Today, I opposed the nomination of Senator Jake Corman to President Pro Tempore.
I do not do this lightly, but I feel very passionately that he is not suited to this role.
I do not do this lightly, but I feel very passionately that he is not suited to this role.
The President Pro Tempore is to be a leader for the entire body – not of one party.
No where in the Constitution does it say that the leader should be beholden to the partisan whims of his own party.
No where in the Constitution does it say that the leader should be beholden to the partisan whims of his own party.
However, in his short time in this pinnacle leadership role, he has shown an unwillingness to recognize that there are more members of this chamber than just those with an R behind their name.
By leading the effort to refuse to administer the oath of office to duly, properly certified winner of the Senate’s 45th District is in direct conflict to his role as the impartial leader of this body.
Again and again, he has chosen to cater to the political fringes of his party instead of defending the Senate as a whole.
His misleading statement that he is delaying the swearing in of Senator Jim Brewster is not what occurred here today.
His misleading statement that he is delaying the swearing in of Senator Jim Brewster is not what occurred here today.
A leader who ignores the will of voters and refuses to seat a duly elected Senator – is no leader at all.
That’s why the @PaSenateDems have left the #PASenate floor. We are not going to bear witness to this sham.
That’s why the @PaSenateDems have left the #PASenate floor. We are not going to bear witness to this sham.
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