Spicer Claims Democrats Are Trying To Delay Confirmation Process

[DonViejo]

Source: Talking Points Memo


By CAITLIN MACNEAL Published JANUARY 19, 2017, 10:44 AM EDT

Donald Trump spokesman Sean Spicer on Thursday morning accused Democrats of not working with Republicans to quickly confirm the President-elect's cabinet nominees.

"It really speaks volumes that the Democratic leadership is not working with us to ensure a continuity of government," Spicer said.

Spicer claimed that Democrats are trying to delay the confirmation process for Trump's nominees. "They are continuing to deploy delay tactic after delay tactic," he said.

He said that Democrats have embarked on "partisan attacks" in confirmation hearings, which Spicer said was "not in the best interest of the country."

Read more: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/spicer-democrats-confirmation-delays

[ehrnst]

1. Get. Out. (nt)

[Cracklin Charlie]

2. Shut. Up.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

3. Lame ass excuses

For your own incompetence

[compsports]

4. Spicer can

Spicer can go fuck himself.

[matt819]

5. Do these people never stop whining?

All of this, along with der drumpfenfuhrer's tweeting, reminds me of what a dog trainer told me ages ago.

Basically, when you have a dog that is misbehaving, the key is to distract and redirect. That's what the republicans have been doing for damn near 20 years. Distracting and Redirecting. And they have stayed on message. Whatever the issue, whatever the complaint, whatever the whatever - Distract the American public on republican failures and redirect to blaming Democrats. And, you know what? It's worked.

And we suck at it. Every single Democratic legislator, every single Democratic pundit - they have to turn it back on the republicans. They are the majority in the Congress, and they have the presidency (pardon me while I gag on this), and they still can't get anything done.

[DK504]

22. No they don't.

They talk about the "big boy pants" and all that shit, but these are all the children in nursery school without their naps. They want what they want when they want and expect us to bend over. If they don't complete adoration and praise, they have tantrums and want Mommy and Daddy to come to their rescue.

These incompetents are so over their heads in how to act it is destroying our country.

[stonecutter357]

6. damn straight,at least we are not looking for birth certificate.

[rurallib]

7. Good - any the more they whine the slower they should go

the process needs to take as much time as it needs.

[Historic NY]

8. Lying again....only 6 of Obama's were confirmed on Inauguration Day.

the full confirmations were completed by April 28, 2009

GHW Bush had none confirmed by Jan 20th.


https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/politics/how-long-confirmations-will-take/

[bucolic_frolic]

9. Spicer is going to be a real lying treat

someone ought to shut him up but good

[world wide wally]

10. I hope they can delay for 4 more years

[Bettie]

11. Boo Frikken Hoo

Seriously, when has Republican "leadership" ever worked with anyone on anything? Oh, I know, never.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

12. Delaying tactics like demanding they submit their paperwork before their hearings???

[orangecrush]

13. Good

That's why I voted for them!

[BumRushDaShow]

14. Welcome to "Inside the Beltway" world

dumbass.

[mopinko]

15. they god damned better be.

and then some.

[ProfessorGAC]

16. What Do They Need The People For?

I thought that government was the problem, not the solution. So, why don't they just leave those posts unfilled, then the government wouldn't be able to "get in the way".

[Else You Are Mad]

17. So anything except..

A rubber stamp, automatic apporval is a delay tactic. Please, someone remind me how long they delayed the Garland approval? Oh, that's right, they never even held hearings.

[Baitball Blogger]

18. What a whiney baby.

They do everything to alienate us, and then they wonder why we don't join their bandwagons.

Idiots.

[still_one]

19. The assholes were so quick to give Garland a hearing........ Oh wait, they didn't (F**k em)

[Gothmog]

20. Spicer is lying yet again

Trump's nominees have not done their paperwork

[lark]

21. It's simple -

Drumpf appointed sleazebags who are getting called on their shit and so are not getting approved. If Drumpf cared about competency and morality and working class folks, and appointed people that reflected these, there would be no issue. Instead, he appointed partisan hacks with no experience and a clear agenda to fuck us over. Naturally, Dems are not going to be a rubber stamp.
Spicer can save the crybaby act, no one is buying it outside of the usual Drumpf deplorables.

[tclambert]

23. Yeah, and the Democrats should embrace that.

If you nominate Betsy DeVos for Education, Rick Perry for Energy, Jefferson Beauregard Sessions as Attorney General, you should get your nominations delayed. I suppose all the competent people turned down working for Trump.

[hurple]

24. Hmmmm...

"It really speaks volumes that the Democratic leadership is not working with us to ensure a continuity of government," Spicer said.

So, let's ask Obama how that SCOTUS nomination went...