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Axios: Trump rages as absent Senate Republicans help confirm Biden judges
Axios - Trump rages as absent Senate Republicans help confirm Biden judges
Justin Green
Stef W. Kight
5 mins ago
President-elect Trump is demanding that Senate Republicans show up and try to stop Democrats from confirming more judges.
Why it matters: President Biden is now 15 judicial confirmations away from the record set by Trump in his first term.
Democrats confirmed two more judges on Wednesday by 50-48 margins, with Republican Sens. Ted Cruz (Texas) and Mike Braun (Indiana) missing the votes.
"I am very angry – 90% of success in life is showing up," Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) told reporters.
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Justin Green
Stef W. Kight
5 mins ago
President-elect Trump is demanding that Senate Republicans show up and try to stop Democrats from confirming more judges.
Why it matters: President Biden is now 15 judicial confirmations away from the record set by Trump in his first term.
Trump posted Wednesday on "X": "The Democrats are trying to stack the Courts with Radical Left Judges on their way out the door. Republican Senators need to Show Up and Hold the Line — No more Judges confirmed before Inauguration Day!"
Democrats confirmed two more judges on Wednesday by 50-48 margins, with Republican Sens. Ted Cruz (Texas) and Mike Braun (Indiana) missing the votes.
If they'd voted, Vice President Harris would have been unavailable to break the 50-50 tie as she's currently vacationing in Hawaii.
"I am very angry – 90% of success in life is showing up," Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) told reporters.
"I've got a 4th Circuit nominee that if my colleagues show up on my side I've secured Democratic votes to defeat. That is very personal to me," he said.
"I had a member ask me, 'Well, when is the vote?' I said, 'When you're not here,'" Tillis told reporters.
/snip
Cry more, ya big baby!
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Tight ship over there.
I could not be more pleased.
Spoiler alert: her tie-breaking vote was not needed. If it were needed, the vote would have simply been pushed to when she was available and the others waiting in line to be approved would have been moved up and voted on instead.
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