{"id":13876,"date":"2016-04-03T02:46:31","date_gmt":"2016-04-03T02:46:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=13876"},"modified":"2016-04-03T02:46:31","modified_gmt":"2016-04-03T02:46:31","slug":"sen-moran-reneges-on-call-for-garland-hearing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=13876","title":{"rendered":"Sen. Moran reneges on call for Garland hearing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/jerrymoran.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-13711\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-13711\" src=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/jerrymoran-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"jerrymoran\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/jerrymoran-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/jerrymoran-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/jerrymoran-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/jerrymoran.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I hereby take back all the nice things I said about U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kan.<\/p>\n<p>Moran had earned my praise after he said that Supreme Court justice nominee Merrick Garland deserves a hearing and a confirmation vote by the U.S. Senate.<\/p>\n<p>Then what does the senator do? He reneges on his earlier call, which I thought when he said it illustrated great courage from the conservative Republican lawmaker.<\/p>\n<p>I hate that I have to retract those things I wrote. I always enjoy watching politicians go against the tide, buck the trend, go with their gut.<\/p>\n<p>Now it turns out that Moran &#8212; who&#8217;s in zero danger of losing his Senate seat this fall &#8212; has joined with other Senate Republicans in resisting Garland&#8217;s nomination. Moran said Garland is too weak on Second Amendment issues.<\/p>\n<p>My question is this: Didn&#8217;t he know that when he expressed his desire for the Senate to proceed with confirmation hearings and then an up-down vote?<\/p>\n<p>Here is what I wrote the first time about Sen. Moran:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/2016\/03\/sen-moran-stands-up-for-integrity\/\">https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/2016\/03\/sen-moran-stands-up-for-integrity\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m taking it all back.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I hereby take back all the nice things I said about U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kan. Moran had earned my praise after he said that Supreme Court justice nominee Merrick Garland deserves a hearing and a confirmation vote by the U.S. Senate. Then what does the senator do? He reneges on his earlier call, which &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=13876\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Sen. 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