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Sally Wenda: Obstruct and destroy

I am disgusted with our senators, Richard Burr and Thom Tillis, who have gone off the deep end with Mitch McConnell and all the other GOP obstructionists who are not doing their job and trying to make sure President Obama can’t do his.

This shows a total lack of respect for our duly elected president who has done his level best to achieve a meeting of the minds. McConnell decreed early in President Obama’s first term to make him a one-term president (sorry, folks) and block anything he has tried to accomplish.

They now have the gall to say they won’t even consider any nominee he selects to fill Justice Antonin Scalia’s seat on the Supreme Court. This goes against the Constitution. We need to vote these do-nothings out of office. Abe must be rolling over in his grave.

Sally Wenda

Raleigh

This story was originally published March 23, 2016 at 7:02 PM with the headline "Sally Wenda: Obstruct and destroy."

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