# Loretta Lynch -- USAG confirmation hearings

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loretta-lynch-usag-confirmation-hearings/711345>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [January 30, 2015, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loretta-lynch-usag-confirmation-hearings/711345 "2015-01-30T17:04:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2015, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loretta-lynch-usag-confirmation-hearings/711345/1 "2015-01-30T17:04:25Z")

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[She’s holding her own very well so far.](http://www.salon.com/2015/01/30/lynch_schools_the_wingnuts_how_the_right_tried_and_failed_to_wound_obamas_ag_nominee/) Against some . . . completely irrelevant witnesses, is the kindest way to put it.

But, [it ain’t entirely boring . . .](http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/gop-uses-loretta-lynch-hearing-debate-voting-rights)

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> Republicans used the confirmation hearings this week for Loretta Lynch, President Obama’s attorney general nominee, to stress their commitment to voting restrictions—and to try to tie Lynch’s hands on voting issues should she assume the post.
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> One GOP senator pressed Lynch on her stance on restrictive voting laws. And Republicans asked for testimony from a witness who has led the effort to stoke fear over voter fraud, suggested her group was targeted by the Obama administration because of her group’s support for voter ID laws.
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> Under Attorney General Eric Holder, the Justice Department has acted aggressively to protect voting rights, challenging strict GOP-backed voting laws in Texas and North Carolina. Holder also has seemed to compare these laws to past efforts to keep minorities from voting. So Republicans sought to put pressure on Lynch to take a more conciliatory approach.

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**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2015, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loretta-lynch-usag-confirmation-hearings/711345/2 "2015-01-30T19:59:28Z")

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[RWs are also making noise about her stance on immigrants.](http://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2015/01/28/obamas-attorney-general-nominee-illegal-immigrants-have-a-right-to-work-in-the-united-states-n1949506)

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> “Senator, I think the right and obligation to work is one that is shared by everyone in this country regardless of how they came here and certainly if someone is here, regardless of status, I would prefer that they be participating in the work place than not be participating,” Lynch said.

(She might or might not have actually said that, the source is [Townhall.com](http://Townhall.com).)