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Is it my imagination, or is mittens mcTurtle MIA lately? (Original Post) lindysalsagal Aug 2018 OP
Aren't they back home avoiding their constituents? shraby Aug 2018 #1
By design. Wellstone ruled Aug 2018 #2
Mitch is a traitor. saidsimplesimon Aug 2018 #3
The entire GOP, as it exists in DC, is guilty of conspiracy... dchill Aug 2018 #4
Best if he 2naSalit Aug 2018 #5
Mitch is busy counting all the shiny new RW judgeships that 45 is handing him. VOX Aug 2018 #6
mitch is hiding from questions....when is the last time he took a single question from the media? spanone Aug 2018 #7
 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
2. By design.
Sun Aug 19, 2018, 02:10 PM
Aug 2018

Ryan and the Turtle said they had this Election in the Bag months ago. That was part of the Tax Deal,we give you your Tax Break and you give us the money to win in the Mid Terms.

Little side bar,was in Minnny on Primary Day,the Closet Dems came out in record numbers in South West Minny. Fun to watch the Trumper's show up at the Town Hall in order to cast their ballots for Trumps personal favorite,Johnson.. BTW,first time in decades that Primary Voting was being done at Township Halls as well as at the County Seats.

saidsimplesimon

(7,888 posts)
3. Mitch is a traitor.
Sun Aug 19, 2018, 02:11 PM
Aug 2018

Always was always a slimy political hack. I had some hope that Mittens would find a voice. Cowards surround US, and we will remember them at the polls and beyond (that's for you Mittens, your father would be ashamed, imo).

dchill

(38,492 posts)
4. The entire GOP, as it exists in DC, is guilty of conspiracy...
Sun Aug 19, 2018, 02:17 PM
Aug 2018

(Which, in their case, amounts to treason) And they are ALL aware of that fact. So now we're being told "Truth isn't truth."

VOX

(22,976 posts)
6. Mitch is busy counting all the shiny new RW judgeships that 45 is handing him.
Sun Aug 19, 2018, 02:36 PM
Aug 2018

The turtle been a busy beaver in this particular arena.

https://wapo.st/2OIqa8e
Senate confirms more Trump judges
Washington Post
August 16, 2018
[Photo caption] “Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., arrives at the chamber to begin work on a judicial confirmation, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Aug. 16, 2018.”
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has put more judges on the circuit courts this far into his first two years than other administrations had, thanks to Senate Republicans.


The Senate on Thursday confirmed two more of Trump’s nominees, bringing to 26 the number of new appellate judges that have been approved this session of Congress.


The judges confirmed Thursday — U.S. District Judge A. Marvin Quattlebaum Jr. and U.S. Attorney’s Office Deputy Chief Jay Richardson — will fill seats on the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals in South Carolina.


A Trump-nominated judge now holds one out every seven seats on the circuit courts, according to the office of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.


Republicans have made a priority of confirming judges in their fight to hold the Senate majority ahead of the fall midterm election. Democrats have stalled many of Trump’s picks.


Conservatives have long taken an interest in the judiciary. McConnell leads a narrowly divided Senate, 51-49, which makes it difficult to pass legislation. But he has seized on the chance to reshape the courts in the Trump era. Judges can be confirmed with a simple majority of senators.
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spanone

(135,832 posts)
7. mitch is hiding from questions....when is the last time he took a single question from the media?
Sun Aug 19, 2018, 02:40 PM
Aug 2018

fuck him with razor wire
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