colleagues. here is senator durbin s response. when my colleague from arizona notes the fact that i have voted against african-american women nominees in the past it is true. i am not arguing that every member of the senate should vote for loretta lynch simply because she would be the first african-american woman to serve in that capacity. all i m saying is she deserves the same fair treatment we have given to other nominee foss this job. senator chris kuhns is a member of the senate judiciary committee which held confirmation hearings back in john wear. thank you for being here. thank you, jonathan. senator, do you think that senator durbin is right? is the gop throws loretta lynch in the back of the bus? what this issue is essential by, jon that are, is loretta lynch is a remarkably qualified nominee, and it raises real
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this is politics in washington. give me a break. there are republicans who use civil rights imagery and even slave imagery it doesn t work on either side. correct. there are democrats who view senator durbin s comments with mixed reactions? let s take a listen to some of them. i want to ask and really this should not be necessary, but i want to ask why do we have almost a double standard for ms. lynch? for her and her nomination? she is the first african-american woman appointed to head her department of justice, has had her nomination pending on the senate floor longer than any nominee for attorney general going back three decades. i think durbin was wrong. i think he was flat-out wrong. the reason i say that the way i look at it here we know why
african-american woman to be nominated to be attorney general, is asked to sit in the back of the bus when it comes to the senate calendar. that is unfair. it s unjust. it is beneath the decorum and dignity of the united states senate. today the grenade went off. senator john mccain took to the senate floor today to demand a public apology from senator durbin. here s what he said as durbin stood just feet away. what is beneath the decorum and dignity of the united states senate, i would say to the senator from illinois is for him to come to this floor and use that imagery, and suggest that racist tactics are being employed to delay ms. lynch s confirmation vote. such inflammatory rhetoric serves no purpose.
mixed reactions? let s take a listen to some of them. i want to ask and really this should not be necessary, but i want to ask why do we have almost a double standard for ms. lynch? for her and her nomination? she is the first african-american woman appointed to head her department of justice, has had her nomination pending on the senate floor longer than any nominee for attorney general going back three decades. i think durbin was wrong. i think he was flat-out wrong. the reason i say that, the way i look at it here, we know why it s being held up. her points on immigration, really what you re doing is you re helping the opposition, because now they can focus on you and your comment versus why she s actually being held up. you know what, steve? doesn t roland martin have a point here? i usually don t agree with