I agree! Isn't it wild how some purists have abandoned Trump for stuff like this? You have to look at the grand scheme which is the economy, energy independence, national defense, not offense, SC judge selection! and so much more, fighting fake news, he's still a huge breath of fresh air our Trump
I'll believe it when I see it. I was raised mormon and can tell you that mittens is the only thing more popular among mormons than lying about jerking off.
My family hates Romney, they are all Mormons, their friends hate Romney they are all Mormons. I’m not Mormon anymore but yeah Romney only won because he’s a famous Mormon. Anyone who’s paid attention to what he’s done hates him
Spite is one of the few drugs more dangerous than meth. If Romney can't learn to forgive Trump for embarrassing him, he's going to be eaten up with hate and do things that will land him in Hell next to McCain.
The Romneys in Utah are like the Bushes in Texas. Even the movie "The Sandlot" has a Romney in it....the baseball field that they play the Little League team at is L.C. Romney Park (it was filmed in SLC).
Where the goat-meat there is plentiful
And they have vitamin injections by the case
The war-lords there are friendly
They help you cross the street
And there’s a Red Cross on every corner
With all the flour you can eat!
Why are the Mormons to blame? Hell, Trump himself endorsed Romney for Senate. Probably the worst move of his entire 4 years IMO.
Edit: if Mormons are to blame for Romney, then they get the credit for Orrin Hatch and the rest of the representatives and Senate. Can't have one without the other.
Mitt's opponent was a Mormon too. But he had no outside name recognition. The potential embarrassment of a former presidential nominee and governor running for the Senate and losing was so great that the money and the national endorsements poured in. Yes, regrettably, even from GEOTUS.
Because Trump doesn't make losing moves. If he's going to win anyway, it's the smart play. If the GOP establishment really turned on Trump he'd be a total lame duck.
I agree. Pierre Derilecto views his upcoming SCOTUS vote as his McCain thumbs-down moment. Derilecto craves the Democratic love that McCain received after his downvote.
Well for now most of the RINOs are against the vote, not the nominee regardless of whoever that will be. If that's their stance, then let them abstain instead of voting no. Just let them count themselves out as long as the GOP still has enough yes votes to secure the result and deliver a new justice. That's what Murkovsky did on Kavanaugh anyway.
that's actually something I didn't think about. So I may be completely ignorant to this matter, but are you saying that if some senators abstain from voting all together, then the number needed to vote yes in order to pass also is lessened? In other words, as long as it's a majority of any side?
Yeah, Harry Reid abolished the 60 vote threshold. Now it only requires a simple majority to confirm a SCOTUS justice. Kavanaugh was confirmed by 50 votes if I remember that right. Two GOP senators abstained and one Dem joined the GOP to confirm him.
Mitt's a lot older than he looks. In fact, he was the oldest rookie senator in history. He doesn't come up for reelection again until he's 77. He runs as a Republican in pretty much the reddest state in the union. He has tons of money. He already ran for President and lost. It's not like he has a long political career in front of him anyway.
Sounds like even without tasty peter, they still have the ability to get a judge in. They'll have to make sure voters remember that next primary in UT.
Exactly, that's why we don't need him. In the event he wants to be a sourpuss and vote against the nominee, I think the voters should be reminded later.
I stopped giving a fuck what people thought of me about 3 years ago, they're the true racists. I just hate people that hate America, black or white....same to me.
This - if you're gonna get attacked anyway, get what you want. That's what they do.
Nominating and seating a justice isn't illegal, isn't un-Constitutional, and is the right and privilege of the President's. Reverse this, and you know they'd be up everyone's ass like an opened umbrella that "they would want us to do this."
They want us to believe the lies of her granddaughter, and CHANGE tradition that they supported in the past. Screw you. You lost the election, WE get to do this. Suck on it, crybabies. Call us nazis? Then we're justice nominating and sitting nazis. See what happens?
Exactly. When they threaten with (paraphrasing) "We'll call you racist, organize riots, and violently attack Trump supporters and anyone to the right of Karl Marx".
Our response is: You're already doing that. So what.
Would not put it past President Trump to talk about this in his next term assuming that Republicans hold the Senate. Not that I would think he wants to do it, just to shove it back in the face of the Dems. “So, Senator Schumer, let’s talk about your plan to expand the number of justices on the Supreme Court”.
