‘Embarrassing’: Angry Obama Blasts Senate Republicans Over Loretta Lynch Nomination

President Barack Obama on Friday blasted Senate Republicans for holding up the nomination of Loretta Lynch to be the next attorney general, calling it “embarrassing” and dysfunction that “goes too far.”

President Barack Obama speaks during a news conference with Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi at the White House, April 17, 2015 in Washington. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
“What we still have is this crazy situation where a woman who everybody agrees is qualified — who has gone after terrorists, who has worked with police officers to get gangs off the streets, who is trusted by the civil rights community and by police unions as being somebody who’s fair and effective, and a good manager, nobody suggest otherwise, who’s been twice confirmed by the United States Senate — for one of the biggest law enforcement jobs in the country has been now sitting there longer than the previous seven attorney general nominees combined, and there’s no reason for it,” Obama s