Senate narrowly votes to advance controversial judicial nominee Thomas Farr

[mahatmakanejeeves]

Source: CNN

Senate narrowly votes to advance controversial judicial nominee Thomas Farr
By Daniella Diaz and Ted Barrett, CNN

Updated 3:34 PM ET, Wed November 28, 2018

Washington (CNN) -- The Senate voted Wednesday by an extremely narrow margin to advance controversial judicial nominee Thomas Farr to be a district court judge in North Carolina, with Vice President Mike Pence breaking a 50-50 tie -- but his nomination could still be in jeopardy.

All 49 Senate Democrats voted against Farr's nomination, saying he supported measures that they say disenfranchise African-American voters. Democrats cite his role providing legal counsel to the North Carolina Republican Party on the state's congressional map, which was struck down this year as a partisan gerrymander.

Sen. Tim Scott, a South Carolina Republican and the Senate's sole black GOP member, voted to advance Farr, and told reporters Wednesday he hasn't made his final decision on the nomination.

When asked why he voted to advance the vote, he told CNN, "This was based the information I've been provided."

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/28/politics/judicial-nominee-thomas-farr-senate/index.html

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[dem4decades]

1. I'm sure Susan Collins was very concerned as she voted to pass him.

[Bleacher Creature]

4. At least she is now liberated to be her true self.

She never really was a moderate to begin with, so now that she admits it it will help whoever her opponent is in two years.

[Guppy]

2. Dear Tim

If you showed up at the polls in NC would Mr. farr allow you to vote?

[PaulX2]

3. Another Pile Of Human Voter Suppressing Feces Stinking Up Our Courts

Good job Republican scum.

[Laf.La.Dem.]

5. Big surprise -

Sen. Jeff Flake was the only Republican to oppose Farr

WOW - he did what he said he would do

[cstanleytech]

7. As I have said when it comes to Flake alot of what he has been doing is largely to

try and present himself down the road as a "maverick" Repugnant as either in 2024 or 2028 he will probably try a run at the Presidency.

[catrose]

10. He voted for Kavanaugh. That ended any illusion of maverick. Eff him to breakfast and back.

[cstanleytech]

11. I said he was trying to present himself as one not that he was one and yes the

Kavanaugh vote is just one of the many things he has voted on that prove a tell to his pretend maverick bullshit.

[catrose]

12. I wasn't criticizing you. I just meant to say his maverick trick isn't working for me.

Everyone who voted for Kavanaugh revealed themselves "until the bare lies shown through," as Wm S Burroughs said.

[Hawaii Hiker]

6. Dump has stacked the court with tons of awful Federalist Society kooks

From Gorsuch & Kavanaugh to Circuit Courts to District Courts....

This is why getting back the senate is so f-ing important......Besides Merrick Garland, there were probably another 75 judicial nominees that never had a hearing or a floor vote from 2015-2016 when the pukes controlled the senate in Obama's last 2 years....

[djacq]

8. Another message from the Republicans;

Party of old, rich, white men.

[still_one]

9. What bullshit. Farr hasn't made the final decision whether to vote for the racist or not. One

really needs to scratch their head at this.

This is not unlike Mia Love who rubber stamped everything trump has done, in spite of Trump's openly racist remarks and actions against Haitians

I would be absolutely floored if Farr and Scott voted against this, and I would include Collins in that list also

[Polybius]

15. "I would be absolutely floored if Farr and Scott voted against this"

Thomas Farr won't be voting, he's the nominee.

[still_one]

18. Thanks. I should have said Scott

[BumRushDaShow]

13. This is just a cloture vote.

[Honeycombe8]

14. This is how much Repubs stick together...even the Af American Repub to advance this guy.

Unbelievable.

I'm glad to see the Democrats sticking together. That doesn't happen that often!

[littlemissmartypants]

16. Tim Scott, you're an idiot.

It's not too late for this outcome to be reversed. Hopefully the vote later today will nip this foolishness in the bud.

[allgood33]

17. If Democrats take over the Senate in 2020 can he be impeached?