Tim Scott will oppose Trump judicial nominee’s confirmation

NYPost ^ | November 29, 2018

[SMGFan]

South Carolina GOP Sen. Tim Scott said Thursday he would oppose the nomination of Thomas Farr to the federal bench over his links to voter suppression efforts in North Carolina targeting blacks.

Scott’s decision assures that President Trump’s nominee will not be confirmed by the Senate, where retiring Arizona Republican Sen. Jeff Flake had already said he would oppose Farr’s nomination.

Senate Republicans have a slim 51-49 majority and could not afford to lose more than one vote since all 49 Democrats oppose Trump’s pick.

In a statement explaining his decision, Scott, who is black, cited a 1991 Department of Justice memo that was leaked this week, days before the Senate was set to vote on Farr’s confirmation, South Carolina’s The State newspaper reported.

[txhurl]

Trey swears up and down by this guy, almost brutha-from-anutha-mutha kinship.

[alstewartfan]

I didn’t know that Scott is a jerk.

[Jim Noble]

If Tim Scott is a “no”, in the new Congress Romney, Murkowski, Collins and Hyde-Smith will be “no” votes also.

[angry elephant]

I didn’t know that Scott is a jerk.

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Apparently Scott has the same low expectations of blacks that the liberal whites have and assumes the other blacks are less than full thinking human beings. He is the only smart one and the other blacks are stupid.

[piytar]

Um, factually incorrect. We have a 53-47 margin in the Senate.

[Kalamata]

South Carolinians, kick BOTH your senators OUT. They do not represent your values!!!

[piytar]

Oops. Sorry, we will. As another Freeper stated, just delay and denominate. Game over.

[piytar]

Yes!

[mac_truck]

I’ll bet a Senator Roy Moore Luther Strange would have voted for him.

Better...this is what McConnell (and Trump) wanted.

[txhurl]

Um, only nominally, now that Scott is signalling moving away from us, and God only knows what sway the Barbours hold over Smith in MS.

[ZULU]

Bingo

[ZULU]

THAT is cause for concern!

[Balding_Eagle]

Strange wasn’t on the ballot.

[EMI_Guy]

The very few times I’ve seen Scott and heard him on the radio...well...not impressed. Seems a bit of a dullard to me. Not much original thought.

[Major Matt Mason]

That's the problem. We keep kicking RINOs to the curb, but they just keep popping up in another form. Scott seemed pretty good for a while, but lately he is sounding like Rubio and others that we thought were OK but aren't.

[Boomer]

I don’t understand why it would be harder for a black person to get an ID than a white person. Maybe if they are an illegal but not if they are a US citizen.

What I see here is Scott putting his skin color before his country. The wrong kind of person who should be a politician.

[WWG1WWA]

Pulling a Mia Love is no way to go through life, Scott. Noted.

[GoldenPup]

So let McTurtle hold off the senate vote until the new senate is seated in ‘19.

[alstewartfan]

Scott’s presupposition is that his fellow blacks are pretty damn dumb.