“If the president announces executive amnesty, the new Senate majority leader who takes over in January should announce that the 114th Congress will not confirm a single nominee—executive or judicial—outside of vital national security positions, so long as the illegal amnesty persists,” Cruz wrote on Wednesday, before President Obama’s address to the nation on Thursday.
On Sunday, Cruz accused the president of having “gotten in the job of counterfeiting immigration papers, because there’s no legal authority to do what he’s doing,” before reiterating his suggestion that the Republican-led Congress should block all nominations, aside from “vital” national security appointments.
And that’s when Fox host Chris Wallace pointed out the problem with that approach: Attorney General Eric Holder, who has been a target for Republicans, would remain in office. Holder, who announced his plan to step down in September, is staying in his position until his successor’s nomination is confirmed by Congress. (President Obama nominated Loretta Lynch earlier this month.)
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