'There's no reason': Reince Priebus claims background checks on Trump's cabinet are a waste of time
Source: RawStory
DAVID EDWARDS
08 JAN 2017 AT 10:03 ET
Reince Priebus, chief of staff to Donald Trump, argued on Sunday that there was no reason to complete background checks on the president-elects cabinet appointments.
The Office of Government Ethics warned last week that background checks for Trumps nominees would not be completed iin times for confirmation hearing next week because the nominees have refused to provide financial disclosures.
Fox News host Chris Wallace asked Priebus on Sunday if the Trump administration would consider delaying the hearings until the background checks were complete.
No, Priebus replied. They have to get moving. I mean, they have to move faster. And they have all the information. These are people that have been highly successful in their lives. They need to move quicker.
Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/2017/01/theres-no-reason-reince-priebus-claims-background-checks-on-trumps-cabinet-are-a-waste-of-time/
Glimmer of Hope
(5,823 posts)RainCaster
(10,942 posts)We know better.
Cracklin Charlie
(12,904 posts)raging moderate
(4,314 posts)such as SC nominee Merritt Garland, or Hillary Clinton, John Kerry, etc. (sorry - too mad to type!)
Just what are you Republicons trying to get away with this time? That is the logical question here. Talk about unprecedented power grabs!
MBS
(9,688 posts)cstanleytech
(26,347 posts)for anything they might have done or will do while in office?
Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)cstanleytech
(26,347 posts)especially if they are one of the ones pushing for confirmation before the ethics check has been completed.
Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)Just look at what they are doing
Trying to get rid of the independent ethics committee
Passing new runs to ham string OCB??
Making up rules as they go
C_U_L8R
(45,031 posts)Hey Reince, take it up with Mitch and get your story straight.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2017/01/08/mcconnell-no-votes-on-trump-nominees-until-ethics-paperwork-complete.html
6000eliot
(5,643 posts)wordpix
(18,652 posts)Scurrilous
(38,687 posts)What a clown.
GP6971
(31,247 posts)but on second thought clowns are funny. There is nothing funny about these pieces of shit.
wordpix
(18,652 posts)Gacy, the "killer clown."
Me.
(35,454 posts)HassleCat
(6,409 posts)We know they're crooked, and we know they'll get appointed regardless. So, yeah
Why bother?
Faux pas
(14,703 posts)rule the world, huh? Disgustipating
mnhtnbb
(31,412 posts)There is a process to be followed and Cheeto Fucktrumpet is not above it. Not yet.
AgadorSparticus
(7,963 posts)wordpix
(18,652 posts)which is doing a great job of covering it all
PatSeg
(47,711 posts)Sounds a little desperate to me.
Doitnow
(1,103 posts)it won't be necessary to have one!
MADem
(135,425 posts)Mc Mike
(9,115 posts)"Jawless Nazi Weasel", replace "Dear Harry" with "Hey Fuckhead", & alter the signature as necessary.
Et voila, the perfect letter to the repug senate leader.
MADem
(135,425 posts)Minus the weasel and fuckhead...but he sent McConnell his VERY letter back, lined out Reid, wrote in McConnell, lined out McConnell's sig, and signed it himself.
Mc Mike
(9,115 posts)I guess my lack of tact, and frequent cussing, does make for a poorer letter overall than Sen. Schumer's, from a "Decorum of the Senate" perspective.
Also, he did it with less time and effort invested, so he saved his time and energy for more important things.
milestogo
(16,829 posts)you have Prince Penis.
Rex
(65,616 posts)No wonder America is spiraling down the drain. Typical GOP reply; rich = good, moral, superior. They make me want to vomit.
Blue Idaho
(5,065 posts)His biggest claim to fame is now being a sock puppet for a sexual predator, liar, and fascist. I wouldn't take his advice on flushing a toilet.
NCjack
(10,279 posts)JaneQPublic
(7,113 posts)...because their background checks found "nanny" problems.
Tanuki
(14,926 posts)wordpix
(18,652 posts)due to the pork the leadership would pass around to ensure votes on legislation. Pork barrel spending is now outlawed and instead we have worse: legalized bribery and uncontrolled campaign spending a la Citizens United.
bdamomma
(63,955 posts)then the coup will be complete, SOB'S.
Dazeysdad
(1 post)Standard CEO response to time constrained setup.
There's never time to do something right but there's always time to do it twice.
Freethinker65
(10,090 posts)the_sly_pig
(741 posts)My sense is that he knew the fix was in back then....
mahatmakanejeeves
(57,721 posts)Right. Like Joseph "Joey No Socks" Cinque. I'm sure he was highly successful in his life.
Donald Trump spends New Year's Eve with convicted felon, Dubai billionaire: "The taxes are coming...
In 1989, Joey No Socks was convicted of felony possession of stolen artwork worth upwards of $100,000. Now, Cinque, through his Academy, gives out Star Diamond awards to upscale hotels including several of Trumps. The Associated Press found that roughly half of the Academys trustees are Trump-affiliated, but Trump in May denied knowing Cinque: If a guys going to give you an award, you take it. You dont tend to look up his whole life story.
Got it. We don't need to look up the whole life story. Facts would only get in the way.
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hughee99
(16,113 posts)I think the republicans will vote to confirm no matter what is found in the background checks. It this is true, those checks will have no impact on confirmation, though they might make the hearings much more interesting.
wordpix
(18,652 posts)bring back the jobs to the US and trash the place (again). Just like they did in China
hughee99
(16,113 posts)Of coked-up Russian prostitutes and a pocket full of rubles, the republicans will confirm them anyway.
MindPilot
(12,693 posts)it won't be necessary since I'm already successful. Right?
Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)And it should not be a problem now.
JHB
(37,163 posts)dembotoz
(16,864 posts)they might not catch everything but they should catch some things.....