BoyNextDoor
I hate liars
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It is more than a little troubling that the Majority Leader and the GOP would silence a sitting senator in good order because they do not like what is being said.
The distasteful statement: [Sessions] “had used the awesome power of his office to chill the free exercise of the vote by black citizens" while a US Atty.
This is a statement that is a part of the official record from the 1986 hearings in which Sessions was rejected for a judgeship. It was being read aloud. Rule 19 was designed to preserve the decorum of the Senate and prevent specific character attacks that would lead to open fights on the Senate floor, not to prevent open, courteous and vigorous debate.
This is far, far more egregious an action than the poor execution of the immigration executive orders. It is worse than any so-called nuclear option to get a SC justice confirmed with a simple majority.
The Republic died a little bit today.
The distasteful statement: [Sessions] “had used the awesome power of his office to chill the free exercise of the vote by black citizens" while a US Atty.
This is a statement that is a part of the official record from the 1986 hearings in which Sessions was rejected for a judgeship. It was being read aloud. Rule 19 was designed to preserve the decorum of the Senate and prevent specific character attacks that would lead to open fights on the Senate floor, not to prevent open, courteous and vigorous debate.
This is far, far more egregious an action than the poor execution of the immigration executive orders. It is worse than any so-called nuclear option to get a SC justice confirmed with a simple majority.
The Republic died a little bit today.