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‘We can’t confirm him,’ Pat Roberts warns of potential Kobach nomination for DHS
kansascity.com ^ | 04/09/2019 | Bryan Lowrey

Posted on 04/09/2019 10:03:06 AM PDT by GIdget2004

One of the GOP senators from Kris Kobach’s home state said Tuesday that the Senate would not be able to confirm the Kansas Republican if President Donald Trump tapped him for a cabinet post.

Kobach, the former Kansas secretary of state, has been mentioned as a potential candidate for an array of immigration-related positions after President Donald Trump pulled his nominee for the director of Immigration Customs Enforcement and announced the departure of his secretary of Homeland Security.

But Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kansas, doesn’t believe the Republican-controlled Senate could confirm his fellow Kansan, who has gained national notoriety for championing stronger restrictions on immigration.

“Don’t go there. We can’t confirm him,” Roberts whispered to The Kansas City Star when asked about Kobach Tuesday on his way into a Senate vote.

“I never said that to you,” Roberts added despite the fact that another reporter was present and The Star had not agreed to an off record conversation.

(Excerpt) Read more at kansascity.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; Mexico; News/Current Events; US: Kansas; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: aliens; cheaplaborexpress; dhs; gopestablishment; illegals; kobach; obamalegacy; rino; roberts; rop; treason; uniparty
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1 posted on 04/09/2019 10:03:06 AM PDT by GIdget2004
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To: GIdget2004

Put him up for a vote and let’s see which GOP Amnesty Senators
vote against him.


2 posted on 04/09/2019 10:04:42 AM PDT by tennmountainman (Liberals Are Baby Killers)
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To: GIdget2004

Put Kobach up for a vote. Make the open-borders GOPe Senators continue to reveal themselves.


3 posted on 04/09/2019 10:05:36 AM PDT by Meet the New Boss
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To: GIdget2004

Traitors!


4 posted on 04/09/2019 10:06:40 AM PDT by fortheDeclaration
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To: GIdget2004

Another example of why it’s been so difficult for POTUS to staff his administration.

Anyone willing to carry out his America-first agenda finds it nearly impossible to get confirmed by Senate swamp-dwellers.


5 posted on 04/09/2019 10:06:58 AM PDT by Bratch (IF YOU HAVE SELFISH IGNORANT CITIZENS, YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE SELFISH IGNORANT LEADERS-George Carlin)
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To: tennmountainman
Put him up for a vote and let’s see which GOP Amnesty Senators vote against him.

YEP.

Bring the vote.

Every time a RINO makes a move.

Bring a vote.

.

6 posted on 04/09/2019 10:07:11 AM PDT by TLI ( ITINERIS IMPENDEO VALHALLA)
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To: GIdget2004
W.C. Roberts


7 posted on 04/09/2019 10:07:48 AM PDT by JonPreston ( The GOPe is on board with the North American Union and the European Union.)
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To: GIdget2004

“national notoriety for championing stronger restrictions on immigration”

Why is he “notorious”? For wanting immigration laws to be respected?

When did illegal alien criminals become more palatable to United States Senators, at least the Republican version?


8 posted on 04/09/2019 10:08:18 AM PDT by Regulator
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"gained national notoriety for championing stronger restrictions on immigration"

Does the article mean legal immigration or illegal invasion or all inbound migration regardless of legality? It makes a difference. Words mean things.

9 posted on 04/09/2019 10:08:19 AM PDT by Two Kids' Dad (((( Wake me when a prominent democrat gets prosecuted. ))))
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To: GIdget2004

Kobach or no one.

the GOPe knows that he’ll be effective.


10 posted on 04/09/2019 10:09:36 AM PDT by sheehan (DEPORT ALL ILLEGALS.)
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To: GIdget2004

In that case, confirm Kobach. Dump Roberts. MAGA!


11 posted on 04/09/2019 10:09:46 AM PDT by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!)
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To: GIdget2004
Saw Kris Kobach on Tucker Carlson the other night - seems pretty hard-core, just what the doctor ordered.
(Mentioned Trump told DHS "leadership" what he expected two years ago, he got plenty of "yes sirs", but apparently nothing was done - Trump has had enough of these DHS non-performers.)
12 posted on 04/09/2019 10:09:52 AM PDT by Psalm 73 ("I will now proceed to entangle the entire area".)
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To: GIdget2004

Thanks Pat Roberts for affirming we are looking at the correct person for the job in Chris Kobach.


13 posted on 04/09/2019 10:10:09 AM PDT by heshtesh
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To: GIdget2004

Make him a recess appointment. Confirm him in 2021.


14 posted on 04/09/2019 10:10:42 AM PDT by jospehm20
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To: GIdget2004

Folks, this is why Trump can’t make big changes.

Republican voters gave him $#!+ senators!


15 posted on 04/09/2019 10:11:02 AM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: GIdget2004
So Pat Roberts is an open borders RINO.
 
16 posted on 04/09/2019 10:11:10 AM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie
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This is SOP for the geriatric wing of the Republican party to talk themselves out of even trying.

-PJ

17 posted on 04/09/2019 10:11:58 AM PDT by Political Junkie Too (The 1st Amendment gives the People the right to a free press, not CNN the right to the 1st question.)
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Let’s face it..our party has left us!!! Thank God Trump is NOT from the establishment elite!!


18 posted on 04/09/2019 10:19:06 AM PDT by RoseofTexas
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To: jospehm20

Even better.

Kris would be a great person to be immigration “czar”. They do not need confirmation, as we all saw during duh-bama’s time in office.

Shove it it their face. Then when they whine about it, well, I’ll just stop there.

Instead of “czar”, maybe we could name them “supreme leader” or “dark lord” or something.

If Pres. Trump names a “czar”, it could trigger a special council or congressional committee hearings 80)


19 posted on 04/09/2019 10:19:25 AM PDT by mcatch22 (Socialism: You're what's for dinner)
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“I never said that to you,” Roberts added despite the fact that another reporter was present and The Star had not agreed to an off record conversation.

Except for so many RINOS, that almost gives it a false flavor...

20 posted on 04/09/2019 10:19:45 AM PDT by trebb (Don't howl about illegal leeches while not donating to FR - it's hypocritical.)
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