Posted on 09/22/2020 4:45:09 PM PDT by AndyJackson
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When the nomination comes out of committee, then I'll decide when and how to proceed,' he said after the Senate Republicans' lunch on Capitol Hill Tuesday.
He would not address if that vote would be before or after November 3, when voters decide who will be the next president of the United States.
President Trump has pushed for a vote on his nominee before the general election but McConnell could be more peckish on the timing to help out his senators in tight re-election contests who would prefer to deal with the issue after the voters go to the polls.
Timing in the Senate is also tough. There would be less than 40 days before the election to complete the process when most nominations take at least 70 days. Traditionally a nominee holds meetings with senators, has a confirmation hearing that could take two or three days, has to be voted out of committee and then has the final vote on the Senate floor.
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Yep.
The committee hearing should only last a few minutes. Just to rile up the Rats.
The nice thing about McConnell is that hes so consistently inconsistent.
STUPID PARTY LIVES!
Mitch, if the vote isn’t held before the election, what
happens if there is a contention that goes to the SCOTUS?
The name of the movie, “Death Wish 2020”.
Yes, all the GOP should just chant “RECLAIMING MY TIME!!” during the whole hearing.
This reminds me of his and Ryan’s timing in Trump’s first
two years in office, where other than judges and a Tax
Bill that sunsets in 2024, they did absolutely nothing with
the opportunity they had.
Trump better slap this guy up side the head.
And they flamed me for saying that McConnell disappoints.
He screws us.....I’ll be one of those on his doorstep! &5%#^$###^
That will be okay. everyone’s getting free passage to do illegal stuff, right?
Only the radical left has that license. The rest of us schmucks are still bound to the law because we never resist.
I think Mitch is trolling everyone.
With an unresolved election due to a split Supreme Court and Dems in control of the House, Nancy Pelosi could become president. Please someone tell me Im wrong.
Please don’t be duped by grossly misleading titles from the media.
I challenge you to provide a quote from Mitch that indicates he was “walking back” anything or “refused” to set a date for vote before the election.
Can you find one in the article you posted, or the attached video they used as their source?
There isn’t one.
Yes.. i am sure they are so intimidated. Just like their Obamacare promises. Trump had to do that himself. In fact.. all they have done in recent memory is pass endless pelosi covid bills to pay protesters with our hard earned money.
Trump should have already made the nomination and it should be rammed through by the middle of next week at the very latest. Procrastination begets procrastination.
Only a bunch of people as lazy as Senators could take more than two weeks to vet and decide on a candidate. Their lives are centered around delaying everything.
Manana manana.
I think he thought enough Republican Senators would refuse to vote before the election, now he got backed into a corner.
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