Post by Deleted on May 16, 2017 10:11:03 GMT -5
www.politico.com/story/2017/05/16/mitch-mcconnell-merrick-garland-fbi-director-238439
Fuck you, McConnell. Seriously, fuck you. No one who knows anything about Garland is "surprised" by his qualifications. Of course he is qualified to be FBI director. He's qualified for the fucking Supreme Court, for fuck's sake.
But here's the thing : why the FUCK would Garland give up a lifetime appointment as Chief judge on the DC Circuit Court of Appeals -- as important and prestigious a job as one gets, short of the Supreme Court -- for a ten-year stint as FBI director, where he could be fired at any time by Trump? Oh, and open yet another important position on the bench for Trump to fill, like he doesn't have literally over a hundred to fill already.
This is supposed to be some kind of sop to Garland and those of us pissed off at what the Senate did to him? No doubt Republicans will trumpet this as an example of how very fair-minded and conciliatory they are -- giving a faux offer to Garland of a demotion he will never take. It is so transparent.
Fuck you, McConnell. Seriously. Fuck you.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has encouraged President Donald Trump to nominate Merrick Garland to lead the FBI, the Kentucky Republican said Tuesday.
“I have spoken with the president about it. I recommended Merrick Garland,” McConnell told Bloomberg Politics’ Kevin Cirilli.
"Yeah, it may surprise people, but he has a deep background in criminal law,” he continued. “He was the prosecutor in the Oklahoma City bombing case. And I think it would make it clear that President Trump will continue the tradition at the FBI of having an apolitical professional.”
“I have spoken with the president about it. I recommended Merrick Garland,” McConnell told Bloomberg Politics’ Kevin Cirilli.
"Yeah, it may surprise people, but he has a deep background in criminal law,” he continued. “He was the prosecutor in the Oklahoma City bombing case. And I think it would make it clear that President Trump will continue the tradition at the FBI of having an apolitical professional.”
But here's the thing : why the FUCK would Garland give up a lifetime appointment as Chief judge on the DC Circuit Court of Appeals -- as important and prestigious a job as one gets, short of the Supreme Court -- for a ten-year stint as FBI director, where he could be fired at any time by Trump? Oh, and open yet another important position on the bench for Trump to fill, like he doesn't have literally over a hundred to fill already.
This is supposed to be some kind of sop to Garland and those of us pissed off at what the Senate did to him? No doubt Republicans will trumpet this as an example of how very fair-minded and conciliatory they are -- giving a faux offer to Garland of a demotion he will never take. It is so transparent.
Fuck you, McConnell. Seriously. Fuck you.