So, basically, they did what every sober, sensible, moderate Republican voter horrified, alarmed and appalled by the excesses, racism, corruption, anti-democratic activity, and moral and intellectual bankruptcy of their party does on Election Day.
Ernst is always Phony Joni.
Hawley, a freshman, was criticized by conservative groups and the Wall Street Journal editorial page for raising questions about Rao, but said he will vet all judicial nominees thoroughly, regardless of ideology.
“There are some inside this building and outside of it that would prefer I would do as instructed and go along to get along. That is not going to happen,” he said.
And yet here you are Joshey going along to get along. Empty suit with, doubts, and concerns all swept under the carpet so you fall in line.
Hawley is such a weak tool. Cannot wait to vote his dumb ass out.
Well if past is prologue then he’ll run for President before his first term expires.
Wouldn’t surprise me, but that process would expose him for what you rightly called him, an empty suit.
Absolutely. We have got to send her home next november. Senator Harkin’s seat deserves so much better than to be held by the Midwest’s version of Susan Collins (Lots of posturing and faux concern, then vote for the damn ideologues regardless)
Trump nominated Rao for the seat left vacant when Kavanaugh joined the Supreme Court last fall.
Let us not forget that Kavanaugh (and Gorsuch) was nominated to the SCOTUS by Individual 1.
Hawley, Ernst Put Concerns With Trump Judge Pick Aside To Advance Nomination
Which we always knew that it was going to happen. Not sure why they even bother objecting.
Just don’t tweet this at him. I think he thinks we can’t see him and what he is doing. He must have bought one those foreign made Trump invisibility cloaks.
They are going to have to put more ink on that stamp pad; it’s running dry. As usual, he says “jump” and his enablers reply “how high?” They never had any “concerns,” it’s all just kabuki theater. The GOP will confirm a potato to the Federal judiciary.
As alarming as the ongoing warming of our planet may be, we face an even more urgent problem.
The Federal Government’s strategic reserves for set-aside GOP concerns were full even before the 2016 campaign. Now, those facilities are completely unmanageable, because they are buried under huge mounds of set-aside concerns.
At the current rate of production and growth there will be enough concerns in 2027 to cover the entirety of the 48 states to a depth of 2 meters. By 2045, there would be 8 meters of concerns smothering us.
A small number of GOP elected officials have acknowledged the problem, but have offered only thoughts and prayers as a solution.
Rao suggested in undergraduate articles that intoxicated women were partly responsible for date rape
Do we know what her opinion is on whether intoxicated men are partly responsible when they become mugging victims on their walk home?
Nobody said there was gonna be any math…
Republicans knuckling under? Whoever heard of such a thing?
Then you will be very unhappy to learn that I’ve hired a British instructor for you.
There will be maths.
Hawley and Ernst - two more typically spineless Rethugs.
It’s an insult to kabuki.
But he said Thursday that after meeting with Rao he is convinced she would interpret the Constitution “according to its text, structure and history” and not current social mores.
So if the original constitution allowed or didn’t outlaw slavery, it should be ok? What a bunch of fucking idiots most if not all republicans are. God damn just complete fucking idiots.