What will they do to piss off Asians for the trifecta?

 

dballance

(5,756 posts)
9. Given her stance on civil forfeiture I don't want her as AG
Mon Feb 23, 2015, 07:44 PM
Feb 2015

In her past she has used civil forfeiture to pad the budget of her department. This is a very, very bad thing. People get their assets seized and have to go through many, many hoops to get them back.

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