Discussion: Senate Judiciary Cmte. Cancels Votes On Judges As Flake Refuses To Back Down

When is the last session of the Senate before the new Congress??

6 weeks? 7 tops…

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McConnell: “Well, it’s too bad but we really don’t care, Jeff. Your spinelessness got us Kavanaugh and you’ll be gone come January.”

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Too little, too late, Jeff. Your kids are still ashamed to admit you’re their father.

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He’s only got about three more weeks for any surprises. Imagine what could have happened if he’d done this earlier.

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Whatever, ya Flake

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Flake Refuses To Back Down

No one could have imagined this.

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Well, I did use the word disappointing. I have to think he was doing polling and it was not like a third-base coach waving him in or anything. Hell, he was one of very few even saying that not everything Trump did was fine. Best of a bad lot, with McCain gone. It’s a dispiriting spectacle overall, there’s no doubt about that.

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He doesn’t need you to be that stupid, just Kentucky.

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Will another GOP Senator join him to torpedo all further GOP Judicial nominations till next year?

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Oh, but he did cave as usual.

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Yup.

The moment a judge rated “Not Qualified” by the American Bar Association needed his vote, he was there.

Outgoing Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) flaked again when he withdrew his “no” vote against controversial judicial nominee Jonathan Kobes.

Flake has pledged to stage an epic protest against President Donald Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), who refused to allow a vote on a bill to protect Bob Mueller.

“So my commitment to not vote for judges before the committee or on the floor until we get this done stands,” Flake told reporters Wednesday.

“That’s not an idle threat,” CNN host Jake Tapper said when Flake announced his protest. He noted “if he votes against any of the 32 judges that come before the Senate floor, that makes it 50-50 and [Vice President] Mike Pence gets to be a tiebreaker.

That’s exactly what happened Thursday, when Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-OK) was unable to vote, though he would have been a “yes” vote. Flake’s “no” vote would have prevented Kobes from being confirmed. Instead, Flake withdrew his “no” vote so that the vote would be 49 to 49 and Pence would have to cast the tie-breaking vote.
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/11/jeff-flake-caves-withdrawing-no-vote-controversial-judge-pence-break-tie/amp/?__twitter_impression=true

There just aren’t enough words to convey how thoroughly I loathe Flake (& Sasse & Collins), the spineless prevaricating f*ckwat.

See above :wink:

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