Cocaine Mitch is about to add 13 more of President Trump’s district court judges to the bench. . .
Senate meets at 9:30am and will be voting throughout the day on the President's US District Court nominations. Votes are pending on 13 nominees. Senate has confirmed 120 district court judges during Trump presidency. @cspan 2
— Craig Caplan (@CraigCaplan) December 18, 2019
. . .at the same time Speaker Nancy Pelosi is impeaching him:
TODAY: The House has set aside 6 hours of debate (divided evenly between both parties) ahead of today’s historic vote on 2 articles of #impeachment against @realDonaldTrump.
– abuse of power
– obstruction of Congress
-Final vote expected 6:30-7:30p#NexstarDC pic.twitter.com/RcvYiR1cOi— Raquel Martin (@RaquelMartinTV) December 18, 2019
Paraphrasing Kyle Reese, “Cocaine Mitch can’t be reasoned with. He doesn’t feel pity, or remorse, or fear! And he absolutely will not stop, ever, until he is Senate Minority Leader”:
Recommended
Under the regular order, at 10:30 am, on Wednesday, December 18th, the Senate will proceed to a roll call vote on the motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #382, Matthew Walden McFarland, of Ohio, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Ohio.
— Senate Cloakroom (@SenateCloakroom) December 17, 2019
Absent a unanimous consent agreement, two roll call votes (cloture/confirmation) will occur every two hours during tomorrow’s session of the Senate on the District Judge nominations (13 District Judges) that Leader McConnell filed cloture on during Monday’s session of the Senate.
— Senate Cloakroom (@SenateCloakroom) December 17, 2019
President Trump will be impeached today. Then he’ll be cleared in the Senate. These judges? These judges will be on the bench for decades.
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