Posted on 07/17/2017 11:02:45 PM PDT by MarvinStinson
We’re a couple hours into Christopher Wray’s confirmation hearing, and so far, President Trump’s designee has delivered bog standard testimony—overly cautious, a little dodgy, no surprises. The kind of testimony that under normal circumstances would lead to a nominee’s overwhelming confirmation. But precisely because the circumstances are not ordinary, I think zero Democrats should support him, either in committee or on the Senate floor.
This isn’t meant as comment on Wray himself, who may turn out to be a perfectly fine FBI director. The problem is that because of what we know about Wray’s soon-to-be boss, there’s no way anyone in the Senate can have confidence that he’ll serve honorably. In fact, Wray himself can’t know whether he’ll serve honorably, even if he intends to.
Trump tried to corrupt James Comey. He even made Comey go wobbly at a couple key junctures. But when Trump’s efforts to obstruct investigations failed, he fired Comey and lied about it. Would Wray put up Comey-levels of resistance? No one can honestly say, but the fact that Trump handpicked Wray should put everyone on alert.
The FBI needs a director, of course, but after demonstrating the above pattern of conduct, Trump should never have been allowed to select Comey’s replacement from his own list. Wray is the kind of guy who may have appeared on a list of five or ten acceptable directors, dictated to Trump by—say—the chair and ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
But anyone whom Trump nominated of his own volition was going to have a difficult time shaking off the stench of Trump’s desire to co-opt federal law enforcement. Tepid answers to basic questions—like, Should campaign aides contacted by foreign governments contact the FBI?—doesn’t do it.
Again, it’s not Wray’s fault, necessarily, but it’s critical that Comey’s successor be someone that the next president doesn’t feel the need to fire. Wray may serve with distinction through Trump’s presidency and into his successor’s presidency.
But the likelihood that anyone Trump selected will end up becoming compromised is so high that Democrats shouldn’t preemptively complicate efforts to remove him in the future by offering their support to him now.
So the problem is that the Democrats haven’t been obstructionist enough?
Strange name for a group which hasn’t the slightest idea what “republic” reallymp means.
Whatever beaches. We have a majority vote.
Keep being a pussy and wear some makeup for crying out loud...
Advocating for anarchy again. Claiming illegitimacy of president “justifies” destruction of nomination process. By their criteria, all nominations should be thwarted until they get their candidate in office..
We need a Swamp Drainer.
I’m not sure this is The Man.
“We need a Swamp Drainer.
I’m not sure this is The Man.”
I have the same reservations. We don’t need Sessions II. One underperforming person at the DOJ is one too many. Wray is a concern, but we’ve got to get McCabe out, so here’s hoping Wray will be more than he seems to be at present.
I think Trump is finally gaining acceptance with these folks.
follow the link to this guy’s photo and you’ll see, he’s probably living in mom’s basement getting his jollies in his liberal bubble...
Previously he led Capitol Hill coverage for Soros’ Talking Points Memo, was a daily columnist for Soros’ Salon.
Yeah..and scooped up the contents of Comey's desk,, computer(s) and phone(s)
That alone must chap the dims hides.
Typical blind stupid thinking by a “liberal”. You would think that they would want a man like Wray to head the FBI to keep it on the straight and narrow, but NOOO, this idiot wants to punish Trump by denying the US a good law enforcement officer (I don’t know anything about him).
This is why liberalism is a mental disease (way beyond a treatable illness).
Instead of going down the mental rabbit-hole as in “Alice in Wonderland”, these idiots want to go down the “mental cesspool” and stay there in insanity land with the Red Queen.
I, like the Grinning Cheshire Cat (as I’m the Grinning Reaper), approve of the Left’s insanity because it is beginning to show the sane people who they really are, and what a threat they are to America.
Thanks, New Republic, for reminding us of how crazy you’ve gone of the years, and you’re not coming back.
and at night he’s in his mom’s basement...:)
Predictable as always. Whatever it is, they’re against it.
Somebody blew up his hair!!
Retarded
I hear Comey is getting a book deal. Let’s see if he explains the $15 million he made at HSBC, or just why it was he let the Clintons skate on Whitewater while everyone else went to jail. Comey was corrupt. Now he is fired.
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