The left controls mainstream information. Uninformed people lean left because of this. All people see now is leftist narratives unless they come across conservative sources by chance.
My bet is Thomas steps down when Trump is re-elected as he's up their in age. Sotomayer isn't doing too well with Type 1 diabeetus, Breyer is 82 years old so honestly we could see 3 more picks next term! make that shit 7-2!
SCOTUS pick was already a major campaign issue in the POTUS race back in 2016. Both sides were aware of those justices' age and health condition. Crooked H herself confessed that the next president could appoint four or five in two terms. And so were many patriets who were unhappy about the SCOTUS ruling on gay marriage and concerning about the future lineup of justices. They were afraid that the court would be taken over by the left for decades to come. Scalia's tragic passing only made them more anxious, and in the end, it turned out to be the key that drove them out to vote and send Trump into the white house. I guess cocaine mitch must've realized that as well. That's why he gambled with his decision of stonewalling Merrick Garland's nomination. But the dems were too dumb to realize that. They were mocking him for delaying the inevitable.
Thomas has been the single most consistently conservative justice on the Supreme Court. There’s no guarantee his replacement would be nearly as conservative.
Even Justice Thomas wouldn’t be able to know for sure how anyone would vote once on the Supreme Court. I would rather keep him around for as long as he is capable because he’s truly the conservative anchor on the Supreme Court.
We need to gain in the Senate with MAGA Senators this year. Don’t overlook those elections. Tubberville has Bama on lockdown. Grab a couple more and we can run whoever the hell we want for SCOTUS and no amount of Mittens can stop us
McSally is going to lose AZ, so that’s one down. I assume this is the year Collins loses in Maine, to that’s two down. Haven’t seen Cory Gardner’s polling in Colorado, but I assume he’s losing. That’s three down. Ernst is three points behind in Iowa, so that could be four down.
Montana is going to be close, but let’s say we pull it out. With a Tubberville win that leaves us at 50-50, with Pence breaking the tie on anything of substance.
Isn't Jones up for reelection in Alabama? At least that seat can be easily retrieved. The appointment of Sessions for AG was a huge mistake. Just because he was one of the few endorsers of the Trump campaign doesn't mean he was a good candidate for the job.
Yes, that’s the seat that Tubberville will presumably win back. But the other four I listed are probable GOP losses. A strong Trump showing might drag Ernst across the finish line (like he did for Ron Johnson in WI and Pat Toomey in PA in 2016) but McSally is definitely going to lose. Collins and Gardner are probably a lost cause too. Their states are too blue.
Assuming a Tubberville win, we can lose four and still hold the tie break with Pence. That’s not a lot of breathing room. Plus I think Murkowski will end up caucusing with the Dems before this is all over (my personal hunch based on my gut) so ideally we need to go into 2021 with 51 seats.
This is a tough cycle on the Senate side, and I get the feeling we’re going to end up with Majority Leader Schumer until 2022. I don’t mean to be a pessimist, but I have a really bad feeling.
That's the seat which Tubberville is expected to fill? In Alabama? Man, I wasn't following the senate races lately. The map looks really awful for the GOP this year, which only makes this SCOTUS vote more critical. It MUST be done when the GOP still has a majority. It's a God given opportunity too for Ernst, Gardner and other vulnerable ones. They may have a chance to turn the tide and jack up their numbers if they fight hard in this battle by showing their steadfast support for the nominee. If they virtue signal, though, they're definitely gonna lose.
John James is polling even with Gary Peters. He could pull off a win and finally give Michigan Republicans a voice in the Senate for this first time in decades.
She said she would recuse if she might have some religious conflict...and the one she listed was some straight BULLSHIT
...Barrett co-authored a scholarly legal article with John H. Garvey, now the President of the Catholic University of America. They stated their conclusion quite bluntly:
"[W]e believe that Catholic judges (if they are faithful to the teaching of their church) are morally precluded from enforcing the death penalty. This means that they can neither themselves sentence criminals to death nor enforce jury recommendations of death."
