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Black men descend on the Capitol to push for big 'yes' vote on Lynch
Washington (CNN) Despite the fact that attorney general nominee Loretta Lynch might finally be getting a vote in coming days, a group of black men are pushing Republican senators Wednesday to make the final count a decisive majority.
After insisting for weeks that a vote on Lynch's confirmation by the full Senate had to wait until the chamber completes consideration of an unrelated human trafficking bill, Senate Majority Leader McConnell finally scheduled a Thursday vote on Lynch after a bipartisan deal was reached Tuesday to move forward on the trafficking legislation.
Lynch has the support of enough Republicans to win confirmation. Sens. Jeff Flake of Arizona, Orrin Hatch of Utah, Mark Kirk of Illinois, Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Susan Collins of Maine have all said they plan to vote for her, but the men gathering here at the Capitol said they would like to see more GOP members vote for her.
Echoing an argument put forward by Lynch supporters like former New York Mayor and one-time presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani and former FBI Director Louis Freeh, the men said the Senate should confirm Lynch with a large majority to help ensure her a strong start in the post, to send a positive message to the American people and to show that Congress can get things done.
"There's a practical message and a principled one and the practical message is if she gets in by one vote, we still have the right attorney general in office. If she gets by more it's saying that a Senate that in some cases has been on the other side of the politics, recognizes that this is a qualified representative and it says where this Congress is going," said Jeff Johnson, a former host of Black Entertainment Television and one of the leaders of the group. "If she gets by by more than one two, three or four votes it says 'Wait a minute, maybe there's hope for this Senate.'"
The group of more than two dozen black men from around the country -- including clergy, members of 100 Black Men of America, members of the Alpha Phi Alpha and Omega Psi Phi fraternities and joined by Rep. Andre Carson (D-Indiana) -- aimed to meet with GOP senators, or their staffers, from states with large black populations to push them to vote for Lynch, including Sens. John Cornyn of Texas, Tim Scott of South Carolina, Rob Portman of Ohio, Thad Cochran of Mississippi and Tom Cotton of Arkansas. They also planned to speak with members of the Congressional Black Caucus.
SOURCE: http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/22/politics/loretta-lynch-vote-black-support/index.html
After insisting for weeks that a vote on Lynch's confirmation by the full Senate had to wait until the chamber completes consideration of an unrelated human trafficking bill, Senate Majority Leader McConnell finally scheduled a Thursday vote on Lynch after a bipartisan deal was reached Tuesday to move forward on the trafficking legislation.
Lynch has the support of enough Republicans to win confirmation. Sens. Jeff Flake of Arizona, Orrin Hatch of Utah, Mark Kirk of Illinois, Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Susan Collins of Maine have all said they plan to vote for her, but the men gathering here at the Capitol said they would like to see more GOP members vote for her.
Echoing an argument put forward by Lynch supporters like former New York Mayor and one-time presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani and former FBI Director Louis Freeh, the men said the Senate should confirm Lynch with a large majority to help ensure her a strong start in the post, to send a positive message to the American people and to show that Congress can get things done.
"There's a practical message and a principled one and the practical message is if she gets in by one vote, we still have the right attorney general in office. If she gets by more it's saying that a Senate that in some cases has been on the other side of the politics, recognizes that this is a qualified representative and it says where this Congress is going," said Jeff Johnson, a former host of Black Entertainment Television and one of the leaders of the group. "If she gets by by more than one two, three or four votes it says 'Wait a minute, maybe there's hope for this Senate.'"
The group of more than two dozen black men from around the country -- including clergy, members of 100 Black Men of America, members of the Alpha Phi Alpha and Omega Psi Phi fraternities and joined by Rep. Andre Carson (D-Indiana) -- aimed to meet with GOP senators, or their staffers, from states with large black populations to push them to vote for Lynch, including Sens. John Cornyn of Texas, Tim Scott of South Carolina, Rob Portman of Ohio, Thad Cochran of Mississippi and Tom Cotton of Arkansas. They also planned to speak with members of the Congressional Black Caucus.
SOURCE: http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/22/politics/loretta-lynch-vote-black-support/index.html
Where were these black men when Condi Rice was up for nomination? Oh right she is an Uncle Tom. Dumb question for me to ask.
And if the nominee was a Republican, white, female... and the headline read:
"White men descend on the Capitol to push for big 'yes' vote..."
How fast would cries of RACISM be heard?
"White men descend on the Capitol to push for big 'yes' vote..."
How fast would cries of RACISM be heard?
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