Statement that reads in part, President Trumps popularity has never been stronger than it is today and his endorsement means more than perhaps any endorsement at any time. Three weeks and a day. Thats how little time it took for the party to rush back into the arms of the man who egged on the violent mob that descended on the capitol, smashed windows, beat Police Officers, bludgeoned one to death, while looking for lawmakers to capture or kill including the former Vice President. Five people died in the attack. At least two Police Officers have since died by suicide. Two weeks and a day, the house voted to impeach the expresident a second time. And the man who posed smiling today at maralago said this. The president bears responsibility for wednesdays attack on congress by mob rioters. He should have immediately denounced the mob when he saw what was unfolding. These facts require immediate action by President Trump. Accept his share of responsibility, quell the brewing unrest, and ens
Good evening. If you were wondering how long a disgraced expresident has to wait to be forgiven these days after inciting a deadly insurrection against the seat of democracy in hopes of overturning the election he lost, the answer is three weeks and a day. Thats how long it took House Minority leader Kevin Mccarthy to make the pilgrimage to maralago and pay his respects to the former president. He went on his own initiative to talk strategy about taking back the house in 2022. He also went to try to make sure he would stay in the president s good graces, it seems. The expresident s Political Action committee put out a statement that reads in part, President Trumps popularity has never been stronger than it is today and his endorsement means more than perhaps any endorsement at any time. Three weeks and a day. Thats how little time it took for the party to rush back into the arms of the man who egged on the violent mob that descended on the capitol, smashed windows, beat Police Officers
This is signed by 18 senators as follows. The majority leader. With First Experience Supreme Court confirmations in the senate, i was a young staffer for a Junior Member of the judiciary committee. Time i met a young guy named Lamar Alexander who left the senate to go down to the white house to work in congressional affairs. So ive had an opportunity for quite a long time to observe the confirmation process through various ups and downs, periods when nominees were confirmed almost overwhelmingly and periods during which they were heated, to put it mildly, contests over the nomination. What i think i can safely say about the senate over the last 40 or 50 years is that its in an assertive period. In other words, viewing the whole process as a joint thing that the president has a role to play and the senate has a role to play and at various times in the history of our country, the senates been pretty passive about it and at other times theyve been pretty aggressive about it. But the const
Are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change his or her vote . If not, the ayes are 51. The nays are 46. The motion is agreed to. Mr. Mcconnell mr. President . The presiding officer the clerk will report the nomination. The clerk nomination, Supreme Court of the United States, Amy Coney Barrett of indiana to be an associate justice. Mr. Mcconnell mr. President . The presiding officer the majority leader. Mr. Mcconnell i send a cloture motion to the desk. The presiding officer the clerk will report the cloture motion. The clerk cloture motion, we, the undersigned senators in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett of indiana to be an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States signed by 18 senators as follows. Mcconnell, thune, ernst, hide smith, blackburn, blunt, capito, wicker, graham, perdue, grassley, inhofe, cotton, hoeven, crapo,
Of any honest show of contrition as a member of that party that once claimed to stand for personal responsibility. The vote was 230 to 199 to strip her of her seats on the budget and education and labor committees. 11 republicans joining the democratic majority including illinois congressman adam kinzinger, who was not impressed by what she said at a Republican Party conference last night. Kevin mccarthy would have us believe she gave some serious apology. What did you hear . Yeah, so i dont like to go into a ton of detail from conference how about some . Ill tell you this. Yeah, ill give you some. Which is i didnt hear i didnt hear an apology. So no apology last night, he says. And certainly from what we heard today of her on the floor, none today. She spoke in the chamber and she didnt apologize. Well get to that in just a second. But first, before we go any further on her excuses and finger pointing we just want to pause for a second and just let you listen to her words and views th