GOP case against Loretta Lynch falls apart

[sheshe2]

Loretta Lynch had them at Jim Crow.

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But those who figured they could take out their frustrations on Lynch had misjudged her: The nominee has a long and impressive résumé as a no-nonsense prosecutor, and she managed at Wednesday’s hearing to be both assertive and anodyne in her testimony, expert in the law but opaque about controversial legal matters. As important, Lynch, with the help of committee Democrats, painted an unassailable biography: This daughter of a fourth-generation minister and a segregation-fighting mother from the South would be the first African American woman to be the nation’s top law enforcement official.

The case against Lynch deflated faster than if the New England Patriots had run the hearing.

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) toned down his prepared statement as he read it. “I, for one, need to be persuaded that she will be an independent attorney general,” he read, but he then departed from the text and added, “I have no reason to believe at this point she won’t be.” He read a long list of complaints about the administration’s actions but then ad-libbed, “As far as I know, Ms. Lynch has nothing to do with the Department of Justice problems that I just outlined.”

The panel’s new Republican leadership was already on thin ice over its decision to remove the phrase “civil rights and human rights” from the name of its subcommittee on the Constitution. The atmosphere in the room surely had to make the members of the all-white committee think twice before turning Lynch into a punching bag for their disagreements with Obama and Holder. More than half of those in the public seats were black, and 40 of them wore red — the color of Delta Sigma Theta, Lynch’s predominantly black sorority.

Lynch, all of 5 feet tall, planted her spiked heels firmly on the floor in front of her and leaned her forearms on the witness table as she made her case. She described her mother as a “courageous young teacher who refused to let Jim Crow define her” and who “refused to use segregated restrooms, because they did not represent the America in which she believed.” In North Carolina, she said, her father “opened his Greensboro church to those planning sit-ins and marches, standing with them while carrying me on his shoulders.”

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[NoJusticeNoPeace]

1. When the racist PUNKS i.e. Repub senators asked her "You are not Eric Holder, are you?"

Eric Holder should have walked into the room and slapped those racist fucking assholes.

[malaise]

2. The case against Lynch deflated faster than if the New England Patriots had run the hearing

Getting up off the floor

[sheshe2]

3. Great line wasn't it malaise~

and they are my team.

[malaise]

4. Well it's now part of the lingo

Too good

[Thinkingabout]

5. From what I have heard she is quiet sharp, probably discouraged the sharp tongues from

Lashing for fear she would chew them up and spit them out before breakfast. I think we have a winner.

[Cha]

6. Kick for Loretta Lynch.. thanks she

[AlinPA]

7. Heard that Hatch, Flake and Graham would vote for her in committee, it's still 51-49 GOP when the

senate votes. Graham is hard to believe, SC will crucify him.

[freshwest]

8. EEK! She's... Uh... That is to say... OMG.. BLACK. Thanks for the picture.

They're in trouble now. PBO's lame duck nomination? I don't think so! Perfect for AG! Give 'em hell, Loretta!

[sheshe2]

9. She's black????

Holy moley~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I am color blind, never noticed.

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Loretta will rock as AG. First black AG. Poetic justice. May the heads continue to explode.

[freshwest]

12. 'I was blind, but now I see.' And I'm not liking what I see of the GOP!

[sheshe2]

13. With you on that freshwest1!!!!!

[Major Hogwash]

10. She's a Republican's worst nightmare -- a black female attorney!!

Nothing will make them racist Republicans run for the door faster than a strong black woman who speaks legalese, their lingo.

[sheshe2]

11. Oh my!

She's a Republican's worst nightmare -- a black female attorney!!

damn straight Major!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The world will explode~