Senate Republican: Replace Comey with Merrick Garland

[DonViejo]

Source: Axios



Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) offered President Trump some surprising advice Wednesday morning, tweeting that he thinks Trump should nominate Judge Merrick Garland — former President Barack Obama's last nominee to the Supreme Court — to be the new FBI Director.

Link to tweet

Other potential replacements: Axios' Alexi McCammond has listed the 7 people who could potentially replace James Comey.

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Read more: https://www.axios.com/wh-will-launch-election-fraud-investigation-2403002130.html

[Txbluedog]

1. No, just no

We do not want any more vacancies on the Federal bench that Trump gets to fill

[Bernardo de La Paz]

7. You got it. No judicial appointments. tRump is in the last year of his Presidency. . . nt

[nycbos]

2. And give Trump a seat to appoint on the D.C. Circuit

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To quote a line from Hamilton "you must be out of your goddamn mind."

[LonePirate]

18. Creating a vacancy on the D.C. Circuit Court is the nefarious motive here. Dems should resist.

Do not take this bait.

[Snotcicles]

3. Not instead of a special prosecutor. Along with maybe. nt

[Bernardo de La Paz]

5. Yes. Sessions & tRump will still strangle FBI investigatory budget (what got Comey fired). . . nt

[eShirl]

4. what's the catch?

because that's the only reason he would even suggest such a thing

[Txbluedog]

8. Trump gets to make a lifetime appointment to the Federal Bench to replace Garland

and can fire an FBI director at will

[NCjack]

6. No. Correct the mistake: Remove Gorsuch and seat Garland on SCOTUS. nt

[cstanleytech]

12. If Gorsuch is sworn in already the only way to remove him against his will is

to impeach him and I dont see that happening.
Other than that the only other way to free up the seat would be if he resigned or suddenly died both of which are highly unlikely.

[NCjack]

16. Justice Samuel Chase (1804) was impeached by the House, accused of

political bias and misconduct in court decisions. He was vindicated by Senate trial. If the DEMs gain control of both houses, we might have a shot at Thomas based on his current history, and a shot at Gorsuch if he continues his strings of bad decisions.

[cstanleytech]

19. We would need to have something like 74 seats in the Senate and that doesnt count the House

and the odds of winning a total of 74 in 4 years in the Senate is zero as out of all the senators running in 2018 only 14 of the seats are held by Repugnants.
Could it happen in 2020? Maybe but honestly the odds are pretty slim.

[Banana Soccer Fan]

20. Force him to resign

With fake news that is so believable that even Gorusch should believe it.

He's that dumb. At least around here...

[cstanleytech]

21. I doubt he would for that as he isnt as big of an idiot as Trump but then again

almost no one is as big an idiot as Trump.

[wryter2000]

9. Fuck you, Lee

No, seriously, just fuck you.

[Freethinker65]

10. Ha. No. But Hillary would be a fine director

[WePurrsevere]

11. Instead of a Special Investigator? Umm... no...

The fact that he's even suggesting such a thing sets off all sorts of warning bells for me.

We need a totally independent, nonpartisan, investigation, prosecution and trail(s). Nothing less will do for our country and to salvage our standing in the world. We need every single player in this treasonous game brought to justice.

[cstanleytech]

14. Agreed a special investigator that isnt beholden to any party in Congress and has the power to

bring to justice anyone that was colluding with Russia and until the Repugnants do that they continue to put our nation at risk.

[turbinetree]

13. Hey Mike Lee FUCK YOU and FUCK you and the right wing horse you road in on

you have no fucking principles---------------------none, you are a fucking coward.

You sat on your proverbial ass and sided with your fucking right wing fucking Chairman Grassley and your fucking leader of the senate of crime the fucking turtle lips asshole, to stand by and to NOT let a former sitting president to allow his nominee the opportunity to have a vote, so FUCK YOU , try reading the fucking Constitution again there asshole, and just to add to this conversation, your a fucking racist, if you think about it, and what you you did , SO FUCK YOU

[KeepItReal]

15. Ha Ha very funny, mofo.

Merrick Garland was already nominated for a job.

Mitch McConnell and the Republicans wouldn't give him an up-or-down vote.

[world wide wally]

17. Garland would never get a hearing

[LudwigPastorius]

22. Not going to happen.

The Congressional Republicans need to wake up to the fact that there is no salvaging, no rehabilitating this administration and this president.

Trump is a corrupt liar and a likely traitor.

The sooner Lee and the rest of the GOPers realize this and stop backing him, the sooner they can try to begin to rehabilitate their own careers.