Shorter Republicans: 'Democrats Can't Do What WE Did! Unfair!'

[turbinetree]

AWWW! Republicans are pissed that a Democrat is using their shady tricks.

By Lisa Needham — June 2, 2025

Senate Republicans are in a tizzy because Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois put a hold on President Donald Trump’s nomination for the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and said he’s open to holding up Trump’s other U.S. attorney nominees.

“ecause of then-Senator J.D. Vance holding U.S. Attorney nominations during the Biden Administration, there is now a new precedent for roll call votes on the Floor for confirming U.S. Attorney nominees,” Durbin explained in a May 22 statement announcing the first hold.


The response from Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, Republican of Iowa, was predictably over the top. He claimed that placing a blanket hold on all 93 U.S. attorney nominations—which, notably, has not happened yet—would “constitute an aggressive, unprecedented attack on the American criminal justice system.” Also, per Grassley, blanket holds are meant to “wholly obstruct the confirmation process” and “threaten to undermine the Senate’s advice and consent role.”

https://crooksandliars.com/2025/06/shorter-republicans-democrats-cant-do-what

They probably forgot about the Merrick Garland hold also...........maybe they should ask the Macturtle and Grassley after all he Grassley was all in on that also......... right .................Chuckie Grassley...........come on fess up...............

[BOSSHOG]

1. There are good people. On both sides.

“Attack on the American Criminal Justice System? By stopping the appts of those nominated for their future service to he who cares not for the implied fairness of said system? Yo Chuck, I’ll continue to stick with the Dems for voting the right way.

[boonecreek]

2. Glad to see my senior Senator has run out of fucks to give.

Yeah he's not running for reelection although I doubt this would hurt his chances if he was.
Just good to see he's monkey wrenching Trump's plans.

[Zorro]

3. Republicans don't like the taste of their own medicine

[Hotler]

5. People say we don't have the votes. What can we do? To start with you use their own rule book against them.

We should be a pain in their ass everyday and all day.

[many a good man]

4. Why haven't they used holds more already?

I don't know the intricacies of this maneuver, but why haven't Dems used it to block other egregious nominees, like Kegsbreath and Gabbard, etc.?