McConnell: "We'll fill seat if Supreme Court Justice dies next year"

[Bleed The Freak]

It's like Daredevil vs Punisher.

One has a set of rules. One goes all in.

And the Dems are Daredevil. Restricted by their own moral compass. Will occasionally kick ass and easy to like but can't finish the job when it matters the most. Tries to see good when there is none.

GOP is Punisher. Ruthless and unapologetic. Willing to burn the house down with everyone in it to meet his goals. May self inflict but folks appreciate the killer instinct.

One gets the job done. The other sees the same bad guy over and over.

 

[acri1]

If Democrats allow that to happen we need a total house cleaning of leadership in Congress

They can't really do anything about it.

 

[madness]

This country’s banana republic politics have become entirely embarrassing.

How do these scumbags who supposedly represent the people even look themselves in the mirror every day?

 

[Jhoon]

why is it always the good people who die

Scalia is dead.

 

[Loose]

Hope mitch don't make it to 2020 himself

 

[YaThreadTrashB!]

No he not, The house is gonna block it.

Just shows how slimy and unprincipled he is.

 

[the cac mamba]

called one of his offices and told him he's a huge fakkit for this

im just glad we have san francisco grandfather Chuck Schumer to deliver a forceful response :jaymelo:

 

[the cac mamba]

This country’s banana republic politics have become entirely embarrassing.

How do these scumbags who supposedly represent the people even look themselves in the mirror every day?

he represents his base alone, and sleeps soundly on that it's too bad obama didn't think that way in his second term

 

[Berniewood Hogan]

And the Dems are Daredevil. Restricted by their own moral compass. Will occasionally kick ass and easy to like but can't finish the job when it matters the most. Tries to see good when there is none.

Also they're fukking blind.

 

[ORDER_66]

I have a No Confidence vote on BOTH sides of govt... One side is blatantly racist white men trying to retain power for the rich and white other party is a pseudo liberal party which covertly racist that does nothing for black folks and does benign neglect for their votes to keep white people on top of the totem pole... both political parties is trash...

 

[Poetical Poltergeist]

Turtle is the classic villain.

"But the democrats said an election year shouldn't prevent a new justice from being confirmed."

 

[Bleed The Freak]

And watch Biden will win the presidency and they'll get the Senate and they'll still try to cooperate with that motherfukka.

Tell him to eat a dikk and stall every bill known to man.

 

[John Reena]

Or schumer grows a spine next time theyre in the majority. Mitch plays to win, dems dont

EXACTLY!

 

[the cac mamba]

Or schumer grows a spine next time theyre in the majority.

you know what they need to do the next time they're in the majority?

they need to propose that the senate does not represent america proportinally anymore. they need to address the fact that 30 percent of senators will soon represent 70 percent of the country. the senate needs to have its power neutered so that it doesn't have this kind of influence on america

 

[storyteller]

Good time to note that this strategy hasn't strictly applied to SCOTUS but to the lower courts as well. So while Schumer can tweet some symbolic complaints, his actual actions exacerbated this sort of garbage behavior on the other side who got away with murder obstructing appointments throughout Obama's presidency. Mcconnell can be emboldened to not even hide this ish.

Schumer’s deal to fast-track Trump judges makes progressive activists furious

As Vox’s Emily Stewart writes, a running tally by Bloomberg shows that McConnell has already confirmed 60 judges, including 33 district court judges, 26 appeals court judges, and Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch. Earlier this year, the Trump administration was already far outpacing the number the Obama administration was able to confirm at the same point in his presidency.

And unlike the Supreme Court nomination — for which Democrats have very limited procedural levers to block Kavanaugh — there are options available for lawmakers to stymie some of the lower-court nominees, even if these tactics aren’t guaranteed to work.

Schumer’s willingness to give Republicans what some see as a free hall pass was downright confusing to many activists, especially given McConnell’s no-holds-barred approach to stalling Obama administration picks. Schumer seems to be thinking about protecting his red-state Democrat colleagues — but it’s a complete mismatch with the party’s base, which is frustrated over Republicans’ ability to remake the courts in recent years and wants Democrats to fight back.

“If Democrats fought at every step to play what few cards they have as a minority caucus, they could reduce the judges that get confirmed,” MoveOn Washington director Ben Wikler said. “McConnell is using every weapon in his disposal and Democrats aren’t fighting back equally.”