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So now, a worthy law that would have combatted the abhorrent crime of sex trafficking is apparently dead—and so, perhaps, is the nomination of Loretta Lynch to serve as our next attorney general.
Say what?
Well, we're just taking Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell at his word. In a fit of pique, McConnell declared on Sunday that he wouldn't move ahead with Lynch's nomination unless Democrats caved on the anti-trafficking legislation:
"This will have an impact on the timing of considering a new attorney general. I had hoped to turn to her next week, but if we can't finish the trafficking bill, she will be put off again.Put off until when? As long as Senate Republicans insist on including anti-abortion language in the trafficking bill, it will never become law. Democrats have made that plain. So the bill will never get "finished," as McConnell insists. Does that mean Lynch's nomination will be permanently stalled?"We have to finish the human trafficking bill. The Loretta Lynch nomination comes next."
Lynch's confirmation has already been held up longer than any other nomination for attorney general in three decades. She'd also make history as the first black woman to serve in the post. But McConnell, tired of having Harry Reid show him who's boss, has decided to screw over Lynch because he can't get his way on the Senate floor on a completely unrelated matter.
Childish doesn't begin to describe it, but of course it fits a long pattern of Republicans treating women and minorities with deep disrespect. McConnell seems content to continue this trend for now, and he once again expects Democrats to bend to his will. But the story of this Congress so far has been the exact opposite, so let's see just how long he can keep this up.
