Collins says memo that sank judicial nomination requires 'further research'
Source: Bangor Daily News
Good morning from Augusta. U.S. Sen. Susan Collins stepped back from her support of one of President Donald Trumps most controversial judicial nominees to date on Thursday, though she was still non-committal after another Republican senator effectively sank the nomination.
Democrats needed to win two Republican votes to block the nomination of Thomas Farr, a nominee for a federal judgeship in North Carolina who was opposed by the NAACP and other civil rights groups. They got their wish on Thursday, when Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina joined Jeff Flake of Arizona to say that hell vote against Farr.
It came after The Washington Post published a 1991 memo from the U.S. Department of Justice that shed light on mailings from 1984 and 1990 campaigns for a senator that the department said were designed to keep certain black voters from casting their ballots in those elections.
Farr was a controversial pick from the beginning. Democrats and civil rights groups kicked up opposition to Farr once his January renomination for a seat long held open by Republicans was set to head to the Senate floor this month, largely citing his work with North Carolina Republicans in defending two laws that struck down by courts for reasons of discrimination.
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hlthe2b
(102,343 posts)I hope her Maine constituency is watching all her crap.
FarPoint
(12,432 posts)She is an empty, hollow entity now...
YOHABLO
(7,358 posts)lilactime
(657 posts)cstanleytech
(26,318 posts)Collins and Flake to look good after their vote for Kavanaugh?
George II
(67,782 posts)We'll see how she votes after she votes. No sooner.
cstanleytech
(26,318 posts)a complete scam on her part as we saw when she voted yes to Kavanaugh.
Scruffy1
(3,256 posts)His most famous for his vulture funds and his company Elliot management is one of her largest donors.
Julian Englis
(2,309 posts)Links here: https://www.democraticunderground.com/10552861
Apollyonus
(812 posts)fuck her
Haggis for Breakfast
(6,831 posts)if he tried than Tom Farr.
To anyone who still doubts that trmpie is a racist, this should be the LAST nail in that coffin.
LiberalLovinLug
(14,176 posts)You are worse than the others of your ilk. Like Lindsey Graham, you think you can pretend to be a reasonable moderate Republican with a conscience, and no one will see you lick the hoofs of the vile orange pig.