By Jackie Kucinich and Andrew Desiderio
In an extraordinarily rare move on Thursday afternoon, Senate
Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) withdrew a circuit court judge
nomination after Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) indicated that he would not vote
for the nominee, causing other Republican senators to follow suit.
According
to a GOP source familiar with the matter, Scott, the only black
Republican senator, raised concerns to Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) about
Ryan Bounds’ college writings which allegedly included racially charged
comments and other controversial statements.
Rubio, the source
said, pledged to vote against Bounds alongside Scott, and “more
Republicans [were] heading to ‘no’” on the nomination as a result.
McConnell
then withdrew the nomination—but not before huddling with his top
deputy, Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn (R-TX), in his office off the
Senate floor. The saga unfolded just minutes before the scheduled 1:45
p.m. vote. By 2:30 p.m., it was over.
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