Posted on 08/24/2018 6:09:30 PM PDT by SMGFan
Republicans say confirming a replacement would be a problem
Republican senators grew increasingly vocal in their warnings to President Donald Trump if he fires Attorney General Jeff Sessions, including threats not to vote for a replacement.
Sen. Ben Sasse came to the floor Thursday afternoon to read into the Congressional Record the statement that Sessions, a former Alabama senator well-liked by his former colleagues, issued in response to criticism from Trump.
Sessions was highlighting the independence of the Justice Department, and Sasse, a Nebraska Republican, wanted it to be perfectly clear that he would have the attorney general’s back.
“Bizarrely, there are people in this body now talking like the attorney general will be fired, should be fired, I’m not sure how to interpret the comments of the last couple of hours,” Sasse said. “I would just like to say, as a member of the Judiciary Committee, and as a member of this body, I find it really difficult to envision any circumstance where I would vote to confirm a successor to Jeff Sessions if he is fired because he is executing his job, rather than choosing to act in a partisan hack.”
(Excerpt) Read more at rollcall.com ...
In 2020 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate_elections,_2020
Hard to make Senate gains in 2020
I’m sure Ben’s Ass did that.
When they’re elected president, their opinions will be relevant, and not before.
They don’t work for us.
When was the last time a presidential candidate was nominated despite building his campaign on two signature issues (foreign trade and immigration) where he was running AGAINST his party's platform?
Agreed
Vichy Republican swine.
“Collins and Sasse? Who the heck are they?”
They speak for the party of Bush, the GOP (rinos and neverTrumpers)
Who gives a crap about replacements? I mean really...I would rather have the DOJ gutted than have a DOJ stocked to the rafters with corrupt scum loyal to the left.
Of course
You'd think they were with the opposition party or something.
When a President’s own party “warns” him not to fire someone who isn’t doing their job, there’s something very, very wrong.
Can't believe I voted for that RINO.
The very reason that rat bastard, jeff sessions, hasn’t been fired yet—the rinos and NeverTrumpers in the Repuki party
In many areas, we have been virtually without a U.S. Attorney General for President Trump’s entire term thus far. So, we can probably tread judicial waters from 2019 until 2020, when hopefully Trump wins a second term.
They are NWO globalist traitors. Nothing more.
” Ben Sasse, Susan Collins Warn Trump About Firing Jeff Sessions “
Or else what Susan Tom Collins?
Nice of the Swamp creatures to jump up and down loudly while shouting “Look at ME!”
As a Nebraskan, I did not vote for Ben Sasse but I’m hoping he is a one and done guy. I don’t think he can get re-elected in Nebraska.
“fired because he is executing his job”
Jeff Magoo is sleeping on the job.
Post his list of accomplishments to prove me wrong.
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