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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAs AG Garland enters with applause, here's TURTLE about his vote to confirm him.
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https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/10/politics/garland-senate-confirmation-vote/index.html
Senate confirms Merrick Garland as attorney general
Wed March 10, 2021
Wed March 10, 2021
.... McConnell said he voted to confirm Garland's nomination as attorney general "because of his long reputation as a straight-shooter and legal expert," calling his "left-of-center perspective" within "the legal mainstream."
McConnell said he discussed with Garland the federal investigation of the Capitol riot to overturn Congress' certification of the 2020 election and that law enforcement "needs to continue the work of identifying, arresting, and prosecuting those who broke the law." He urged Garland to treat "with equal seriousness" the "political violence" of the Left, and also to oppose efforts by the Biden administration to skirt Congress and use its executive power to create programs like DACA.
"When confirmed, Judge Garland must not back other constitutionally-corrosive efforts to effectively repeal laws just by ignoring them," said McConnell. ....
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As AG Garland enters with applause, here's TURTLE about his vote to confirm him. (Original Post)
UTUSN
Mar 2021
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Kiss my pink ass, Mitch, you SOB. What about the violence of YOUR PARTY? Fucking SOB
CurtEastPoint
Mar 2021
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CurtEastPoint
(18,653 posts)1. Kiss my pink ass, Mitch, you SOB. What about the violence of YOUR PARTY? Fucking SOB
WonderGrunion
(2,995 posts)2. Mitch needs Garland to take out Trump
Because he was too much of a coward to do it himself.
aeromanKC
(3,325 posts)3. Fuck you clown!!
Just take your diseased hands and die already!!
Treefrog
(4,170 posts)4. It was so nice to see him greeted by applause. That really warmed my heart.
I swear, there were times I really despaired that wed never get that former guy out of our lives.
marble falls
(57,134 posts)5. Why do the networks keep referring to a riot? It was insurrection.