At today’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, only two senators bothered to show up to ask questions of Trump’s nominees:
Senate Judiciary Committee is holding a hearing this morning on two 9th Circuit nominees — Bridget Bade and Eric Miller — as well as one district court nominee, Karin Immergut (OR), and Federal Claims nominee Richard Hertling. Dems have opposed doing this during the recess…
— Zoe Tillman (@ZoeTillman) October 24, 2018
Yes, we get that the Senate is in recess but this is pathetic, especially from Dems who just a few weeks ago went all “Spartacus!” on SCOTUS nominee Brett Kavanaugh:
Sen. Crapo is chairing today's hearing (Grassley is away). Crapo just gaveled in and is introducing the two 9th Circuit nominees — he is the only senator here at the moment pic.twitter.com/gHg2GWCBv1
— Zoe Tillman (@ZoeTillman) October 24, 2018
Update: Sen. Hatch just came in pic.twitter.com/uHFgxbt7zl
— Zoe Tillman (@ZoeTillman) October 24, 2018
And it’s not like Dems actually approve of today’s nominees:
Civil rights groups oppose Eric Miller's nomination to the 9th Circuit, noting the opposition from orgs that represent tribal govts and communities: https://t.co/cvimqxxC09 Sen. Murray said earlier this week she wouldn't return a blue slip, accusing Rs of rushing things pic.twitter.com/sfV8VElkAD
— Zoe Tillman (@ZoeTillman) October 24, 2018
The Dems couldn’t have sent one senator to ask questions?
Here is a letter that Grassley sent yesterday to Murray, saying that based on his review of what happened, it looked like the White House tried to negotiate in good faith, "but that effort was not reciprocated" (Grassley is not here today): https://t.co/H6aqhgI9p5 pic.twitter.com/DXkkXb4IYo
— Zoe Tillman (@ZoeTillman) October 24, 2018
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This seems like a wasted opportunity for Dems to just roll over like this:
Hatch again doesn't ask any questions of the nominees, expresses his support. Crapo concludes by saying the Senate will greatly miss Hatch when he retires. And that's a wrap on this hearing on four judicial nominees, which lasted ~40 minutes and was attended by two senators
— Zoe Tillman (@ZoeTillman) October 24, 2018
But somehow it’s Trump’s fault that Dems didn’t show up:
At 10:19 a.m., the first panel at today's @senjudiciary hearing was excused (it started at 10), because only 2 senators were in attendance, and only one asked questions. That's because the Senate's in recess, but GOP is jamming through Trump's nominees anyway.
This is so absurd. https://t.co/28jbhEqhys
— Vanita Gupta (@vanitaguptaCR) October 24, 2018
And this is LOL-funny from former Hillary staffer Brian Fallon who accused Dems of letting Cocaine Mitch shove them “into a locker” and “have their lunch money taken.” From Politico:
“If the Democrats were going to fast-track all those Trump judges to get out of town for the rest of October, the least they could have gotten for their trouble was a commitment from McConnell to not still hold hearings while the Senate was adjourned,” said Brian Fallon, who leads liberal judiciary group Demand Justice. “It wasn’t enough for Democrats to let themselves get shoved into a locker, they also had to have their lunch money taken.”
This is what capitulation looks like. Dems know they can’t do anything to stop the qualified nominees, so they’re not even going to try.
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