GOP lawmakers dismayed as pandemic shutdown keeps them from pushing through Trump's judicial appoint

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Published 1 min ago on April 13, 2020
By Tom Boggion

Republican lawmakers are expressing dismay at their inability to get back to work in Washington, D.C. due to the coronavirus pandemic shut down because it is holding up their attempts to pack the courts with Donald Trump appointees before the November elections.

According to a report from Politico, “The Senate’s streak of judicial confirmations is on hiatus as senators confront the coronavirus outbreak, leaving more than three dozen nominees in limbo.”

With Senate Republicans promising to dive right back into confirming judges — which is the primary focus of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) — they admit that the shutdown is taking away valuable time as the president faces a tough re-election campaign.

“If we’re not there, it’s hard to push them through,” lamented Senate Majority Whip John Thune (R-SD). “There have been several that have been nominated now for the circuits that have to have confirmation hearings, and that means we’ve got to be in session in order to be able to move them. It’s definitely affected the schedule that way.”

https://www.rawstory.com/2020/04/gop-lawmakers-dismayed-as-pandemic-shutdown-keeps-them-from-pushing-through-trumps-judicial-appointments-report/

And you republican fuckers have over 400 bills sitting on #Moscow Mitch's desk and your crying about not be able to pack the courts with non-qualified, people to sit on the bench...................remember one thing assholes they can be removed by law, just as easy as putting them there......................

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1. This is what keeps them up at night, not that their constituents are dying and sick

Not that their local hospital systems are overwhelmed and in desperate need for help? Because that is what they were elected to do right?

I am not surprised. But their supporters need to take note. This is not about owning the libs, Republicans who support these monsters must really ask themselves, are we willing to destroy our own selves in order to one up the libs?
When your loved ones succumbs to this disease, as children lose parents, some becoming orphans - How much of this will Republicans put up with to be able to own the libs or hold on to their so called " conservative" ideologies?

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2. This is what they consider getting back to work?

Screwed up priorities shamelessly on display...