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turbinetree

(24,701 posts)
Sat Sep 19, 2020, 10:55 PM Sep 2020

Lets not forget that Kamala Harris sits on the Judiciary Committee........

Published 10 hours ago on September 19, 2020
By Matthew Chapman



GOP facing nightmare Ginsburg replacement hearings with Kamala Harris grilling Trump nominee: Dem strategist

It is not yet clear whether Republicans have locked down the votes to force through a Supreme Court confirmation in the remaining time before the 2020 election, or the lame duck session afterward, although President Donald Trump and GOP leaders have signaled their intent to try to do so.

However, on CNN Saturday, former Hillary Clinton strategist Jess McIntosh outlined one obstacle for Republicans: vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris.

“Kamala Harris sits on the Judiciary Committee,” said anchor Anderson Cooper. “Potentially she could be questioning a nominee as a vice presidential pick?”

https://www.rawstory.com/2020/09/gop-facing-nightmare-ginsburg-replacement-hearings-with-kamala-harris-grilling-trump-nominee-dem-strategist/

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“And she is very, very good at that,” said McIntosh. “I would like folks to remember what Kamala Harris, on the Judiciary Committee, was capable of doing with, say, Jeff Sessions. I don’t think that these hearings are going to go the way that Republicans are hoping that they will. I think they are going to face incredibly tough questions.”

“We are talking about a president who has been impeached, a president who did not win the popular vote, and a president who has presided over the deaths of 200,000 Americans,” added McIntosh. “I don’t think many Americans want that man deciding what is going to set policy for the next generation.”

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Lets not forget that Kamala Harris sits on the Judiciary Committee........ (Original Post) turbinetree Sep 2020 OP
this is brilliant. I didnt even think about it AlexSFCA Sep 2020 #1
They, the senate has to be advised and then give the consent with a up and down vote turbinetree Sep 2020 #2
Don't forget... 2naSalit Sep 2020 #3
Yepper spot on................ turbinetree Sep 2020 #4
They don't have to hold hearings...they can go straight to a vote if they vote to do so greenjar_01 Sep 2020 #5
Could they ask her to excuse herself? Or the Senate demand it? Baclava Sep 2020 #6
Harris should not recuse herself. dalton99a Sep 2020 #7

AlexSFCA

(6,137 posts)
1. this is brilliant. I didnt even think about it
Sat Sep 19, 2020, 11:00 PM
Sep 2020

gop may not hold hearing until after the election. The free airtime Kamala would get right before election is gonna drive them crazy. Is it constitutionally required to have hearings at all? Can rethugs just vote in a justice with zero hearings? If it’s just a senate rule, mcturtle can change it in no time. What is the constitutional procedure for confirming a SC justice?

turbinetree

(24,701 posts)
4. Yepper spot on................
Sun Sep 20, 2020, 10:13 AM
Sep 2020

and he still a scum bag right along with Gorsuch
note : Gorsuch if he had any principles would have told everyone that since the process was bastardized he would not have accepted the position, but as we know the scum bags are after all what they are, federalist society scum bags, they have no principles they always put party over country....................

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