Posted on 12/25/2019 8:16:58 AM PST by SeekAndFind
As I wrote earlier this month, Sen. Majority Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is not messing around when it comes to judicial confirmations.
To date, the McConnell-led Senate has confirmed 174 judges out of the 234 nominated by President Trump, some of who were confirmed as Trump’s impeachment was being voted on in the House.
It’s an impressive record so far, and in an interview McConnell did on Fox and Friends this morning, he said important Senate business will continue to be conducted no matter how long House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) decided to hold on to the articles of impeachment.
The interview started off with host Brian Kilmeade noting Pelosi had yet to hand over the articles of impeachment. To that, McConnell responded by suggesting that Pelosi apparently wants the Senate to play by her rules, which he chuckled over.
“You know, I’m not anxious to have this trial so if she wants to hold on to the papers that’s – go right ahead,” he said with a smile to the Fox News co-hosts.
He noted several times that all he’s asked of Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) is that the Senate’s impeachment trial be held like the trial was for President Clinton during his impeachment. Those rules, McConnell pointed out, were voted on 100-0 at the time including by Sen. Schumer himself. McConnell made clear throughout the interview that Pelosi was not running the show in the Senate and would not be the one determining the rules.
When McConnell was asked about Republican Senators from purple states, he stated he had talked to some members who do see their role as a juror while others felt more free to openly express their opposition to what was going on. But at the end of the day, he noted, they were still able to continue to conduct business in the Senate even in the midst of the impeachment drama, touting his judicial confirmation record.
“We’ve [confirmed] 50 circuit court judges. Barack Obama did 55 in 8 years, we’ve done 50 in 3 years.” He went on to tell the hosts that the judges they have confirmed will “transform the courts.” 1 out of every 4 circuit court judges is a Trump appointee who believes in the Constitution and will follow the law, stated McConnell.
Of judicial appointments, McConnell said he and Trump think they are the “longest lasting contribution this administration and this Republican Senate will make to the country.”
Watch the full interview below:
One final note: McConnell still refuses to play the “I won’t be an impartial juror” game:
“Do you think Chuck Schumer is impartial? Do you think Elizabeth Warren is impartial? Bernie Sanders is impartial? So let’s quit the charade. This is a political exercise. … All I’m asking of Schumer is that we treat Trump the same way we treated [President] Clinton,” McConnell said.
And if not, he’ll just keep on keepin’ on … confirming Trump’s judicial nominees.
Mitch can end this right now.
He should have said: Hold the impeachment papers between your knees and squeeze!
He doesn’t need to do anything right now. Satisfying the impatient is not required
Sadly, China Mitch has literally no interest in engaging the ongoing CIA backed coup against a GOP POTUS and no such urgency when it comes to Trump’s cabinet.
Good for Mitch. Let Nancy hold on to that hot potato.
Garbage from a one who dwells in the archaic past
She won’t send him something he doesn’t want. Brilliant!!!
“Satisfying the impatient is not required”
Well I disagree, I want this sh*t circus shut down now. At the moment the rats have exactly what they want an impeachment with no acquittal all the while they keep working the rat hack judges to get more and info to twist against our President.
And then she just impeaches him again. Then what? Until the house is replaced we are stuck with impeachment as the agenda of the house.
Well think of this. The rats stall this until after the Primaries. So then they have it and the rats get enough GOP turncoats to give them a bipartisan majority to convict. Not enough to remove but the rats get a pretty big club to beat on Trump with. The voters in those states will be trapped. They will either have to vote for the Senator who voted against Trump or the rat with the prospect of giving the Senate to the Dems.
I wonder if Mitch thinks Nancy wants him to do a peremptory acquittal so she can start over with new accusations.
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Well, she’s become that stupid. I hope she continues the impeachment nonsense all the way up to the election in November.
CIA leaks are noticeably rare since the agency got a new director that came up through the ranks and doesn’t have an Ivy League pedigree. Suspect that Brennan and his ilk may not have the “gravitas” to subvert the good guys from doing their proper jobs.
So there are 60 Trump appointees they have not confirmed? I know it is hard to keep up with Trump, McConnell, but a little more effort would be great.
Ms. Pelosi is an out of her league competing against Mr. McConnell now that the impeachment is over. Now the Senate can run away from the House and do what the Constitution dictates.
Who writes these adolescent headlines. Pelosi is many things, mostly bad, but she is not flattened (yet).
Why would or should he?
This is a gift that keeps giving for the President and the gop
It’s bullshit to call him cocaine Mitch. It’s a lie, and it only helps the communists trying to impeach trump by attacking the man sanding in Pelosi’s way.
Quit using the democrats term.
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