Sen. Ted Cruz, Texas Republican, laid out his case against Loretta Lynch, President Obama’s nominee to be the next U.S. attorney general, in a new piece in which he says senators will be approving “lawlessness” if they confirm her.
He cited answers he deemed insufficient during Ms. Lynch’s confirmation process on issues like how she would be different from Attorney General Eric Holder and whether she supported Mr. Obama’s recent executive actions on immigration.
“No senator who takes his or her oath of office seriously should vote to confirm such a nominee,” he wrote in Politico. “And Senate Republicans have all the authority we need to reject this nomination.”
Mr. Cruz is certainly no fan of Mr. Holder, calling him “the most partisan attorney general our nation has ever seen,” but said his “lawless behavior” occurred after he was confirmed.
“It is altogether different for the Senate to confirm a nominee who tells us ahead of time she will ignore the law,” he wrote. “If the Senate does so, we are complicit in the lawlessness.”
One of Mr. Cruz’s potential rivals for the 2016 GOP presidential nomination, Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky, has likewise said he will oppose Ms. Lynch’s nomination.
• David Sherfinski can be reached at dsherfinski@washingtontimes.com.
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