White House slams McConnell on Lynch confirmation delay

[DonViejo]

Source: ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is blasting Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell for holding up a confirmation vote for Loretta Lynch to be attorney general.

McConnell has warned he won’t hold a vote before the Senate finishes a human trafficking bill. That legislation hit a roadblock over a provision regarding funding for abortions.

White House spokesman Josh Earnest said Monday it’s an “unconscionable delay” that reflects failed Republican leadership. He says it’s a sign that McConnell’s leadership “is not off to a very strong start.”

Earnest is also questioning whether Obama can trust McConnell’s word. He’s accusing McConnell of playing politics with the nomination. But the White House won’t say whether Obama would sign the bill with the abortion provision included. Earnest says Republicans don’t currently have the votes to pass it.

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Read more: http://www.salon.com/2015/03/16/white_house_slams_mcconnell_on_lynch_confirmation_delay/

[Romeo.lima333]

1. whitehouse slamming mcconnell for what mcconnel has been doing for years

[riversedge]

2. seems it good the turtle has a hard shell

[Fred Sanders]

4. It is legislation by ambush and the media is helpfully providing Orwellian camouflage so they can do it.

[George II]

6. What??? McConnell made the statement (several times) on CNN, which is part of "the media", and....

....it's been all over "the media" ever since. In fact, they're discussing it on "The Cycle" on MSNBC at this very moment!

[Fred Sanders]

7. The poison pill and how it got there...good to see one media is discussing the actual WHY.

Because that is not in the AP news aggregator. Nor is the why of holding up the Lynch nomination
to please the Tea Party, nor is broken promises on the Lynch vote because of the ambush, nor is why the GOP Congress always has "scheduling problems".

Leaving stuff out is as important to propaganda as putting stuff in.

[George II]

8. Check around....

The NY Daily News, the Washington Post, the LA Times, USA Today, The Guardian, even Newsmax are reporting this story.

Last I heard, they were all part of the dreaded "media".

[Fred Sanders]

3. "Hit a roadblock" is AP speak for "we do not want to go into any details...looks bad for the GOP".

And so any reasonable response to poison pill legislation by ambush is "slamming"?

[C_U_L8R]

5. Apparently McConnell is too busy to confirm

[3catwoman3]

12. That turtle has...

...rhythym.

McConnell is tone deaf.

[pnwmom]

9. Fine. Holder can stay on. The Rethugs love him. n/t

[NRaleighLiberal]

10. "Earnest is also questioning whether Obama can trust McConnell’s word". Oh really?

[Fred Sanders]

11. Why is AP unable to quote a full sentence from the White House? Did their recorders break??

[SmittynMo]

13. It's pretty obvious

to me, that in order to get rid of a problem, you have to remove it during the election. How this guy got re elected is beyond me. Until he's elected out, it's the SOS-DD with turtle brain. Nothing will ever change.

[wiggs]

14. Another ransom note from the GOP, with women the hostages...again. Why do

dem leaders and pundits ignore the LONG, DESPICABLE RECORD OF GOP STUNTS EVERY TIME ANOTHER HOSTAGE-TAKING HAPPENS? McConnell's tantrum is just the latest in 6 years of this kind of thing...starting, IIRC, with holding government funding hostage until Planned Parenthood was defunded...Acorn too....and food stamps....and unemployment insurance...etc....etc.

The FIRST THING that should be discussed when the GOP threatens pull this again is HOW MANY of these have occurred and exactly how many people have been harmed and exactly how much money has been wasted...and how much money a lower credit rating has cost every one of us because congress can't solve problems.