Let’s all try and act surprised by Durbin’s lack of decency.

Via The Blaze:

A top Senate Democrat refused to apologize on Thursday for saying Republicans are making the first black female nominee to be the nation’s attorney general “sit in the back of the bus” by delaying her confirmation vote.

Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) made the racially charged comment on Wednesday on the Senate floor to protest the delays that Attorney General nominee Loretta Lynch has faced.

Thursday morning, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) went to the Senate floor to demand an apology. […]

“It was offensive and unnecessary, and I think he owes this body, Ms. Lynch and all Americans an apology,” McCain concluded.

But Durbin, who spoke immediately afterwards, refused to apologize and ignored McCain’s central complaint. Instead, he reiterated his argument that Lynch is qualified and that there is no good reason not to give her a vote.

“I’m not going use any pejorative terms, other than to say I believe it’s insensitive for the Senate to hold her up for such a lengthy period of time,” he said.