Posted on 04/20/2015 6:06:02 PM PDT by Jack Hydrazine
Potential GOP presidential candidate Jeb Bush is calling on Congress to confirm attorney general nominee Loretta Lynch, whose confirmation hearings took place in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee in January. In February, Lynch was voted out of the committee and approved 12-8. Due to the legislative schedule and fighting over bills already in motion, a full Senate vote on her confirmation has not yet taken place. More from POLITICO:
“I think presidents have the right to pick their team,” Bush said, according to reports of his stop at the “Politics and Pie” forum in Concord, New Hampshire, on Thursday night.
A Senate fight over a sex-trafficking bill that includes a controversial abortion provision has held up Lynch’s nomination for 160 days since Obama announced his choice last Nov. 8, but Minority Leader Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.) is threatening to break protocol and force a vote on the Senate floor.
“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 told reporters. “It should not always be partisan.”
The attorney general isn't supposed to be "supportive of the president's policies." The attorney general is supposed to advise the president on constitutional matters and is responsible for ensuring the balance between the executive and legislative branches in maintained.
During her confirmation hearings, Lynch expressed support for President Obama's executive amnesty and argued that anybody who is inside the United States, regardless of how they got here or what their legal status is, has a right to work.
"I think the right and obligation to work is one that is shared by everyone in this country regardless of how they came here and certainly if someone is here, regardless of status, I would prefer that they be participating in the work place than not be participating," Lynch said.
FUJB!! And the RINOs you ride with.
Has he awarded her a medal yet? LOL
For lack of a better suggestion: DITTO!
What GALL a family has to think they deserve the seat of the Presidency of the United States 16 out of 32 years with THREE different family members!!
That’ll make you sound like, like, like a fun guy!
If the GOP is so stupid to nominate Jeb Bush, they deserve to lose (and they will, badly)
Jeb Bush - the wanna-be dictator.
Jeb Bush is nothing more than an “Hispanic” 0bama, get lost Jebron.
Oh, no, if Jebbie says to do it, it shall be done. Not that Mitch really needs much prodding from Jebbie.
They think that Jebbie sweeping FL and TX, which he can do, will be enough for some reason.
This squishy establishment @sshole needs to get the hell out of our way and damn quick...
Bush will sink a lot of good conservatives with him. He will lose. Why in the heck would primary voters vote for him? Are they just content with losing? They have to know he is a general election loser...
Why doesn’t this asshole just go ahead and switch to the Democratic Party. He is worse than Rand Paul, who is terrible in his own right. Jeb is the most liberal of all the Bushes and is a stain on the Republican Party.
So many just believe in “a bush” no matter what.
Actually, Prescott Bush of CT may have been the most liberal, but none is conservative. I read once that Marvin Bush is a real conservative but never saw any follow-up.
Have no idea!
Nah you re just a liberal ,socialist ,traitor ,jebbie. The communist are using the bush family to the utmost.
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