Papageorgio
The Ultimate Winner
They are playing games. They really want Pres. Trump to rush in nominating his choice. But he needs to take his time to elect someone to fill the position. He should do it after the election, when he has both control over the House and the Senate. But then, if they has a bunch of paid protesters at the congressional hearings. That it will be hard for them to stay six feet apart under this mask mandate at these hearings.
And so I wonder what these brood of vipers are up to..
Minority Leader Chuck Schumer issued a statement Friday following Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death, advising Republicans not to confirm a replacement before the election.
“The American people should have a voice in the selection of their next Supreme Court Justice,” the New York Democrat said in a statement. “Therefore, this vacancy should not be filled until we have a new president.”
The two parties have battled over filling high court vacancies close to an election.
Democrats wanted the Senate to consider Judge Merrick Garland, whom President Barack Obama nominated to replace Justice Antonin Scalia in 2015.
But Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Kentucky Republican, would not take up Garland’s nomination, and it paid off for the GOP when Donald Trump defied the polls and won in 2016.
McConnell, who has ensured the confirmation of hundreds of conservative judges over the past three and a half years, has indicated repeatedly that he would move a nominee if a high court vacancy occurs late in Trump’s term.
Schumer may staunchly oppose taking up a Trump nominee right before the election, but he has little ability to stop McConnell. Both parties have stripped away the filibuster for judges, and now, only 51 votes are needed to confirm a Supreme Court justice.
Schumer declares Supreme Court vacancy should not be filled until after election in wake of RBG death - Washington Examiner
Minority Leader Chuck Schumer issued a statement Friday following Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death, advising Republicans not to confirm a replacement before the election. “The American people should have a voice in the selection of their next Supreme Court Justice,” the New York Democrat said...www.washingtonexaminer.com
That was the precedent that was set in 2016.
However, I fully expect the Republicans to do nominate and vote on a pick before 1/20/21 regardless of who wins. And I can't blame them a bit for the hypocrisy. Politically, waiting is a non-starter.
The double speak, the talking out both sides of the mouth, the hypocrisy is norm for most politicians. I fully expect the either political party to take advantage of situations that they are given and they know full well if the situation was reversed, the opposition would quickly do the same. Biden many years ago while in the Senate, stated a vote for a Supreme Court Justice while a President was a must, now he claims different. Fast forward to 2016, McConnell didn't think it was right to confirm a Supreme Court Justice during an election year, now he is saying the opposite.
I expect any party that believes their ideals and ways are better for the country will take advantage of political opportunities such as this. The Democrats would do the same and I'd expect it, it is all politics, no such thing as fair.