Hypocrite much?

[luzribeiro]

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday if a Supreme Court vacancy occurs during next year's presidential election, he would work to confirm a nominee appointed by President Donald Trump. That's a move that is in sharp contrast to his decision to block President Barack Obama's nominee to the high court following the death of Justice Antonin Scalia in February 2016. At the time, he cited the right of the voters in the presidential election to decide whether a Democrat or a Republican would fill that opening, a move that infuriated Democrats.

Oh, he didn't mean he wouldn't fill the SCOTUS spot in an election year, period? Now he means he'd fill the SCOTUS spot in an election year if the President and Senate were of the same party? Hmmm. But that wasn't what he said back then... *confus'd*

In reversal from 2016, McConnell says he would fill a potential Supreme Court vacancy in 2020

Well, McConnell didn't just block Merrick Garland, he also blocked many of Obama's 2nd term federal judge picks. This has led to a record amount of Trump appointments to the federal bench. These lifetime appointments are 88% white, 76% male, 0% black, and 100% like-minded, by the way.

Surprised yet?

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[dewline]

Not surprised at all. McConnell was following Stephen Harper's playbook.

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/stephen-harpers-courts-how-the-judiciary-has-been-remade/article25661306/

[jazzyjj]

Hmm, interesting stuff here. Agreed with previous comment. This is the first I'd heard of this. But luckily I just got an app on my phone that will let me catch up on the news. Not that I've not been trying to do that for the past year or so, but this app will make it so much easier on this screen reader user. I do believe CNN is one of the news networks contained within this app.