http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/03/30/1374320/-Senate-Republicans-blame-intransigence-on-Lynch-nomination-on-nbsp-constituents
Congress is now on recess for two weeks, with the Senate leaving some critical work undone. Most critical, the nomination of Loretta Lynch to be attorney general, which has already set a record for Republican obstruction. Senate Republicans are in a mess over this nomination, none of them wanting to see Eric Holder continue in office, but few wanting to be on the wrong side of the tea party on immigration. So they're blaming their spinelessness on their "constituents."
But, they say, their constituents have told them that a vote for Ms. Lynch affirms Mr. Obama's executive actions on immigration, which she has said she finds lawful. […]
"Perhaps she'll be confirmed," Senator Roger Wicker, Republican of Mississippi, said after a long pause and a deep audible breath, "but she won't be confirmed with my vote. That's what my constituents want of me, to make a stand against someone who has basically taken the position that the executive branch has unlimited, almost czarlike powers." […]
The pressure has fallen on Senators Mark S. Kirk of Illinois, Dean Heller of Nevada, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Thad Cochran of Mississippi and Rob Portman of Ohio to announce their positions.
Mr. Kirk and Mr. Portman face re-election next year in states with large African-American populations. Mr. Cochran barely staved off a Tea Party challenger in his state's Republican primary last year, winning only because black voters crossed party lines to support him. […]
"I'm ready for [Holder] to leave also," said Senator John Boozman, Republican of Arkansas and an opponent of Ms. Lynch's confirmation. "I don't want to argue. That's where I'm at, and that's where the people of Arkansas are."
Where this overwhelming opposition to Obama's immigration policy is coming from is no mystery, and it's not the majority of anyone's constituents. Last month, polling found that just 17 percent of the voting public thinks that fighting President Obama's executive action on immigration should be the Republican Congress's highest priority. And a CNN poll from late last fall found that a whopping 76 percent of voting Americans back the president's executive action.
Who's opposed? The nativist tea party, a mere 18 percent of adult Americans. This is all about potential tea party primary challenges.
my Hispanic brethren and citizens to be are you paying attention this is really all about not delaying her nomination as much as it is about denying you access to American soil and anything that might lead to you being able to vote against them. lot smarter to back off even though they don't feel it but embrace immigration it's inevitable just as you are inevitably going to be citizens of America, some of you would maybe fall into the web of deceit and vote for them. feeble attempts to gain favor like Rubio and Cruz both who turned their backs and followed the bigoted party line of exclusion shows you there is nothing on that side of the street for you.
Ms. Lynch is collateral damage of the republican war against Hispanic voters in America it shows their equal opportunity discrimination anyone not down with hate and bigotry have no place in America and no right to vote so the suppress and gerrymander. America should not afford a place for them in our lives.
as to them wanting Holder gone not as much as they don't want Hispanics here. what Holder should do is double down on investigations of their civil infractions as long as they want to deny her they'll have him in their faces and places seeing what he can shine a light on. i'm serious they want to play games and blame everyone but themselves let's take a closer look at them ala Holder.
