How does Sen. Tim Scott look himself in the mirror after his vote today?
The only way is to vote NO when he has another vote.
Scott prolongs drama on controversial judge nominee, still unsure if he’ll back Farr
BY EMMA DUMAIN AND BRIAN MURPHY
November 28, 2018 04:00 PM
WASHINGTON
Sen. Tim Scott — after nearly 40 minutes of keeping his colleagues in suspense — on Wednesday emerged from a room off the Senate floor and cast a decisive vote that kept a controversial judicial nomination alive.
A final vote is expected on Thursday on whether to confirm Thomas Farr, accused by critics of actively working to disenfranchise black voters, to be a federal judge in the Eastern District of North Carolina.
Scott is the Senate’s only black Republican and has a history of breaking with his party on race issues.
He’ll be the deciding vote.
more:
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/congress/article222303180.html
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