Despite Senator Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ) standing against Ali’s nomination, voting “no,” Senator Mike Braun (R-IN) was nowhere to be found during the vote, leaving Democrats to confirm Ali without the tie-breaking vote of Harris.
Republican firebrand Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) inexplicably missed the vote, joining Braun in the hall of shame, while Senator Joe Manchin (I-WV) voted against the confirmation.
On Monday, the U.S. Senate confirmed Embry Kidd to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit with a razor-thin 49-45 vote.
Amir Ali, a left-wing activist and Executive Director of the MacArthur Justice Center, was confirmed to a federal trial court in Washington, D.C., by a razor-thin vote of 50-49.
The U.S. Senate on Wednesday confirmed two more of Joe Biden’s radical judicial nominees to federal district courts—thanks in part to the absence of key GOP senators.
West Virginia Democrat Joe Manchin (I-WV) broke ranks to vote against Kidd, and John Fetterman (D-PA) did not show up.
He continued, I tend to think it's more important to get an FBI director who will dismantle the deep state than it is for Republicans to lose a vote 49-46 rather than 49-45.
Steve Daines, meanwhile, who was missing from the Monday vote on Embry but has participated in votes since, has explained that his Monday arrival in DC was delayed by multiple flight issues.
Republican senators faced criticism for failing to prevent this appointment, with several notable absences during the vote.
Republican Senators need to Show Up and Hold the Line — No more Judges confirmed before Inauguration Day!” Trump said.
Vance released a now-deleted statement stating, If I had shown up to the vote in question, the nominee would have succeeded 49-46 rather than 49-45.
On Wednesday morning, President Donald Trump called out Republican senators for their absence during critical confirmation votes.
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