Why would GOP delay confirmation of African-American woman to extort votes for an anti-choice rider

[Panich52]

in a bill meant to aid sex slaves?

Did the question answer itself?


#pattern? #misogyny #racism #obstruction


BTW, Great mini-bio on Lynch by Maddow tonight

[elleng]

1. because they CAN!

[riversedge]

3. @HillaryClinton · Congressional trifecta against women today:

Hillary noted the trifecta in her tweets--as espoused in the OP. Because they can is a good response for now. But it does seem to be a pattern today--the hits on women. I wonder if Congress itself even noted the connections???


Hillary Clinton @HillaryClinton · 6h 6 hours ago

Congressional trifecta against women today: 1) Blocking great nominee, 1st African American woman AG, for longer than any AG in 30 years…
1,847 retweets 1,980 favorites


Hillary Clinton @HillaryClinton · 6h 6 hours ago

...2) Playing politics with trafficking victims… 3) Threatening women's health & rights.
1,564 retweets 1,730 favorites

[spanone]

2. because they are holding our government hostage in every way possible.

[jwirr]

4. IMO they are grandstanding. They don't care if anything gets passed as long as a black man is

president. This is a show for their base - they know it is going to get vetoed and they think this will make him look bad because they used a good cause to cover their real goal.

I am sure that Ms Lynch has their number already. I hope she does not back out.

[demigoddess]

5. they don't want anything passed

as long as we have black man as president. they want him to look ineffectual and a failure. they want that to go down in history. that way they prevent another black man from being president.

[jwirr]

13. I agree. But I don't think historians are going to be that dumb. Nor can anyone fool all the people

for long.

[awoke_in_2003]

6. Because Obama nominated her...

it is that simple.

[freshwest]

7. It is Self-Evident, as the founding documents would say. Here is my unsympathetic view:

Lynch is black and female. She is worse than Holder or Hillary to them. Double whammy. She must be humiliated and put in her place.

Sexual slavery is not an issue for the American Taliban. So they play with it. Child abuse and battering women is not an issue, they have done all they could to protect the right of men to do so under 'sanctity of the family' or 'family values.'

Destroying women's rights are what the GOP wants most. They want them barefoot and pregnant. It will leave half the population with no ability to resist them.

So yes, it answers itself.

[JDPriestly]

8. A certain percentage of Republicans are racist and sexist.

The Republicans in Congress are sending a message to those Republicans.

What a shame for America that the party that caters to Republicans who are racist and sexist is in charge in the Congress.

[pansypoo53219]

9. because the talibornigan hold their balls + squeeze.

[bvf]

10. Do you even have to ask? n/t

[eShirl]

11. Killing 3 birds with one stone

win-win-win for GOP

[mercuryblues]

12. Because

denying women who have been held as sex slaves access to abortion is politically expedient policy. The icing on the cake for them is using an accomplished black woman to achieve this goal lets their base know they will do anything and everything to protect their privilege.