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McConnell Remarks On Liberal Campaign To Circumvent Judiciary Committee On Mangi Nomination
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding judicial nominations: “I’ve spoken many times about Adeel Mangi, President Biden’s nominee for the Third Circuit. I’ve covered his shocking and deep association with virulent anti-Semites - and how he misled the Senate about them. “I’ve also covered his association with anti-police radicals. Just last week, it was revealed that Mr. Mangi had introduced one… Continue Reading
04.30.24
McConnell: Restore Order On Campus, Protect Jewish Students, Withdraw Radical Nominees
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding higher education and judicial nominations: “For months, the most elite corners of American higher education have made headlines for all the wrong reasons. Unfortunately, they’re still finding new ways to embarrass themselves with vile, anti-Semitic radicalism. “Beginning, of course, with yet more alarming declarations, like: “‘Burn Tel Aviv to the ground.… Continue Reading
04.09.24
Democrats Would Rather Weave Conspiracies Than Talk About Their Own Radical Judicial Nominee
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding judicial nominations: “I’ve spoken repeatedly about Adeel Mangi, nominee to the Third Circuit Court of Appeals: both his shocking ties to anti-police and anti-Israel radicals, and Democrats’ increasingly frantic efforts to whitewash them. “Nineteen different law enforcement groups have written in opposition to this nominee. As the Senior Senator from Nevad… Continue Reading
03.22.24
In The Case Of Adeel Mangi’s Record, Senate Democrats Plead Ignorance
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding judicial nominations: “I have spoken repeatedly about the nomination of Adeel Mangi to the Third Circuit Court of Appeals in New Jersey. As I have explained, his radical associations are truly staggering. And this fact seems to have rubbed some of our Democratic colleagues the wrong way. “Yesterday one of my esteemed Democratic colleagues objected that we… Continue Reading
03.21.24
McConnell: Opposition to Radical Judicial Nominee Adeel Mangi about Record, not Religion
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding judicial nominations: “I’ve spoken repeatedly about the nomination of Adeel Mangi to the Third Circuit Court of Appeals. Notwithstanding his anti-Semitic affiliations, it seems every week a new law enforcement organization announces its opposition to this nominee for his record of associating with the most radical type of anti-police activist: those who sup… Continue Reading
03.20.24
McConnell Remarks On Restoring Trust In Judiciary
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding national injunctions: “Here on the floor yesterday, the Democratic Leader defended his efforts to restrict rural Americans’ access to justice. And he laid plain some rather partisan goals. “Apparently, our colleague is upset that he still has not managed to bully the Judicial Conference into embracing his vision of unequal justice. “During the course of h… Continue Reading
03.14.24
Democrats Continue Partisan Attacks On Federal Judiciary
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding national injunctions: “I’d like to speak briefly on a practice in our nation’s courts that has confounded administrations of both parties with increasing frequency over the past decade - the issuance of nationwide injunctions. “Time after time, district judges will respond to a case challenging a federal law by preventing its application not just to the pa… Continue Reading
03.12.24
Biden Admin. Scrambles To Save Radical Nominee
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding President Biden’s nomination of Adeel Mangi to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit: “When a nominee finds himself in trouble, it’s interesting to note how people react. It’s been particularly notable in the case of President Biden’s radical pick for the Third Circuit court of appeals. “I’ve spoken many times about Mr. Mangi: First to l… Continue Reading
03.05.24
Law Enforcement Sounds Alarm On Radical Judicial Nominee
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding judicial nominations: “I’ve spoken repeatedly about President Biden’s attempt to give life tenure on the federal bench to an activist tied to an extremist group that unabashedly celebrates terrorism. I’ve already made absolutely clear that the Senate should not confirm the nomination of Adeel Mangi to the Third Circuit Court of Appeals. “But Mr. Mangi’s al… Continue Reading
01.18.24
Senate Democrats Rubber-Stamp Biden Admin. Judicial Nominee With Anti-Semitic Affiliation
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding judicial nominations: “Today, the Senate Judiciary Committee will decide whether to recommend a lifetime appointment for Adeel Mangi on the Third Circuit Court of Appeals. “Mr. Mangi’s nomination is just the latest example of the Biden Administration’s practice of rewarding bad behavior in the personnel business. “As I explained last month, this nominee … Continue Reading