Catholics differ on this issue for theological reasons, but what matters is what Barrett believes. A full ten years before Pope Francis made clear that he considers all (not most) capital punishment “inadmissible,” Barrett was anticipating the change in Catholic teaching, and binding herself to it. Why? She cites a document of the Second Vatican Council:
"Bishops, teaching in communion with the Roman Pontiff, are to be respected by all as witnesses to divine and Catholic truth. In matters of faith and morals, the bishops speak in the name of Christ and the faithful are to accept their teaching and adhere to it with a religious assent of soul."
TLDR; She was like "Whell... some commie Bishops said a thing, and it's not canonical, but I have so suck these Bishops' dicks sooooo I guess I'll have to sit this important decision out."
Catholics differ on this issue for theological reasons, but what matters is what Barrett believes. A full ten years before Pope Francis made clear that he considers all (not most) capital punishment “inadmissible,” Barrett was anticipating the change in Catholic teaching, and binding herself to it.
I'm pro-christianity and even pro-catholicism, but we can't have some fag in a white robe dictating laws in our country.
And it's not even a Catholic issue, Scalia never had this problem... It's ACB's personal retard interpretation. The church was ok with capital punishment for 2000 years, right up to a couple years ago when bergolio started literally started making stuff up to suit his commie agenda...and that was years after ACB wrote her dumb article.
The great thing about Lagoa is that politically she's actually a good replacement for two justices, Ginsburg and Sotomayor. Then when Wise Latina goes into her final diabetic coma, President Trump can nominate a solid right-winger to secure our liberty for thirty more years.
Bush appointee, some say she's weak on abortion and 2A.
I suppose my point would be that she doesn't have to be the best nominee ever, so long as we can get her through the process, secure the integrity of the election, and shut up the psychotic Democrats one more time.
Honestly, how worthless of a person do you have to be to claim to be a Republican and say you don't want to vote before the election, like Murkowski is doing. Just disgraceful.
Big state, small police force. Lots of places to hide. But I'd be willing to bet there's a lot of large cities with more wanted felons running around than up here. I don't know what this dudes problem is.
Except he's not wrong at all. It's also common sense unless you're an autist - Alaska is about as far away and sparsely populated as you can get while still being in America.
Obviously shitty people would go there to avoid any.. imperial entanglements.
Don't even need to do that stuff any more if voting just comes down to party lines. Its not like asking the nominee questions is going to change someones mind on voting.
Let your senators know what you want. Then be prepared to deal with Antifa in the aftermath. If we are lucky they will go so crazy they torpedo the Dems hard.
Pelosi and Schumer’s threats are not going to help them with independents and moderates. The threats are going to piss off all of the right....I think this is a bad move for the master politicians.
And you know what, as soon as the news of RBG's passing broke out, Schumer immediately declared his objection to any attempt of filling the seat, then followed up with his condolences. In other words, politics first, thoughts and prayers second. Some leftists are yelling beep RBG for not retiring during the Obozo administration.
Mitch deserves a medal. Not just for what he's done recently, but also for stalling/disrupting Obama's attempts to destroy the country. The man is a hero.
They can lose all three Super RINOs and still get it done with Pence.
When I first learned this constitutional fact in elementary school, I thought to myself, votes probably rarely ended in 50/50 ties. I didn't know much about politics at that time.
If they don't vote and confirm then this could energize the Democrat base to turn out in November. They need to snuff this out immediately. Preferably before the first debate.
Good on McConnell, and fingers crossed, but the article isn't as encouraging as the headline suggests. Basically: "Murkowski and Collins oppose, and Mitch can only lose 2 more. And that could be Romney. Or Grassley. Or Gardener." I swear, Senate Republicans are adept at snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.
Hoping for the best, and I think we can do it. But crunch time is always where our closet Dems show their colors.
Well, the senate is obligated to drop everything to debate the articles of impeachment, so Pelosi could easily ram through a vote and hope the Republicans don’t dismiss it.
The senate could ram the confirmation through too. They can also move to end the impeachment with a quick vote to end debate immediately, and vote on whatever ridiculous charges crazy nancy wants
"But even if Romney comes out in support of not holding a vote before the election, Democrats would still need to pick up one additional GOP senator to prevent a 50-50 tie that Vice President Mike Pence would be all but guaranteed to break."
