Posted on 03/21/2017 2:44:35 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
WASHINGTON ― Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) wants the Senate to delay a vote on President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court pick as long as Trump’s campaign remains under investigation by the FBI.
Democrats have struggled to come up with a cohesive strategy on how to handle the vote to confirm Neil Gorsuch, whom Trump picked in January to fill Justice Antonin Scalia’s vacant seat on the high court.
On Monday, FBI Director James Comey confirmed in his testimony to Congress that his agency is investigating ties between the Trump campaign and the Russian government.
“There is a cloud now hanging over the head of the president, and while that’s happening, to have a lifetime appointment made by this president seems very unseemly and there ought to be a delay,” Schumer told reporters on Tuesday.
The only reason Gorsuch has a chance to win confirmation now is because Republicans refused to even hold a hearing for President Barack Obama’s nominee after Scalia died in February more than a year ago. Obama’s pick, Merrick Garland, went through all the motions of meeting senators, but Republicans refused to consider him because Obama was going to leave office in a little less than a year.
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There’s no “cloud” there’s merely the scum of Democrats....
The “stupid” is strong with this one.
Block and stall 5.0
And of course the "investigation" will take years.
Chuck is going to be so surprised when he comes face to face with the Living God.
That’s pretty much the same line of thinking as Rosie O’Donut: Institute martial law until Trump is “cleared of all charges”. These fools need to be institutionalized.
Guess we know now why corrupt Comey announced this.
Has Chuckie Schumer done ONE thing constructive since he’s been in D.C.?
I cannot think of anything.
I am sick and tired of Democrat whining and squealing over that Garland dude. Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!
We all know they had Scalia whacked so they could weight the court in their favor.
Justice can be a bitch sometimes. Eh, Demonrats?
A mental giant Chuckie is not.
There’s a stinky Schucky the turdball in the Senate.
Like Irrelevant Chuck gets to decide this.
Certainly glad he’s the Minority Leader.
And, obviously, they still don't have one.
Bingo!
They don’t call ‘im ChucktheSchmuck for nothing.
When Chuck Schumer finally dies I plan on popping a bottle of champagne to celebrate that my country will that day be measurably more free than it is right now.
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