12.13.23
Biden Admin. Pushes Judicial Nom. With Anti-Semitic Affiliations
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding judicial nominations: “This morning, the Judiciary Committee is examining another slate of President Biden’s nominees to join the federal bench. “Over the past three years, our colleagues on the committee have met and considered an alarming parade of nominees whose conduct or lack of legal qualifications made them so wildly unfit for confirmation that they… Continue Reading
06.20.23
Senate Democrats Continue To Advance President Biden’s Radical Nominees
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding nominations: “Senate Democrats continue to dutifully advance the Biden Administration’s radical nominees. This week, the Senate will decide whether to give yet another left-wing lawyer a lifetime appointment to the federal bench. “Natasha Merle is an activist attorney with a penchant for staking out extreme and inflammatory position… Continue Reading
06.12.23
McConnell Urges Senate to Reject Radical Biden Nominees
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding nominations: “Last week, Senate Democrats backtracked on plans to confirm Dale Ho to the Southern District of New York. “Apparently, our colleagues didn’t yet have enough votes for the self-described ‘wild-eyed leftist’ President Biden would like to give a lifetime appointment to the federal bench. “I’ve tal… Continue Reading
06.07.23
Republicans Will Not Rubber-Stamp Radical Biden Nominees
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding nominations: “For someone who campaigned as a moderate and promised to unify our country, President Biden has chosen to staff his Administration with a roster of alarmingly radical or unqualified personnel. “In recent weeks, the President’s nominees who have made the biggest headlines have been the ones so far outside the mainstream… Continue Reading
05.17.23
Another Biden Judicial Nominee Disregards the Rule of Law
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding judicial nominations: "Just in time for Police Week, Senate Democrats are moving to confirm an anti-police activist to the federal bench. "Nancy Abudu is the President's nominee to the 11th Circuit. Her record falls far outside the mainstream. "Let's begin with the nominee's tenure as Director of Strategic Litigation at the Southern Poverty Law Center. "… Continue Reading
05.02.23
Democrats Add to Growing List of Attacks on the Federal Judiciary
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding the Federal Judiciary: "Today, Democrats on the Judiciary Committee are holding a hearing that's ostensibly about 'Supreme Court Ethics Reform.' "Really, it's just another chapter in Washington Democrats' three-decade-long campaign to undermine the federal judiciary at any cost. "There were the absurd smear campaigns aimed at jurists like Robert Bork and … Continue Reading
03.01.23
Biden Administration Adds to Growing List of Unqualified Judicial Nominees
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding judicial nominations: "The quality of President Biden's judicial nominees has been in the headlines recently - for all the wrong reasons. "Recently the White House celebrated their 100th judicial confirmation with a bizarre press release that spent less than one sentence talking about legal qualifications before devoting five paragraphs to the nominees' de… Continue Reading
02.15.23
Democrats Highlight Nominees’ Demographics — Not Qualifications
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding judicial nominations: "Yesterday, President Biden and the Senate Democratic Leader took time to boast about their judicial confirmations. "There was something interesting, strange, and telling about their statements. "Both the President and the Democratic Leader focused their comments overwhelmingly on identity politics and demographic box-checking. "The… Continue Reading
01.25.23
Americans Want Law and Order, Democrats Want Leniency
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding law and order: "Here are just a few scenes from across our country in the last few weeks. "Thirty people were shot in Chicago this past weekend alone. That's up from 21 the weekend before. "In Philadelphia, police are investigating a carjacking spree that's reportedly being carried out by armed juveniles. 'They put a gun to my head and they took the van. … Continue Reading
05.18.22
Democrats Making the Federal Bench Softer on Crime
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding violent crime: "Americans' concern about violent crime is the highest it's been in six years. "And the statistics plainly show why that is. Between 2019 and 2020, the murder rate shot up by the largest one-year increase in over a century. And the rate has kept on rising. "Nearly 60 percent more law enforcement officers were killed in 2021 compared to 2020… Continue Reading
