This morning, Senate Democrats staged a protest walkout of the Finance Committee hearing. Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch had scheduled confirmation votes for Tom Price and Steve Mnuchin. Instead, Democrats proved that they’re incapable of governing. (It’s impossible to govern if you don’t show up, right?) The simple truth is that this walkout essentially ended the political careers of 4 Democrat senators. Vulnerable Democratic senators serving on the Committee are Bill Nelson of Florida, Sherrod Brown of Ohio, Claire McCaskill of Missouri, Bob Casey of Pennsylvania and Mark Warner of Virginia. Nelson, Brown, McCaskill and Casey are up for re-election in 2018.

Chairman Hatch is right in criticizing Democrats for this boycott. First, let’s go over what happened. According to the article, “Senate Democrats on Tuesday refused to attend a committee vote on two of President Trump’s more controversial nominees, effectively delaying their consideration. Democrats on the Senate Finance Committee boycotted votes to advance Rep. Tom Price (R-Ga.), Trump’s pick to head the Department of Health and Human Services, and Steven Mnuchin, his selection to head the Treasury Department. The pair had been among some of the more contentious selections to join Trump’s Cabinet.”

Let’s cut this crap. Pete Schroeder’s description of Price and Mnuchin as “controversial” is parroting the Democrats’ chanting points. They aren’t controversial. They’re just highly qualified people that the Democrats vehemently disagree with. Further, Democrats are denying that they’re protesting this hearing for political reasons. This video gives the Democrats’ official explanation for why they’re protesting the hearing:

According to their ‘official’ explanation, Democrats insist that Dr. Price and Mr. Mnuchin lied to the Committee. That’s a lie. Democrats haven’t offered a single bit of proof that justifies that accusation. The key for the Democrats is that they’re throwing out these accusations without providing proof, knowing that the media won’t question the Democrats’ accusations.

The Democrats are sore losers, with a heavy emphasis on them being losers. They lost the election. Rather than accepting defeat and putting Americans first, Democrats are putting political gamesmanship first.

Democrats said they wanted to bring Price and Mnuchin in for further questions, saying some of their statements did not line up with the facts.
 
“We have great concern that Chairman Hatch is asking us to vote today on two nominees who out and out lied to our committee,” said Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio). Both Price and Mnuchin had been targeted fiercely by Democrats on a range of ethical issues. Price was pressed on his investment activity in various medical companies, and whether he improperly mixed his political activity with his personal portfolio.

Where’s the proof, Sen. Brown? Accusations aren’t proof. The truth is that Sen. Brown hasn’t offered proof for his accusations because it doesn’t exist.

The only thing that’s worse than the Democrats’ wild accusations is the media’s willingness to parrot the Democrats’ accusations as Gospel truth. If the media won’t do its job, we should treat them with contempt. They aren’t speaking truth to power because they aren’t interested in the truth. The Agenda Media is interested only in advancing the progressive agenda.

The good news for Republicans is that the American people voted on this. They rejected the “dishonest media”. Finally, if Democrats continue to refuse to govern, they should expect to take a terrible beating in the 2018 midterm elections.

Technorati: Orrin Hatch, Tom Price, Steve Mnuchin, Senate Finance Committee, Confirmation Hearings, Republicans, Claire McCaskill, Sherrod Brown, Bob Casey, Mark Warner, Boycott, Political Gamesmanship, Accusations, Democrats, Election 2018

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