President Obama uses Weekly Address to shame Republicans for refusing to vote on the confirmation of Loretta Lynch.

Courtesy of Mediaite:  

Obama lauded Lynch, the current U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, as a “tough, independent, and fair” lawyer who has a distinguished career. The president nominated Lynch four months ago, but Senate Republicans are currently delaying her confirmation vote until the Senate passes a human trafficking bill, which has been held up while Democrats and Republicans argue over an abortion provision in the bill. 

Obama said the holdup is simply about politics, and that senators from both parties support her nomination. 

“Republicans promised that Congress would function smoothly with them in charge,” Obama continued. “Here’s a small chance for them to prove it. Congress should stop playing politics with law enforcement and national security.”

It is beyond obvious that the Republicans are delaying this confirmation purely for political reasons, and it looks like one of them is that the NRA is adamantly opposed and is applying pressure: 

As the Nations’ top law enforcement officer, Lynch would almost certainly have an impact on our Second Amendment rights. We know Lynch supports the Obama administration’s position to ban “assault weapons.” And, we know that the general-purpose rifles that gun control supporters call “assault weapons”--such as the AR-15--are the most popular rifles in the United States. We also know that the President’s previous choice for Attorney General--Eric Holder--clearly demonstrated the damage an Obama-appointed, agenda-driven, anti-gun Attorney General can do to our rights and freedoms as Americans. 

 NRA opposes the confirmation of Obama nominee Loretta Lynch for Attorney General of the United States. 

As we await Loretta Lynch’s confirmation vote in the Senate, it is important that you immediately contact your Senators and ask them to OPPOSE her confirmation as U.S. Attorney General.

I swear to the gods that these people would let the whole world burn, just so long and nobody took their metallic binkies away from them. 

I think that Eric Holder should announce on Monday that he wants to launch an investigation into gun shows, and watch Lynch get confirmed so fast it will make your head spin.