President Donald Trump's pick for a federal appeals court seat broke down in an emotional Online Cigarettes Store USA exchange during his confirmation hearing Wednesday, addressing concerns that he would be unfair to LGBT people.
"It is a fundamental belief of mine that all people are created in the image of God, and they should all be treated with dignity and respect," Lawrence VanDyke said through tears at his hearing.
VanDyke, a nominee for the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, was responding to a question from Newport Cigarettes Shop Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Missouri, about a report from the the American Bar Association.
The ABA's Federal Judiciary Committee voted that VanDyke was "not qualified" for the position, citing concerns that he "lacks humility" and "does not have an open mind."
"Mr. VanDyke’s accomplishments are offset by the assessments of interviewees that Mr. VanDyke is arrogant, lazy, an ideologue, and lacking in knowledge of the day-to-day practice including procedural rules," an ABA letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee reads.
VanDyke works in the Department of Justice's Environment and Natural Resources Division. He alsoCheap Newport 100s cigarettes served as solicitor general in Nevada and Montana.