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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Now you know why Comey announced the existence of an investigation when he did. Don’t be shocked if 1 or 2 (all it would take) rinos agree to this. Were they to wait until it all shakes out it could deley a vote for a year minimum.
Comey is nothing but a Rat soldier.
Block, delay, accuse, whine, repeat.
The only cloud is the steam rising from Democrat BS.
Lies stacked upon lies stacked upon lies.
To the dems:
Stop stalling!
I didn't know Schmucky was married to Dr. Ruth.
No wonder he's such a miserable prick.
In my mind, all Comey did was confirm that the Obama admin was in fact using this flimsy excuse as their justification to spy on the Trump campaign.
The “cloud” is Schumer. I had a burrito for lunch.
Schumer is a Bonifide puppet and idiot in my opinion.
After observing these duplicitous, seditionist LIBS, I wonder if they are all buried in unmarked graves so as to avoid centuries of “desecration”? Just askin’...
“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.”
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Bwahahahaha! Good luck with that!
It’s absurd now that Trump had any illegal connections to Russia that it gave him the presidency. The question is why keep the charade going? So he can get good press from the liberals? Is Comey willing to go as far as ginning up or accepting false evidence? ...
Hey Chuckles: Go Bork yourself!
Who is the dude with Chuck?
I think it only takes one jackass Senator to put a hold on nominations.
Of course, there are about 100 of them.
Schumer’s ongoing vain attempt to sound relevant.
Shouldn’t vote as long as we can manufacture fake scandals.
Pray America woke
That’s Dustin Hoffman I think.
Gorsuch said he regrets putting his family through this “process”. How sad for our country. What truly qualified candidate wants to be willingly subjected to this abuse? It is country’s loss.
Some decent Congressman (I know, an oxymoron!) should introduce a bill that would strictly limit how far Congressmen can abuse nominees and their families. NOW.
Yep.
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