President Obama Criticizes Senate for Delay in Lynch Nomination: 'It's Embarassing'

President Barack Obama criticized the U.S. Senate this week for its delay in approving attorney general nominee Loretta Lynch.

While speaking at a joint White House conference with Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi on Friday, the Commander-in-Chief blasted the U.S. Senate for its delaying on approving Lynch to her position.

Lynch has been eligible to be approved as attorney general since February, and this is reportedly the longest wait time for approval of a Justice Department nominee in the past three decades.

"What are we doing here?" Obama said at Friday's press conference. "There's no reason for it. Nobody can describe a reason for it beyond political gamesmanship in the Senate, on an issue that's completely unrelated to her." 

"Enough. Enough. Call Loretta Lynch for a vote, get her confirmed, let her do her job. This is embarrassing," Obama told reporters on Friday.

"There are times where the dysfunction in the Senate just goes too far," the President added. "This is an example of it."

According to CNN, Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell is reportedly holding Lynch's nomination until democrats approve an unrelated piece of anti-human trafficking legislation.

"The leader has already announced that the Lynch nomination will get a vote," McConnell's Deputy Chief of Staff Don Stewart told CNN in a recent interview. "Members are continuing to work to find a way to overcome the Democrats' filibuster of a bipartisan bill that will help prevent women and children from being sold into sex slavery. Once that bill's complete, the Lynch nomination is next."