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GOP staying quiet on Lynch confirmation?

Here's how lawmakers reacted to the historic confirmation on social media.
Senate Judiciary Committee Holds Nomination Hearing For Loretta Lynch To Be Attorney General (Photo by Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg/Getty)
Loretta Lynch, Brooklyn prosecutor and nominee to replace U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, laughs during a Senate Judiciary Committee nomination hearing in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Jan. 28, 2015.
By Sarah Muller, Sarah Muller

After a 160-day waiting game, the U.S. Senate finally voted to confirm Loretta Lynch, 56-43, as the next U.S. attorney general. She’ll become first African-American female to serve as the nation’s top law enforcement officer, replacing Eric Holder for the job.

The partisan standoff over an anti-human trafficking bill prompted the epic hold-up.