After Republicans boxed him out of a Supreme Court seat and helped delay his current confirmation hearing, Merrick Garland is on the path to becoming attorney general.
Finally, some supreme justice at DOJ.
Is there any information that indicates Garland would NOT be confirmed? Is there a struggle with this one like there is with OMB?
I mean, nothing is a slam dunk, but…
Given Mr. Trump’s paranoia and projection, I am sure that he fears Judge Garland more than any other prospective member of the Biden cabinet.
No doubt in my mind about that. But there are some GOP that don’t care about Trump (granted, darned few, but there will be a couple). I’m just not hearing the nonsense, e.g., from Susan Collins about temperament, when it comes to Garland.
I don’t have a problem either with the GOP demanding an investigation into Cuomo and his handling of the NY pandemic stuff. As with Benghazi and all the rest of the nonsense, it will ultimately be determined by the State and the Feds that he did the best he could in spite of the previous administration’s obstruction. I would like to see the DOJ be able to walk and chew gum at the same time and both investigations can take place simultaneously.
Bring it, Merrick.
Garland plans to tell lawmakers: “Communities of color and other minorities still face discrimination in housing, education, employment, and the criminal justice system; and bear the brunt of the harm caused by pandemic, pollution, and climate change.”
Does any one still wonder why Moscow Mitch has worked so hard to block and delay Judge Garland?
I hope he brought Hunter Biden’s laptop with him. If not, Lindsey Graham will not be amused.
I cannot wait to see Lindsey Graham in his full-on Rabid Toy Poodle Mode, foaming at the mouth while trying to get Garland to promise not to investigate his Leather Daddy Donald Trump.
I think Lindsey and many other GOP members are shitting concrete blocks because they know there is no way they are going to stop Garland’s nomination and they also know Garland is going to follow all the evidence about 1/6/21, no matter where it leads. And I am sure it’s going to lead to a lot of GOP members, including the Exalted Fat Ass.
Garland is a GOP nightmare: an honest man who knows and does his job well.
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We are going to be hearing a lot of … “the DOJ will be independent and follow the evidence and law, but we can’t comment on any ongoing or potential investigations.”
Ok, this made my day / week / month.
I don’t have a problem with a Cuomo investigation, either - as long as there are also investigations of Governors DeSantis, Noem, Reynolds, Abbott, Ricketts, the meatpacking industry, Jared Kushner and his schemes during the pandemic, Scott Atlas, etc., etc., ad infinitum.
TPM put up a post on this.
I would rather hear Garland say, “Oh, Senator Graham! Please go eat a big bag of unsalted dicks!”. But I’d be perfectly happy to hear him say what you say!
The arguments I’ve heard thus far from the right are if we’re going to investigate White Nationalism, then we should investigate Cuomo. Let’s give them that. It’s not a risk. At the end, Cuomo will be vindicated.
I guess he’ll have to go after that librul-leanin’ Soviet Stalinist Supreme Court when he makes his big screech…I mean speech at the upcoming CPAC Yokel and COVID Transmission Festival.
Grassley continues to prove he’s a doddering old fool who has no place in polite society.
Cuomo, WTF. This is New York’s issue. I’m sure there are plenty of NY pols, D&R, who will be glad to drag him over the coals.
“Yes, it’s true that I didn’t give Judge Garland a hearing. I also didn’t…”
Just STFU, you mentally declined waste of space. Utterly useless as a senator. Weak-tea whataboutism is your entire party platform now.
Most. Important. Biden. Cabinet. Position.