Editorial Boards across the Nation are Urging a Vote on the Loretta Lynch Nomination for Attorney General
Washington ––As the nation awaits the long overdue confirmation vote on Loretta Lynch for Attorney General, newspaper editorial boards across the country have called for an immediate vote on the nominee.
Given the unprecedented delay in this vote, editorial boards in at least 17 states have weighed in, including the following:
- Six of the leading daily newspapers in North Carolina have called on both of the state’s Senators to reverse their opposition to Lynch, who would be the first North Carolinian Attorney General. The Raleigh News & Observer called the opposition from Senators Burr and Tillis “crass.”
- Editorial boards that are openly criticizing the tenure of Eric Holder are still urging the Senate to confirm Lynch as his successor. The Aiken Standard in South Carolina wrote that it was “time to bump Holder, name attorney general” and the Tulsa World in Oklahoma said “if for no other reason, we would think Republicans would want to move ahead on the Lynch nomination because until his successor is confirmed, Holder — a constant source of GOP aggravation — remains in office. But the Lynch confirmation is on high center.”
- The Louisville Courier-Journal took aim at the leadership of its senator—Mitch McConnell—on stalling the vote, saying, “the bus driver here is Majority Leader McConnell who initially had planned to hold a vote on Ms. Lynch’s confirmation but now is stalling it. He’s trying to force more Democrats to agree to an abortion measure stuck onto an unrelated bill on human trafficking, which is already illegal.”
- The Concord Monitor in New Hampshire pointedly asked Senator Kelly Ayotte, a former state Attorney General herself, to step up her advocacy saying, “we trust that Ayotte, who knows something about breaking barriers as an attorney general, will nudge her fellow Republicans in the correct direction.”
Below is a collection of editorials calling for the confirmation of Loretta Lynch:
National
Bloomberg View: Senate’s treatment of Loretta Lynch another strategic misstep
New York Times: The Loretta Lynch Confirmation Mess
Washington Post: It’s time to confirm Loretta Lynch
California
Los Angeles Times: Senate has no reason to delay a vote on Loretta Lynch any longer
Colorado
Boulder Daily Camera: Another new low for Congress
Illinois
Chicago Tribune: Waiting for Loretta Lynch
Peoria Journal Star: Our View: Lynch delay just one more indictment of worst Congress ever
Iowa
Des Moines Register: Lynch deserves confirmation vote
Kentucky
Courier-Journal: Untangle the Senate
Maryland
Baltimore Sun: Another Senate stalemate?
Massachusetts
MetroWest Daily News: Loretta Lynch deserves a Senate vote
Mississippi
Jackson Clarion Ledger: Waiting for Loretta Lynch
New Hampshire
Concord Monitor: Another day, another game in the Senate
New Jersey
NJ.com: Politics as usual: Loretta Lynch stuck on the GOP treadmill
New York
Albany Times Union: Congress’ latest hostages
Newsday: Nominee hostage of partisan fray
New York Daily News: Senate Republicans’ odious Loretta Lynch stall continues
North Carolina
Asheville Citizen-Times: Lynch nomination should move forward
Charlotte Observer: Time to approve Loretta Lynch
Fayetteville Observer: Raleigh must not copy federal dysfunction
News & Observer: Sens. Tillis, Burr crassly partisan in opposing Loretta Lynch
News & Record: Confirm Lynch now
Winston-Salem Journal: Burr and Tillis should quit obstructing and help confirm Lynch
Oklahoma
Tulsa World: Senate needs to confirm Lynch, approve human trafficking bill, stop playing politics
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Delay of Justice: The Senate should vote on Lynch, up or down
South Carolina
Aiken Standard: Time to bump Holder, name attorney general
The State: Time to approve Loretta Lynch
Tennessee
Chattanooga Times Free Press: Failure to govern: Political apathy can’t go on
Texas
Baylor Lariat: Editorial: Stop using Lynch to play political games
Fort Worth Star Telegram: Congress is playing politics
San Antonio Express News: Confirm Loretta Lynch
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