BREAKING: Cornyn/Garland reject FBI Director slot

[brooklynite]

Link to tweet

[Vinca]

1. Just wait. Jared will end up running the FBI in between negotiating Middle East peace,

solving the opioid crisis, reinventing the government, transforming the VA and walking around in war zones looking like a GQ model.

[yortsed snacilbuper]

9. "walking around in war zones looking like a GQ model." "Kushner at War "

Band of Brooks Brothers
Full Metal Blazer
Banana Republicans
In the Armani Now
U.S. Heir Force
Private Lee Owned
Operation Desert Nordstrom
Operation Dessert Spoon
Saving Private Ryan Care
Charge of the Light Weight Brigade
Saving Private Equity
Muslim Ray-Ban
Full Mental Racket

[MissB]

13. Omg

[Demtexan]

15. Why the vest, he was walking target.

No helmet.

Just mess up his hair.

[Cal Carpenter]

24. You win!

And I am happy to see this sort of punny humor, as DU lost one of its best, most prolific punsters recently (RIP pinboy3niner) and I miss him.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. Good. Cornyn would be horrible and Garland would open up a federal court seat

for Trump to fill with one of his stooges.

[MoonRiver]

3. Meaning, Cornyn, doesn't want to go down with the Ship of Fools.

Good choice.

[Demtexan]

4. Who would want to sign on for this sinking ship.

Just say hello to jail or kiss away any future.

[furtheradu]

5. YAY! Goood news!

PS. cornyn SUCKS.

[True Dough]

6. Garland is in a better position to thwart Trump as a federal court judge

As director of the FBI, he would be subject to dismissal at Trump's whims, just like Comey.

[GoCubsGo]

7. Was this supposed to be Garland's consolation prize for being screwed out of a Supreme Court seat?

I am glad he told them no.

[Thrill]

19. I think McConnell would rather he be in the FBI

so they can fill his Fed Judge seat

[TNLib]

8. I think Gowdy said He wasn't right for the job too

No one is going to want it.

[JaneQPublic]

10. Yep, Howdy Gowdy dropped out

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2017/05/15/trey-gowdy-drops-out-out-running-fbi-director/101726380/

[Maven]

14. The Inbred Pinhead said no. nt

[HAB911]

11. No sane person would accept

[oasis]

12. Cornyn chooses to stay in the senate rather than be kicked to the curb

in 2020, after new Dem Admin takes charge.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

17. Don't FBI Directors have longer terms?

Not that I'm complaining about Cornyn turning the job down. Actually, sort of scary to think about who we might get stuck with now and for the next few years because nobody with any real integrity will want to take the job, which is why, as much as Comey sucked, he at least had some shred of professionalism and integrity.

[oasis]

22. 10 year terms. But....

In the words of former FBI Director, J. Comey "A president can remove a director for any reason or no reason". How long do you think a political hack like Cornyn would last under a Democratic president?

[Proud Liberal Dem]

23. Hopefully, not long

[lpbk2713]

16. No one in their right mind will take this job.

Not in a corrupt and evil Trump administration. Whoever does get the job will
be someone who will be Trump's errand boy and will be devoid of integrity.
Just like the dumb lackey who took the Atty Gen position.

[Thrill]

18. Damn Garland. What better way to stick to those Republicans

[malaise]

20. Glad Garland didn't fall for their

BS - they stole his seat in the Supreme Court

[UTUSN]

21. Well at least with CORNYN out, TX governor/friend-of-NUGENT ABBOTT can't pick the successor