McConnell Wouldn’t Back Cornyn’s Call For Holder To Resign

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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell wouldn’t back Sen. John Cornyn’s call for Attorney General Eric Holder to resign over the botched ATF operation known as Fast and Furious at a press conference on Tuesday afternoon, according to TPM’s Sahil Kapur.

Asked if he supported Cornyn’s call for Holder to resign, McConnell wouldn’t go that far, saying he’s “listening carefully to what my colleagues are saying. I think we’re all unhappy with the performance of the Attorney General.”

Sen. John Thune (R-SD), a GOP leadership member, also declined to champion the call for Holder to resign and echoed McConnell.

Cornyn told Holder he thought he should step down during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Tuesday morning in a statement Holder called “breathtaking in its inaccuracy.” Another Senator, Johnny Isakson of Georgia, called on Holder to resign back in November.

“In this Department of Justice, it’s all politics all the time,” Cornyn, who did not vote to confirm Holder, said at the press conference on Tuesday afternoon. “And it’s time for Eric Holder to step down and let President Obama appoint someone who will meet the high standards required of that very important office.”

Here’s the video of Cornyn’s Senate Judiciary Committee speech: 

 

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