Quick! Before they are removed, let's find the quotes of liberals who wanted Scalia's seat filled before Trump was elected and post them here so we can quote them in the coming weeks!
Then, it's time to meme.
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Quick! Before they are removed, let's find the quotes of liberals who wanted Scalia's seat filled before Trump was elected and post them here so we can quote them in the coming weeks!
Then, it's time to meme.
Vox:
https://www.vox.com/2016/2/16/11026724/obama-press-conference-supreme-court
"And there are a lot of Republican senators who are going to be under a lot of pressure from various special interests and various constituencies and many of their voters to not let any nominee go through. No matter who I nominate. But that's not how the system is supposed to work. That's not how our democracy is supposed to work."
Some of our work is already done:
https://dailycaller.com/2020/09/18/democrats-supreme-court-vacancy-2016-vacancy-merrick-garland/
Obongo himself, as he officially nominated someone and insisted a vote happen.
Here's my main thing. If the roles were reversed, and a Democrat president and a Democrat Senate 50 days out of an election got the opportunity to replace a conservative member of scotus, they would jump on that immediately. They're going to try to play the moral High Ground here, but they have no ground to stand on.
Yeah fuck them. They set the rule book on fire and flushed the ashes down the toilet a long time ago. You can't keep "playing by the rules" with people like that.
And some good material from Cory Booker:
https://www.njspotlight.com/news/video/sen-cory-booker-discusses-supreme-court-nominee-merrick-garland/
Here's one from the Boston Globe
https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/politics/2016/02/14/democrats-push-for-vote-new-supreme-court-justice/gedWQPr0gXCf7IuIfmSIpK/story.html
Here's one about the 2018 midterms:
https://freebeacon.com/politics/democrats-do-the-supreme-court-twist/
Here's one about Schumer:
https://www.politico.com/story/2016/02/chuck-schumer-supreme-court-antonin-scalia-219392
Including McConnell saying in 2007 "all nominees should get a bite regardless of timing." (Paraphrased)