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Jeb Bush Says Republicans Should Confirm Loretta Lynch as the New Attorney General
LatinPost.com ^ | 2015-04-18 | Selena Hill

Posted on 04/18/2015 2:00:38 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum

Jeb Bush called on Republicans in the Senate to stop holding up the confirmation of the nomination of Loretta Lynch, President Barack Obama's nominee for U.S. attorney general.

Lynch has been waiting for 160 days for congress to take a vote on her nomination, which is more than five times the amount of time that Janet Reno waited to be confirmed as President Bill Clinton's attorney general and three times the length of days that John Ashcroft waited to be confirmed as the attorney general under the George W. Bush Administration, reports The Huffington Post.

However, a majority of the Republicans in the Senate have stalled her confirmation process over a sex-trafficking bill that includes a controversial abortion provision.

"I think presidents have the right to pick their team," Bush said, according to The New York Times.

The former Florida governor also took a jab at current Attorney General Eric Holder, noting that Republicans should confirm Lynch in order to remove Holder from the position.

"If someone is supportive of the president's policies, whether you agree with them or not, there should be some deference to the executive," Bush said, reports Time. "It should not always be partisan."

Earlier this week, civil rights activists announced that they are launching a hunger strike to help Lynch move closer to becoming Holder's successor.

An advocacy group founded by the Rev. Al Sharpton and female civil-rights leaders dubbed the hunger strike as the "Confirm Loretta Lynch Fast."

"As long as the Senate refuses to take 15 minutes to confirm someone for Attorney General that they have already confirmed twice for U.S. Attorney, [National Action Network and its allies] will do everything in our power to draw attention to this completely unfair and unnecessary delay to vote to confirm Loretta Lynch," said Sharpton, who founded NAN, on Wednesday, according to Politico.

"We stand with Loretta Lynch and are so in support of this cause that we are willing to sacrifice our daily meals to impress upon the U.S. Senate that it's time to call a vote," NAN executive director Janaye Ingram said.

Lynch, the current U.S. attorney in Brooklyn, New York, would be the first African-American woman to serve in the position.


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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Jeb who???


41 posted on 04/18/2015 4:24:37 PM PDT by Iscool
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

We should confirm Jeb as an idiot.


42 posted on 04/18/2015 4:35:19 PM PDT by exit82 ("The Taliban is on the inside of the building" E. Nordstrom 10-10-12)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
"Jeb Bush Says Republicans Should Confirm Loretta Lynch as the New Attorney General"

Any Republican candidate for president that is as quick as Jeb to bend over for demRATs should be forced out of the race.
43 posted on 04/18/2015 5:10:24 PM PDT by clearcarbon
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Jeb Bush *(D) ... F’n DemocRAT

*(D) for dic*head


44 posted on 04/18/2015 5:20:42 PM PDT by wetgundog ("Extremism in the Defense of Liberty is No Vice" -AuH2O)
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To: Iscool

“Jeb who???”

Jebbe The Nutt - FloriDUH’s governor before Floridians wised up and eventually elected Rick Scott.


45 posted on 04/18/2015 5:30:01 PM PDT by GladesGuru (Islam Delenda Est. Because of what Islam is - and because of what Muslims do.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Seriously, fu#k off Jeb. G-damn rino jackass.


46 posted on 04/18/2015 5:33:10 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: BinaryBoy

Doubtful, unfortunately.


47 posted on 04/18/2015 5:34:06 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Will anyone be upset and delete my post if I use a little profanity and tell that fat head piece of crap Jeb Bush to go fuck himself with 1000 cacti wrapped in razor wire??


48 posted on 04/18/2015 5:57:38 PM PDT by Captainpaintball (Immigration without assimilation is the death of a nation -- FUJB!!!)
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To: Captainpaintball

We do try to keep it clean around here, so it doesn’t look like DU.

But I agree with your sentiment.

We might even be able to sell tickets.


49 posted on 04/18/2015 6:01:48 PM PDT by exit82 ("The Taliban is on the inside of the building" E. Nordstrom 10-10-12)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

This Conservative tells Jebby to join the Democrat party already.


50 posted on 04/18/2015 6:08:52 PM PDT by MaxMax (Call the local GOP and ask how you can support CRUZ for POTUS, Make them talk!)
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To: trisham

And Jeb dislikes this country. Certainly, U.S. come at best second to Mexico.


51 posted on 04/18/2015 6:29:01 PM PDT by Jane Austen (Boycott Mexico)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Jeb Bush murdered Terri Schiavo.


52 posted on 04/18/2015 7:58:54 PM PDT by Arthur McGowan
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Jeb wants to play by the Marquess of Queensberry Rules...


53 posted on 04/18/2015 8:56:20 PM PDT by GOPJ (Dead Broke Hillary Dodged Sniper Fire With Her Immigrant Parents In Tuzla - Steyn)
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To: NormsRevenge

Jeb will not veto any legislation pushed by Democrats. He probably will be more successful than Obama in getting cooperation in Congress on gun control. rinos are that stupid.


54 posted on 04/18/2015 9:02:33 PM PDT by lavaroise (A well regulated gun being necessary to the state, the rights of the militia shall no)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

The wanna be king wears no clothes.

Exposed for the kick-the-can down the road, business as usual, hands across the aisle, pseudo-conservative, schmoo that he is.

GO TED!


55 posted on 04/18/2015 9:41:20 PM PDT by Pirate Ragnar (Libs put feelings first and thought second.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

This is why O’Malley will be the next POTUS.


56 posted on 04/19/2015 4:43:44 AM PDT by jmaroneps37 (Conservatism is truth. Liberalism is lies.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
"I think presidents have the right to pick their team,"

Jeb - tell that to Clarence Thomas or Judge Bork....

57 posted on 04/19/2015 4:45:14 AM PDT by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: pfony1

If Al starves to death with at least 10 others in the network they should allow a vote but only 2 days later.


58 posted on 04/19/2015 6:53:20 AM PDT by bdfromlv (Leavenworth hard time)
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