Vice President-elect J.D. Vance was taken to task by the conservative Wall Street Journal editorial board for using his elevation as Donald Trump's running mate as an excuse to not show up and fulfill his commitments as a sitting U.S. senator.
At issue, the editors explained, is a drive by Democrats in the Senate to confirm as many of President Joe Biden's judicial appointments as possible before the Republicans assume majority control of the chamber.
As the editors wrote, Vance is not the only senator who didn't show up on Monday as Biden nominee Embry Kidd was approved for the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals on a 49-45 vote, with Senators Mike Braun (R-IN), Steve Daines (R-MT), Bill Hagerty (R-TN), and Marco Rubio (R-FL) who "...couldn’t make it, had conflicts, had more pressing matters, apparently" the editors derisively wrote.
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That brought them to Vance of Ohio who explained his absence by writing on social media: "I was meeting with President Trump to interview multiple positions for our government, including for FBI Director. I tend to think it’s more important to get an FBI director who will dismantle the deep state than it is for Republicans to lose a vote 49-46 rather than 49-45.”
In response, the editorial board fired back, "Nice to hear he’s on the job that begins in January, which is two months away. But a few good GOP excuses can mean a lifetime on the bench. Republican Senators have a duty in the lame duck to show up for these votes. Any judicial vacancy that goes unfilled now will be Mr. Trump’s to nominate someone to fill."
With that the board urged Trump to get his running mate to do his job.
"Donald Trump posted Tuesday that Republican Senators 'need to Show Up and Hold the Line.' He ought to tell that to his running mate. The absences are an insult to voters and the taxpayers who pay their salaries. Few Senators manage a perfect attendance record, but there’s no excuse for missing close votes on judges. Every seat that conservatives give away is gone for years or decades," they warned.
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