It took a very upset president to call out the Republicans on their shenanigans just days ago in the foolish and unnecessary hold up of Loretta Lynch’s confirmation. But today, after almost 170 days of waiting, Republicans and Democrats in the Senate finally did what they were hired to do… work!
Loretta Lynch was confirmed Thursday as attorney general, the first black woman in American history to hold the country’s top law enforcement post.
The Senate approved Lynch, a federal prosecutor from New York, on a 56-43 vote after an unusually lengthy confirmation delay. President Barack Obama nominated Lynch as the successor to Eric Holder in November.
Lynch’s path to becoming the first African American woman to serve as attorney general was fraught with partisan bickering — fighting that continued on Thursday.
Obama said the Justice Department would benefit from Lynch’s experience as a “a tough, independent, and well-respected prosecutor.”
