'Demonstrated Inability To Do The Job': Mitch McConnell Flames Key Biden Judicial Nominee

5 months ago

During remarks on the Senate floor, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) spoke about Democratic judicial nominees.

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00:00Another matter, I've spoken before about the New York Magistrate Judge with a bad habit of engaging

00:07in political activism from the bench and lying about it under oath. Unfortunately, the red flags

00:16on Judge Netburn's record aren't limited to the inappropriate actions she does commit. There's

00:25also the important work she's inexplicably chosen to ignore. Take it from the family members of

00:34victims of 9-11, who wrote recently to our colleagues on the Judiciary Committee,

00:42as these loved ones sought a small piece of justice for the lives that terrorist killers

00:47had snuffed out, Judge Netburn failed to rule on the unopposed motions they submitted that would

00:57have entitled them to participate in the next round of compensation for grieving families.

01:04As they put it, quote, we cannot understand how a Magistrate Judge could treat 9-11 family members

01:11so callously or so bitterly disregard her duties, end quote. So, Mr. President, I posed

01:23this question before about another of the administration's nominees, Nancy Maldonado,

01:30but I'll ask it again. Why on earth do our Democratic colleagues continue to entertain

01:38lifetime promotions for nominees with a demonstrated inability to do the job?

01:47This sort of gross negligence is damning. It's disqualifying. And frankly, the Netburn nomination

01:54isn't worth another second of the Judiciary Committee's time, let alone the Senate's.

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