"I hope you realize how ridiculous you look" - Whitehouse blasts Trump Judicial nominees

[orangecrush]

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[Ocelot II]

1. Those morons were nominated to be federal judges???

One of them looks no older than 18 - I can't believe she's even old enough (let alone smart enough) to have even graduated from law school. Were these dim bulbs just GOP operatives who swore fealty to Trump and just happened to have law degrees?

[peppertree]

18. One wonders how many of these flunkies have degrees from accredited law schools

And not - say - Liberty University (like most of Bush's toadies did).

[Ocelot II]

19. They probably do; the problem isn't likely to be their degrees, it's what they've done since.

Like never having set foot in a courtroom, let alone a federal courtroom; like having spent a few years after graduation drafting wills or defending DUIs, followed by a gig on a local MAGA GOPer's campaign staff. As with everyone else in Trump's government, professional qualifications are irrelevant as long as you have the requisite loyalty. I think I know how I'd have reacted if I'd been offered a federal judge position by some politician friend a few years into my legal career, during which I'd worked on civil appeals and business litigation, I'd probably have said something like, "Thanks, but are you fucking kidding me? I'm not qualified! I'd just make an ass of myself!" Are those people so lacking in self-awareness that they don't know they're making asses of themselves?

[peppertree]

20. We should've been so lucky! To have you as a federal judge.

But, of course - in a banana republic, being instead willing to be an unprincipled crony is always good career policy.

Qué será.

[underpants]

24. and Regent U (Va. Beach Pat Robertson's school)

The DOJ announced just a few weeks ago that they were hiring right out of law school after passing the bar. I know a retired DOJ employee who told me they never hired right out of school. Intern maybe but not a full hire.

This stinks like they are going to load up the DOJ with true believers to replace the huge numbers of actual professionals who’ve said “to hell with this!”

Remember Monica Goodling, Alberto Gonzales purity tracker during the Dick&W administration?
She went straight from Regent to be one of Alberto’s inner circle.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monica_Goodling

[CoopersDad]

2. Best post I have seen this week. K/R

The lack of this kind of outrage across nearly every senator's desk is remarkable.

Thank you.

[orangecrush]

7. Thank you

No punches pulled there.

[twodogsbarking]

17. Well worth a look. Thanks.

[orangecrush]

22. Thanks!

[NoMoreRepugs]

3. 4 deer in headlights responses - damn I feel more secure with these 4 about to be able make decisions affecting our

populace. What happened to competence??

[Easterncedar]

4. Why not Whitehouse for the White House?

He is so good

[ninjanurse]

9. He's my senator

I always vote for him.

[orangecrush]

23. You are fortunate

To have someone like that representing you.

[underpants]

5. Watching later.

[haele]

6. Oh my word. I'm a retired Navy Chief -

A systems engineer, and had to get a degree so I got one in Business and even with a stutter, I could answer those questions more competently and confidently than these four apparently can.

One would think if they went to an actual law school rather than a mail in correspondence school that they could at least speak confidently in public.

[orangecrush]

8. Incredible

Isn't it?

[Katinfl]

10. She had no idea what he was talking about. He gave them the answers then they all agreed.

I love Whitehouse. He holds no punches and tells it like it is, always.

[TheRickles]

11. Brilliant. But I wish he'd ended by asking whether they agreed it was a problem (threats to judges),

and how they would fix it.

[orleans]

12. k&r for later viewing nt

[Jimvanhise]

13. NO PERSONAL INTEGRITY

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1) There is not one shred of evidence that the 2020 election was stolen. That has been called "The Big Lie" since 2020 and that drives Trump crazy even though he cannot prove anything. He even called Georgia and tried to get them to "find votes" which is called election fraud.

2) There are hours of footage showing that the attack on January 6th. Police testified to Congress about it. Trying to claim that there was no attack on January 6th by hundreds of people who attacked the police is the new Big Lie.

[Pepsidog]

14. Cannon was the straw that broke the camels back. Once the pinnacle of legal respectability, Rs turned the federal

judiciary into a clown show. Lifetime appointments for these immoral, lying scum.

[malaise]

15. One of the best of all of them

A genuine expert in his field

Rec

[Uncle Joe]

16. Kicked and recommended

Thanks for the thread orangecrush

[orangecrush]

21. Most welcome, Uncle Joe!