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DonViejo

(60,536 posts) Thu Sep 13, 2018, 08:57 AM Sep 2018

Very Few People Could Get Confirmed If Trump Fires Sessions--And None Of Them Wants The Job

By Kate Riga
September 13, 2018 7:53 am

Senate Republicans suspect that only a sitting senator who is unconditionally loyal to President Donald Trump and respects Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s probe could get both chosen and confirmed if Trump fires Attorney General Jeff Sessions. But none of them wants the job.

According to a Wednesday Politico report, Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), John Cornyn (R-TX) and Mike Lee (R-UT), all hypothetical candidates, have begged off and asserted that they are happy where they are.

It’s not hard to see why. With Trump’s almost weekly pummeling of Sessions in the public eye and complete lack of attention to, much less appreciation for, the success with which Sessions has pushed through his agenda, the job can’t seem very attractive.

Per Politico, Trump wants a pit bull defender, someone in the role who would only answer to him and look out for his interests. That kind of person would likely fail confirmation, assuming that Democrats vote as a bloc and are joined by some Republicans. One such Republican is Sen. Ben Sasse (R-NE), who has said that it would be “really difficult” for him to support a Sessions replacement.

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Very Few People Could Get Confirmed If Trump Fires Sessions--And None Of Them Wants The Job (Original Post) DonViejo Sep 2018 OP

Surely you jest ... GeorgeGist Sep 2018 #1

He is already making the plans he will do as Attorney General..... Pachamama Sep 2018 #3

I'm not jesting MurrayDelph Sep 2018 #5

Oh, somebody will want the job all right. Somebody who is grossly unqualified and without any Nitram Sep 2018 #2

repugs would just push it through, same as with Kavanaugh. lark Sep 2018 #4

GeorgeGist

(25,321 posts)

1. Surely you jest ...

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Thu Sep 13, 2018, 09:25 AM

Sep 2018

Pachamama

(16,887 posts)

3. He is already making the plans he will do as Attorney General.....

Reply to GeorgeGist (Reply #1)

Thu Sep 13, 2018, 10:18 AM

Sep 2018

MurrayDelph

(5,299 posts)

5. I'm not jesting

Reply to GeorgeGist (Reply #1)

Thu Sep 13, 2018, 11:37 AM

Sep 2018

And don't call me Shirley (unless you buy me dinner first).

Nitram

(22,822 posts)

2. Oh, somebody will want the job all right. Somebody who is grossly unqualified and without any

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Thu Sep 13, 2018, 10:14 AM

Sep 2018

relevant experience, someone who vastly overestimates their own abilities, someone who is very ambitious and is willing to do whatever Trump asks them to do. Confirmation is a different story, but my confidence in the Republican Congress is non-existent at this point.

lark

(23,121 posts)

4. repugs would just push it through, same as with Kavanaugh.

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Thu Sep 13, 2018, 10:35 AM

Sep 2018

There is no such thing as a principled Repug in either the House or Senate, just servile or yapping russian repug dogs (no, dogs are a million times better than these mutts). Graham would make the most likely candidate and they would all fall behind him and he'll do whatever drumpf tells him. Damn, I'd love to see what the russians dug up when they hacked his email, but Lyndsey is sure dead set on preventing that becoming public.

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