Posted on 10/16/2020 12:28:27 PM PDT by Ceebass
I sent this comment to Sen's Warner and Kaine.
Despite the interesting theories of Sen. Coons and others, Judge Barrett is highly qualified to serve on the Supreme Court. Her appointment was constitutionally correct and in accordance with precedent. She should be confirmed in the same spirit of comity and bipartisanship as Justices Kagan and Sotamayor.
I received the following unasked for response from Warner:
Sen. Mark Warner [donotreply@warner.senate.gov]
Thank you for contacting me regarding the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to be an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court.
This week, the Senate Judiciary Committee is holding hearings to consider Judge Barrett’s nomination to the Court. You may be assured that I am following the hearing closely. There is so much on the line with this Supreme Court vacancy. Everything, from health care to reproductive rights to voting rights, hangs in the balance. The American people have a right to have their voices heard before the confirmation of a new justice.
The Senate should not consider a Supreme Court nomination before Inauguration Day.
This is not a question of judicial qualifications or temperament of the nominee – this is about following the standard established by Majority Leader Mitch McConnell in the last presidential election year.
After the death of Justice Antonin Scalia in February 2016, President Obama nominated Judge Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court. Leader McConnell refused – over my own strong objections – to consider Judge Garland’s nomination 10 months prior to the presidential election. This established a new precedent – which Senate leadership should adhere to now. We can’t have one set of rules for Democratic presidents, and a different set of rules for Republican presidents.
I will continue to urge my colleagues in the Senate to wait and listen to the American people prior to considering the nominee. I appreciate your comments regarding this important matter, and I hope that you will continue to contact me about issues that are important to you.
Sincerely, MARK R. WARNER United States Senator
(Yeah, I know the answer.)
MARK WARNER: This is so important, we shouldn’t do anything for three months.
If I had my way, that high-order scumbag would be in chains at least for his actions on the Senate Intelligence Committee.
Boy, does he make me want to puke. Funny-I had never seen him before, and looking at his picture for the first time confirmed every bad impression I had of him.
With Leftists, especially corrupt, crooked, and dogmatic ones, you can see it all over their filthy faces.
Had breakfast with his replacement (hopefully). Warner said he was not a career politician and would only serve two terms. Guess what? He lied!!! This is an addiction for these people. Just like drugs or porn. They can’t help themselves from running for office. Daniel Gade says he is trying to help Warner keep his promise to only run for two terms.
Anyone on either Party who would pass up the opportunity to put their candidate on the Supreme Court, and doing so Constitutionaly, shouldn’t be in Congress. Given reasons vary but the real reason is the decades long influence your action will be felt. It’s a no brainernunkess your name is Collins or Murkowski.
Why waste time writing to a Rat Senator? Not one of them think for themselves. They all follow their orders from their masters Schumer and Pelosi.
The precedent here is what happens when the Senate Majority and The President are of the SAME party. History shows that there is no delay necessary. The people elected the President for 4 years and their Senators for the FULL length of their term. As long as they are within their term, confirmation is not only Constitutional but follows nearly 100 years of precedent.
“The American people have a right to have their voices heard before the confirmation of a new justice.”
This sounds like Sen. Warner is calling for a referendum election any time a SC Justice is to be seated. If I read the constitution correctly, it sounds like the advise and consent of the Senate is required - a body selected by the people.
Mark Warner should be doing time in Leavenworth for what he did to our President and country the first three years of President Trump’s term. What a loser.
Mark Warner
Mark Warner Traded Secret Texts with Russian Oligarch’s Lobbyist Linked to Hillary
By Debra Heine Feb 08, 2018 9:11 PM EST
Senate Policy Luncheons
The top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee communicated through phone calls and text messages last spring with a lobbyist for a Russian oligarch in order to gain access to Christopher Steele, the former British spy who wrote the salacious and unverified anti-Trump dossier.
Senator Mark Warner (D-Va.) texted back and forth with lobbyist Adam Waldman, who runs the Endeavor Group — which has ties to (surprise!) Hillary Clinton — while leading the Senate Intelligence Committee’s investigation into President Trump’s alleged ties to Russia with his Republican colleague North Carolina Sen. Richard Burr.
In one text to the lobbyist, the senator expressed a desire to “not have a paper trail” of his messages. He suggested in another text that he did not want Burr or any other senator included in the discussions.
Waldman signed a $40,000 monthly retainer in 2009 and 2010 to lobby the U.S. government on behalf of Russian billionaire Oleg V. Deripaska.
