Posted on 02/24/2015 8:41:53 AM PST by Servant of the Cross
In a letter sent to the Senate Judiciary Committee Monday, dozens of House Republicans are urging members to block the confirmation of attorney general nominee and U.S. Attorney Loretta Lynch.
"We respectfully ask that you refuse to vote Ms. Lynch out of the committee, and that you return her nomination to the President," the letter, signed by 51 House Republicans, states.
"We appreciate Ms. Lynch for her many years of outstanding service to our nation. Nonetheless, having observed her nomination hearing testimony, we can only conclude that she has no intention of departing in any meaningful way from the policies of Attorney General Eric Holder, who has politicized the Department of Justice and done considerable harm to the administration of justice," the letter continues. "Our larger concern in with Ms. Lynch's apparent unwillingness to stand up to the President and his unconstitutional efforts to circumvent Congress and enlarge the powers of his office."
Earlier this month Lynch testified in front of the Committee as part of her confirmation process. During her testimony, she tried to distance herself from Attorney General Eric Holder but embraced President Obama's recent executive action on illegal immigration. Lynch also argued that anyone who is in the United States, regardless of how they got there, has a right to work.
“The top law enforcement official in the land must be willing to enforce the law, independent of administration politics,” Republican Rep. Jim Bridenstine, who spearheaded the letter, said in a statement. “The testimony of Loretta Lynch demonstrated an unwillingness to depart from the politicization of justice we have seen from Eric Holder. The Senate has a constitutional obligation not to confirm her. This starts in the Senate Judiciary Committee.”
A confirmation vote for Lynch has been delayed in the Committee as a result of written questions not being returned to Senators on time.
video at link ....
/sarcasm
The woman is a shoo in. The GOP hasn’t the fortitude to deny Obama.
I have given up on America. The will just is not there to save the US.
Lynch has no intention of upholding the constitutionally passed laws of the US. Her primary qualification is her willingness to block all investigations into Obama’s many scandals.
And in the meantime, Eric The Red is still in his office.
And the Agenda moves merrily on.
While we’re stuck in Kabuki theater with the Left.
That’s her primary qualification, but I’m sure a “get YT” attitude is a very close second.
Linda Grahamnesty can’t wait to confirm this woman who testified that illegal aliens have just as much right to work in the U.S. as citizens, even though that is a direct violation of Federal law.
If we don’t get rid of these so-called Republicans, there’s no opposition party.
Maybe McConnell can organize a fake vote against her along with his fake vote against Amnesty — before getting on with the important job of enacting every last part of the Obama agenda.
IMO, this is further proof that everyone tacitly understands, probably from day 1, that Lynch will be confirmed. There was never any doubt the “Republican” Senate would do anything but rollover on this. House members are simply doing this, knowing the outcome, to further substantiate their credentials.
Loretty needs to be borked.
Bork her...
Only 51? That basically assures that amnesty is a done deal unless the courts read the Constitution.
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