Discussion: McConnell: Americans 'Will Not Tolerate' Dems Blocking SCOTUS Nom

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Irony is officially dead.

Thanks, Yertle.

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One of those folks was Hatch.

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For sure you are tpp limiting. For openers he is the biggest in KY.

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:joy:

O is that right, Turtle Man?

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Hypocrite is too mild a word!

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Shove it right back down those GOP motherfuckers’ throats. Make these scream day and night on TV. Fuck 'em.

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Fucking asshole.

You took a big risk and it worked. Stop being a dick about it.

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Through the quirk of our electoral system Trump won. Still, more Americans voted against him and his agenda. The Democrats need to keep hammering that they are working for the majority of Americans. Most Americans do not want a super conservative judge and the Democrats need to keep saying that…

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Yes they do they need to use the advantage of our numbers.

And people who didn’t want this man to win didn’t just disagree with him on policy - it’s much much more than that and they know it.

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The Democrats should argue that only a president who has a mandate from the American people should be able to fill the current vacancy on the Supreme Court. And President-elect 46 % doesn’t have that mandate. That’s just as sensible an argument as the one Reublicans made for not even holding a hearing on Judge Garland.

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For example:

LOVELAND, Colo. — Speaking to reporters after a campaign rally for a Republican U.S. Senate candidate here, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) said that there was “precedent” for a Supreme Court with fewer than nine justices — appearing to suggest that the blockade on nominee Merrick Garland could last past the election.

“You know, I think there will be plenty of time for debate on that issue,” said Cruz, when he was asked whether a Republican-controlled Senate should hold votes on a President Hillary Clinton’s nominees. “There is certainly long historical precedent for a Supreme Court with fewer justices. I would note, just recently, that Justice Breyer observed that the vacancy is not impacting the ability of the court to do its job. That’s a debate that we are going to have.”

(WaPo)

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He always looks like he forgot his dentures.

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All you need to do is toss out the filibuster for SCotUS nominees. But you won’t, because you love that sweet, sweet obstruction too damned much.

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This should be an Ad running in the country, including red states. They need to know they are the minority and the others have had it.

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Yep. Scalia has been dead for 10 months. What’s 4 more years gonna matter? (no rush…)

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It’s time to cite the “Obama rule” that says that the Court vacancy should be filled by the successor who follows Obama successor.

It’s a tradition.

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Hmmm…seemed like a good idea when you did it huh, Mitch you despicable bottom feeder.How many ways can we think of to say go Fuck yourself to you and your concience less cronies?Karma is going to be a bitch for you and the puppet dick brains in your caucus that make every effort to ruin the lives of ordinary Americans.

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Yes and in 4 years Turtle Man will be almost 80.

Anything can happen.

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Mitch,

It is really not helpful to throw around labels like this… Think of it as the ‘Dems’ waiting for a nomination that is acceptable to the person that won the votes of the majority of the voters.

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The problem with McConnell and his crew is very simple: they believe their shit doesn’t smell and that the rest of us are too dumb to notice that it does.

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