Before retaining the Endeavor Group, Deripaska had “employed beltway lobbyists close to John McCain, including his former campaign manager Rick Davis,” according to a 2009 article in Harper’s.
Endeavor’s partners include Lorrie McHugh-Wytkind, formerly “Communications Director for Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton and Deputy Press Secretary for Media Affairs and Operations for President Bill Clinton,” and its advisers include Bruce Babbitt, Secretary of the Interior under Bill Clinton and a Hillary supporter during the Democratic presidential primaries.
Deripaska is reportedly a “court oligarch” of Putin’s Kremlin, and is “expected to put up cash and execute state projects when called upon.”
A 2006 U.S. embassy cable published by Wikileaks described him as “among the 2-3 oligarchs Putin turns to on a regular basis” and “a more or less permanent fixture on Putin’s trips abroad.”
He had his visa revoked by the State Department in 2006 amid concerns about his links to organized crime, which he has denied.
President Trump’s former campaign manager, Paul Manafort, worked for Deripaska for a few years more than a decade ago, allegedly to advance the interests of Putin.
The text messages between Senator Warner and Adam Waldman were obtained exclusively by Fox News.
“We have so much to discuss u need to be careful but we can help our country,” Warner texted Waldman on March 22, 2017.
“I’m in,” Waldman texted back to Warner.
At first, Steele seemed open to appearing before the committee under certain conditions. But as more information about his role in creating the discredited dossier came out, he increasingly got cold feet.
Secrecy seemed very important to Warner as the conversation with Waldman heated up March 29, when the lobbyist revealed that Steele wanted a bipartisan letter from Warner and the committee’s chairman, North Carolina Republican Sen. Richard Burr, inviting him to talk to the Senate intelligence panel.
Throughout the text exchanges, Warner seemed particularly intent on connecting directly with Steele without anyone else on the Senate Intelligence Committee being in the loop — at least initially. In one text to the lobbyist, Warner wrote that he would “rather not have a paper trail” of his messages.
An aide to Warner confirmed to Fox News that the text messages are authentic. The messages, which were obtained from a Republican source are all marked “CONFIDENTIAL” and are not classified, were turned over to the Senate panel by Waldman last September.
The text exchanges began on March 16, 2017, with Waldman texting, “Chris Steele asked me to call you.”
Warner responded, “Will call tomorrow be careful.”
The records indicate that Warner and Waldman had trouble connecting by phone for a few days.
On March 20, Warner texted Waldman, requesting help with getting in touch with Steele.
“Can you talk tomorrow want to get with ur English friend,” Warner texted.
“I spoke to him yesterday,” Waldman texted.
The two men appear to have finally connected about Steele by phone on March 22, according to the records.
“Hey just tried u again gotta give a speech but really want to finish our talk,” Warner texted.
The two continued to text and communicate by phone, and Waldman, at one point, texted that Steele “wanted a bi-partisan letter requesting his testimony first.”
Waldman also said that Steele didn’t want word leaking to the media that they were talking.
Warner also expressed concern about their conversations leaking, even suggesting in one text that he did not want his colleague Burr or any other senator included in the discussions: “Ok but I wud (sic) like to do prelim call u me and him no one else before letter just so we have to trail to start want to discuss scope first before letter no leaks.”
https://twitter.com/QWhodat/status/961763752067530752
As the spooked Steele became increasingly uncooperative, Warner discussed the possibility of taking a trip overseas to meet with Steele.
On March 23, Warner texted, “Need to coordinate date for trip can u talk with my scheduler also want to discuss Paul,” Warner texted on March 23, apparently referring to Paul Manafort.
On March 26, Warner texted, “Really need to set date things r going to really pick up.”
“Standying (sic) by to do it,” texted Waldman. “Awaiting call from your scheduler and also the letter he (Steele) would like they (sic) we discussed. And have second interesting thing to raise. Pls call.”
After more exchanges, “Warner made clear that he wanted to talk to Steele directly without Burr or anyone else being involved,” but Waldman said Steele was insisting that his contact with the committee start with “a bipartisan letter inviting him to cooperate with the Senate panel.”
“Hey can’t we do brief (off the record) call today before letter so I can frame letter,” Warner texted Waldman on March 29.
“Steele wants to have letter first. Or did you mean call w me?” Waldman texted back.
Waldman repeatedly warned Warner that Steele was concerned about leaks and was “spooked” by all of the attention he was getting around the world.
Warner texted back on March 30: “We want to do this right private in London don’t want to send letter yet cuz if we can’t get agreement wud rather not have paper trail.”
