Posted on 03/10/2021 12:07:47 PM PST by Coronal
The Senate on Wednesday voted to confirm Merrick Garland as U.S. Attorney General, handing the reins of the Justice Department over to a longtime federal judge who's pledged to de-politicize the agency.
He was confirmed by a vote of 70 to 30. Among the Republicans who voted in Garland's favor were Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky and Sens. John Cornyn of Texas and Lindsey Graham of South Carolina. Republicans who voted against Garland included two likely 2024 presidential candidates, Sens. Josh Hawley of Missouri and Ted Cruz of Texas.
"America can breathe a sigh of relief that we're finally going to have someone like Merrick Garland leading the Justice Department. Someone with integrity, independence, respect for the rule of law and credibility on both sides of the aisle. He understands that the job of the attorney general is one to protect rule of law, unlike the previous attorneys general under President Trump," Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said before the vote.
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Just in time to dismiss whatever charges Durham puts forward (if indeed he bothers to).
First thing Garland will do is stop Durham!
Now the DOJ will be 100% liberal democrat whereas it was only 95% before.
Got a link to that? Better yet, why not post it
The just re-elected Bush League Republicans are doing their best to be Assistant Democrats.
If there are any (and that is sheer conjecture) conservative senators, they better create a new political party before 2022, because the GOP is a corpse with RINOscum leadership in the Senate. McConnell, Graham, and Cornyn and the other 17 betrayers have no redeeming patriotic value to the United States of America.
“America can breathe a sigh of relief that we’re finally going to have someone like Merrick Garland leading the Justice Department. Someone with integrity, independence, respect for the rule of law and credibility on both sides of the aisle. He understands that the job of the attorney general is one to protect rule of law, unlike the previous attorneys general under President Trump,” Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said.
Every one a RINO.. O’l MacBiden had a farm, ay yi yi yi oh...
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