GOP Senator: We Should ‘Man Up And Cast A Vote’ On Obama’s Court Pick
Source: HuffingtonPost
WASHINGTON Sen. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) said Friday that his party needs to just man up and cast a vote on President Barack Obamas Supreme Court nominee a break from GOP leaders position that there will be no votes or even hearings until theres a new president....He went on to say, in essence, what Senate Democrats have been saying all along about voting on Merrick Garland: Its our job.
The tough thing about these Senatorial jobs is you get yes or no votes, he said. Your whole job is to either say yes or no, and explain why.
The Illinois Republican is in a tight race with Rep. Tammy Duckworth (D), who is trying to unseat him in November. Hes been trying to cast himself as above politics, and in recent days has been distancing himself from his party leaders firm stance on denying Garland hearings.
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jpak
(41,760 posts)above his grade
yup
Jackie Wilson Said
(4,176 posts)He knows that a flat refusal to do his job could cost him, his job.
ColesCountyDem
(6,943 posts)Horse hockey, you spineless asshole!
scscholar
(2,902 posts)Why expect them to change?
houston16revival
(953 posts)as well as their Bible sworn oaths to execute their duties
is not a winning position.
Kirk understands if he means what he says.
What are they hiding from? They're hiding from the naked partisan
motives behind their refusing to do their jobs.
No one can deny they can vote NO if they want to. Stall, stonewall, hedge,
delay ... that's a strategy. That's politics.
Not doing your job so you can escape responsibility?
He's nailed it. Man up! Don't be Senate Wimpies.
Skittles
(153,199 posts)oldandhappy
(6,719 posts)I am not holding my breathe.
Gidney N Cloyd
(19,847 posts)... how some got permission to not support Trump. He's in big trouble this November.
(http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/271044-mcconnell-preps-senators-to-run-against-trump)