McConnell vows to shut down Mueller protection bills
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2018/11/27/john-cornyn-gop-vote-bill-protect-robert-mueller/2028097002/
WASHINGTON – Majority Leader Mitch McConnell vowed to stop legislation to protect special counsel Robert Mueller from being fired by President Donald Trump, even after Sen.
John Cornyn, the No. 2 Senate Republican, held open the possibility of bringing it up for a vote earlier Tuesday.
McConnell told reporters Tuesday afternoon that if senators attempted to bring up the bill for expedited consideration, he would reject it – a move he has already done once this
month. “This is a solution in search of a problem, the president is not going to fire Robert Mueller," McConnell said. "We have a lot of things to do to finish up this year without taking
votes on things that are completely irrelevant to outcomes.”
“I probably would” block the bill if senators tried to put it up for a vote Wednesday, McConnell said. Earlier in the day, Cornyn signaled a potential change in the position of Republican
leaders who have previously rejected a push by outgoing Republican Sen. Jeff Flake to allow a vote on the Mueller legislation on conservative commentator Hugh Hewitt's radio show.
Flake has threatened to oppose Trump's judicial nominees unless the Senate holds a vote on the Mueller bill. That could set up a hurdle for the nominees since the Arizona Republican
senator sits on the Senate Judiciary Committee where Republicans have a narrow 11-10 majority.
“We’ve got some judges on the calendar now that we can pass even if we don’t have Senator Flake’s support. But we can’t get them out of the Judiciary Committee, so we’re going to
be working with Senator Flake to see what he needs in order to lift his hold,” Cornyn said. “There is a possibility we will have a vote on the Mueller, so-called Mueller protection bill.”
In April, the Judiciary Committee voted through bipartisan legislation that would protect Mueller from being fired, 14-7. But McConnell has refused to bring up the bill. Flake and Sen.
Chris Coons, D-Del., requested an expedited vote on the legislation one week later, but that was rejected by McConnell.
That act prompted Flake to threaten to torpedo judicial nominations, one of McConnell's top priorities for the GOP-controlled Senate.
God, I hope it turns out McConnell is in deep with the Russians too. I haven't heard anything of the sort, but I also wouldn't be shocked either.
Mitch McConnell has no health home or car insurance because it's a solution in search of a problem
So you say but he's reportedly already tried once in the past and he's starting to get really antsy you turtle fucker. Plus there's kinda a major flaw in your reasoning anyways. Why is it a bad thing to pass protections for Muller's probe? It's like that freaking climate change comic people keep posting. "But what if we make the world better for nothing?!?!?!?!" Fucking retard.
Surely it would be faster to just vote on it than have to deal with all this controversy. I don't think McConnell has ever had America's best interests at heart.
You shouldn't expect more from the man who filibustered himself.
McConnell swore an oath to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies foreign and domestic. This is a blatant and intentional violation of that oath of office. The president is doing everything he can to obstruct justice and dismantle the rule of law, and McConnell is holding the door for him. Prosecute this evil fuck and throw him in jail for the rest of his miserable life.
I'm just assuming he is based on the fact that every time a protection bill for Mueller is brought up, McConnell is right there to tell us Mueller definitely does not need any kind of protection, even as the GOP makes it increasingly clear that they want this investigation shut down three years ago. Kavanaugh is the biggest red flag for it, I think. His being ramrodded through in the face of the million and one problems is no coincidence, given his opinions on whether or not a sitting president can be investigated, nevermind prosecutred. Whitaker has already made it clear before that he thinks less than highly of the Mueller investigation
The GOP is willing to go to some pretty astonishing lengths to shield Tinyhands, given that he's such a political burden
n o t h i n g t o h i d e
Then he'll walk to the gallows along with the rest, when all is said and done.
At this point I don't expect anything other than total fucking stupidity and such a lack of a spine that he couldn't even be classed as an invertebrate from him. Doesn't piss me off any less though.
his wife just happened to be the most capable person for transport sec.
Traitor
Cant wait for the day he has a heart attack mid speach tbh. The guy is nothing but a problem for the country
Whatever happened to your pleas for bipartisanship, you fuck face?
for the world. he's stood in the way of climate change legislation and has the dream of reshaping the entire judiciary rightbent
