article_snippet: the White House blasted the Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Monday for holding up Loretta Lynch's confirmation, saying the 'unconscionable delay' calls into question the Kentucky lawmaker's leadership abilities.
article_snippet: the White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said the delay on the attorney general post reflected 'inept leadership,' not a flaw in a once bipartisan sex trafficking bill that Democrats are now refusing to support over a provision limiting funding for abortions, and that the move suggested the White House could no longer trust congressional Republicans to act in good faith.
article_snippet: the White House spokesman Josh Earnest blasted the Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Monday for holding up New York prosecutor Loretta Lynch's confirmation, saying the delay on the attorney general post calls into question the Kentucky lawmaker's leadership abilities .
article_snippet: Obama's spokesman lit into McConnell on Monday over the play. '
article_snippet: In a sharp rebuke, the White House appeared to question whether Obama can trust McConnell and McConnell fellow GOP leaders and 'whether McConnell and his fellow GOP leaders word is good with the president.'
article_snippet: The the White House spokesman said The White House spokesman is often asked if McConnell 'is a man of McConnell word.'
highlights_snippet: Obama's spokesman Josh Earnest said the confirmation vote delay reflected 'inept leadership' on McConnell's part and suggested the White House could no longer trust congressional Republicans .
  