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Trump assembles Supreme Court confirmation team, as left wages preemptive war over pick
Fox News ^ | July 2, 2018 | Alex Pappas

Posted on 07/02/2018 10:22:28 AM PDT by Hojczyk

The White House on Monday mobilized a team to support President Trump’s soon-to-be announced Supreme Court pick, as Democrats launch preemptive attacks against Trump’s future choice to replace Justice Anthony Kennedy on the high court.

This newly organized team of White House and administration personnel is setting up shop in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, next door to the West Wing of the White House.

“Teams of attorneys from the White House Counsel’s Office and Department of Justice are working to ensure the president has all the information he needs to choose his nominee,” White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders said Monday. “The Department of Justice is fully engaged to support the nomination and confirmation efforts.”

White House Counsel Don McGahn will lead the selection and confirmation process, Sanders said.

Raj Shah will step away from his duties as deputy press secretary to focus full-time on the Supreme Court nomination, overseeing communications and message coordination with Capitol Hill.

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TOPICS: Government; Politics/Elections
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1 posted on 07/02/2018 10:22:28 AM PDT by Hojczyk
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To: Hojczyk

I assume are great GOP congress is gone for a week or more???

MaYBE it is better there gone??


2 posted on 07/02/2018 10:23:48 AM PDT by Hojczyk
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To: Hojczyk

What gives the Democrats the right to oppose a Trump pick to the Supreme Court?


3 posted on 07/02/2018 10:25:08 AM PDT by Blue House Sue
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They wanted Raj Shah out of the white house during the confirmation because he’s a huge leaker and they didn’t want any white house discussions about the nominee to get to the press. True story.


4 posted on 07/02/2018 10:26:08 AM PDT by MNnice
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To: Hojczyk

The Socialist Left has their useful idiot, little Suzie Collins, hitting all of the morning shows blasting President Trump’s nominee regardless of who it is.


5 posted on 07/02/2018 10:26:30 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Don't pass up the opportunity to use the Second Amendment today! IT'S FREE!)
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To: Hojczyk

I hope that whomever he picks hasn’t hired any illegals to do yardwork or household chores ala Kimba Wood. Or, anything else stupid like that.


6 posted on 07/02/2018 10:27:03 AM PDT by Sasparilla ( I'm Not Tired of Winning)
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To: Hojczyk

After those last two Leftist picks, the Leftists have no beef whatsoever.

Imagine us demanding them appoint a Conservative, and then getting away with it.


7 posted on 07/02/2018 10:27:46 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (01/26/18 DJIA 30 stocks $26,616.71 48.794% > open 11/07/16 215.71 from 50% increase 1.2183 yrs..)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

With people like McCain, Collins, and a few others on our side, who needs enemies?


8 posted on 07/02/2018 10:29:15 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (01/26/18 DJIA 30 stocks $26,616.71 48.794% > open 11/07/16 215.71 from 50% increase 1.2183 yrs..)
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To: MNnice
Reminds me of a candidate for parliament out in western Canada some years ago. The guy's name was Raj Ponnu or something like that.

He was a radical leftist, but he may have had the best campaign slogan ever: "Raj Against the Machine." LMAO.

9 posted on 07/02/2018 10:29:23 AM PDT by Alberta's Child ("I saw a werewolf drinking a pina colada at Trader Vic's.")
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To: Blue House Sue
What gives the Democrats the right to oppose a Trump pick to the Supreme Court?

Noblesse oblige

10 posted on 07/02/2018 10:30:09 AM PDT by COBOL2Java (Marxism: Wonderful theory, wrong species)
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To: Hojczyk

Anyone remember how GWB waited for months and then decided to pick his personal lawyer?
Trump doesn’t wait for anyone.


11 posted on 07/02/2018 10:30:43 AM PDT by Zathras
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To: FlingWingFlyer
Here's my not-so-outlandish scenario:

Trump has already begun cutting deals with the three Democrats who voted for Gorsuch (Manchin, Donnelly and Heitkamp) to get them on board and allow a couple of useless Republicans to defect.

12 posted on 07/02/2018 10:31:15 AM PDT by Alberta's Child ("I saw a werewolf drinking a pina colada at Trader Vic's.")
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To: Alberta's Child

At least it’s not Patel...


13 posted on 07/02/2018 10:31:34 AM PDT by gov_bean_ counter (Free Republic has been reduced to primarily a gathering place for the inane, banal, and obtuse.)
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To: Blue House Sue

“What gives the Democrats the right to oppose a Trump pick to the Supreme Court?”

They’re DemoRATs!


14 posted on 07/02/2018 10:32:36 AM PDT by vette6387
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To: DoughtyOne

“With people like McCain, Collins, and a few others on our side, who needs enemies?”

Anyone have any further info on the article from a paper in Santa Monica, CA that McCain was resigning on July 4th?


15 posted on 07/02/2018 10:34:02 AM PDT by vette6387
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To: Alberta's Child

The “deals” would probably be “I won’t campaign against you personally!”


16 posted on 07/02/2018 10:35:18 AM PDT by vette6387
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To: vette6387

Along with an offer for an ambassadorship or other second-tier executive branch post, I’m sure.


17 posted on 07/02/2018 10:37:32 AM PDT by Alberta's Child ("I saw a werewolf drinking a pina colada at Trader Vic's.")
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To: Blue House Sue

The left doesn’t even have a pea shooter.

Schumer is gone full peacock.


18 posted on 07/02/2018 10:38:02 AM PDT by Eddie01
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To: Hojczyk

LOL

are and there. killing me. lol


19 posted on 07/02/2018 10:38:53 AM PDT by petitfour (APPEAL TO HEAVEN)
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To: vette6387

I don’t. People should knew we refer to Santa Monica as the People’s Republic of...


20 posted on 07/02/2018 10:39:32 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (01/26/18 DJIA 30 stocks $26,616.71 48.794% > open 11/07/16 215.71 from 50% increase 1.2183 yrs..)
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