On April 5, Warner texted, “Any word on Steele.”
“Yes seems to have cold feet from the leaks. Said he wanted a bipartisan letter followed by written questions,” Waldman texted back. Steele had good reason to be skittish. According to Waldman, “the Wall Street Journal had contacted him asking if he was an intermediary between the panel and Steele.”
At a joint news conference last October, Burr and Warner said their panel had “hit a brick wall” in its investigation of the anti-Trump dossier because Steele had refused to speak with them.
But Steele sent word through anonymous sources to the media that the situation was “more complicated” than the senators’ comments suggested.
As of this date, he has not agreed to an interview with the Senate Intelligence Committee.
A Warner aide acknowledged that Warner and Burr revealed the texts to their colleagues on the panel because “they realized out of context it doesn’t look great.” But aides to Warner and Burr both stressed that the chairman was kept apprised of Warner’s efforts.
Senators Warner and Burr blasted the “leaks of incomplete information” in a joint statement to Fox News while stressing they are working together.
“From the beginning of our investigation we have taken each step in a bipartisan way, and we intend to continue to do so,” Warner and Burr said in the statement. “Leaks of incomplete information out of context by anyone, inside or outside our committee, are unacceptable.”
Sen. Mark Warner, the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, had extensive contact last year with a lobbyist for a Russian oligarch who was offering Warner access to dossier author Christopher Steele. More from @edhenry reporting https://t.co/PwJoFvwkj6 pic.twitter.com/HUMyoyhxZ1
— Nick Short ???? (@PoliticalShort) February 9, 2018
The president reacted to the story on Twitter Thursday evening.
“Wow!” the president exclaimed, “Senator Mark Warner got caught having extensive contact with a lobbyist for a Russian oligarch. Warner did not want a ‘paper trail’ on a ‘private’ meeting (in London) he requested with Steele of fraudulent Dossier fame. All tied into Crooked Hillary.”
Wow! -Senator Mark Warner got caught having extensive contact with a lobbyist for a Russian oligarch. Warner did not want a “paper trail” on a “private” meeting (in London) he requested with Steele of fraudulent Dossier fame. All tied into Crooked Hillary.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 9, 2018
“Everything, from health care to reproductive rights to voting rights, hangs in the balance. “
Roberts says all Federal judges are equal and non-partisan.
Which is it?
Judge Barrett strongly asserted her independent mind and thinking. Too bad that Senator Warner, and the rest of his Rat ilk, have ceded their independence, mind and soul to the evil Rat Party. She is obviously qualified and obviously a brilliant jurist. The Rat Party deserves to die a tortured death.
Warner labored hard, using his senate position, to commit many high and potentially terminal crimes against our country and Constitution (law), with the full knowledge what he was doing was highly criminal, and serving the interest of Moscow, Beijing, and several others, at the expense and great damage to our US Constitution and law... our nation.
Back in the day when sedition and treason were a thing, anyone, (in this case a high ranking senator), conspiring and operating with the intent to literally destroy our Constitution, liberty, and nation, would not go to prison on earth.
There used to be a thing about conspiring and serving the interest of both “enemies foreign and domestic”, to destroy America.
Nothing will happen to him, as the entire anti-American DNC left hates and constantly seeks, by all methods, to destroy America.
I don’t understand why McConnell wasted our tax dollars to have a hearing. He already knew how the RATs would vote. He could have spared the world the illogical nonsense of brain dead Susan Collins and that Lunatic from Hawaii. He also knew which of the GOPee cowards were going to stab us in the back. What a waste of time and insult to Barrett.
And the democrat party mass media does not care!
Bookmarked.
I got the same message.
“This is not a question of judicial qualifications or temperament of the nominee”
Oh yes it is!!!
Why waste time writing to a Rat Senator????
Ordinarily I don’t, but I wanted my 2 rat senators to know their BS wasn’t working with me.
I didn’t ask for a reply, and kaine didn’t give one, but I found it interesting that warner did. He’s running for re-election and seemed to go out of his way to explain that he opposes the process, and not the nominee. Hopefully, he’s getting enough messages like mine to make him nervous.
We are 100% on the same page with respect to our evaluation of that criminal who has worked to sell out our country.
I had always said for years that, once Jane Fonda went to Hanoi and didn’t even get her hand slapped, charges of Treason would never be used on anyone again.
I admit that I never thought elected officials would go that far with no punishment, though. Never saw that coming.
I guess I never thought they would do the things they have. In my lifetime. Astonishing.
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