Arizona Sen. John McCain has called out Democratic Senate colleague Dick Durbin for racially tinged and "totally inappropriate" remarks he made about Attorney General nominee Loretta Lynch, The Hill reported.
"I was so surprised and disappointed in the comments that he made yesterday," McCain said, calling on Durbin, an Illinois lawmaker and Senate Minority Whip, to apologize.
Durbin accused Republican lawmakers of holding up approval of her nomination, forcing Lynch to sit "in the back of the bus" — a reference to civil rights era offenses perpetrated against blacks, The Hill reported.
Said Durbin on Wednesday in remarks made from the Senate floor: "Lynch, the first African-American woman nominated to be attorney general, is asked to sit in the back of the bus when it comes to the Senate calendar."
McCain said that Durbin's comments made it seem "that racist tactics are being employed to delay Ms. Lynch's confirmation vote," The Hill added.
He called Durbin's remark "offensive" as other Republican Senate leaders decried the tactic.
"The remarks made this morning by the Democratic leadership were misguided, shameful, and as their own record shows, hypocritical," said Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley in a statement.
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5 comments:
personally i would kick her off of the bus color or gender has nothing to do with it she has already stated she will follow in eric holders footsteps and continue his failed policies do we need this attitude for at least another 2 years?
Maybe we need to lynch Lynch.
Say no to Ms Holder wanna be.
race card old and those that continue to use it are really the racists...agree with 4:01
I'm want an apology from McCain for being a RINO. POS.
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