Dems are going to cook up a scandal that makes it "impossible" to confirm before the election. Either against trump or whomever he picks, no matter what. Remember Kavanaugh's confirmation was going completely smooth because professionally he is untouchable. Dems were throwing every legal challenge at him and they all got crushed. But then they pulled out the attempted sexual assault letter at the very last minute to throw the whole thing into chaos.
Excellent development. Lock in Pierre Delecto and get it on!
He is a cnut. Don't believe that he will support GEOTUS
I've always thought there was fraud involved in Mitt's primary win. His opponent was perfect.
Mormon, father of 8, both a doctor and a lawyer, experience in the state legislature. Romney and the good old boys cheated.
Don't forget, his niece runs the GOP.
Don't forget this is politics and even Potus has to play the game sometimes.
History will remember Trump giving Mitt all the olive branches he could only to get repeatedly stabbed in the back.
The same reason GEOTUS has Cocaine Mitch’s wife has DOT secretary
Is Ronna McDaniel the niece of Mittens? What is the game they're playing, Mormon Monopoly?
I agree! Isn't it wild how some purists have abandoned Trump for stuff like this? You have to look at the grand scheme which is the economy, energy independence, national defense, not offense, SC judge selection! and so much more, fighting fake news, he's still a huge breath of fresh air our Trump
Don't forget. His big purple rubber dildo is named Pierre.
Stay right there, I'm baring my two hollow fangs.
Mitt Romney would suck dick for bus fare and still choose to walk home.
Ok. Thats spicy. Kek
I’ve got a lot of family in Utah and they hate what he’s done as of late. I dont know anyone there who’s going to vote for him for a second term
I'll believe it when I see it. I was raised mormon and can tell you that mittens is the only thing more popular among mormons than lying about jerking off.
Haha oh man I met dudes in college who claimed they had never jerked off in their lives. I was like yeah sure you haven’t buddy
Mormons hate Romney?
My family hates Romney, they are all Mormons, their friends hate Romney they are all Mormons. I’m not Mormon anymore but yeah Romney only won because he’s a famous Mormon. Anyone who’s paid attention to what he’s done hates him
Spite is one of the few drugs more dangerous than meth. If Romney can't learn to forgive Trump for embarrassing him, he's going to be eaten up with hate and do things that will land him in Hell next to McCain.
The Romneys in Utah are like the Bushes in Texas. Even the movie "The Sandlot" has a Romney in it....the baseball field that they play the Little League team at is L.C. Romney Park (it was filmed in SLC).
Sal Tlay Ka Siti?
Where the goat-meat there is plentiful And they have vitamin injections by the case The war-lords there are friendly They help you cross the street And there’s a Red Cross on every corner With all the flour you can eat!
willard thinks he has a chance for the republican nomination in 2024. that's what his nonsense is all about plain and simple.
Been rampant cheating going of years. The only reason we have Trump is our turnout was so great.
I agree, Utah is almost completely based. Romney is a powerful man in Utah whether we like it or not.
Why are the Mormons to blame? Hell, Trump himself endorsed Romney for Senate. Probably the worst move of his entire 4 years IMO.
Edit: if Mormons are to blame for Romney, then they get the credit for Orrin Hatch and the rest of the representatives and Senate. Can't have one without the other.
Romney is a turncoat, bred from Michigan Republican stock.
He bamboozled me as well in 2012.
Mitt's opponent was a Mormon too. But he had no outside name recognition. The potential embarrassment of a former presidential nominee and governor running for the Senate and losing was so great that the money and the national endorsements poured in. Yes, regrettably, even from GEOTUS.
Nope. Trump endorsed Romney 4 months before the primary even though Romney had a viable opponent.
Ahh I didn't know that
Thanks, beat me to it.
Because Trump doesn't make losing moves. If he's going to win anyway, it's the smart play. If the GOP establishment really turned on Trump he'd be a total lame duck.
I'd agree with you if he endorsed after the primary, but Trump's support for the other candidate may have locked out Pierre Delecto.
The primary can be unwinnable too. He has to be careful.
Even winning one Senate seat might not be worth the cost. If he's openly hostile to the GOP establishment, it's curtains.
Trump is too nice. Always gives people second chances and hopes they will do things better this time.
But as he said, politicians are so much more dishonest than businessmen.
This.
Nah, they're ok - it's just Romney that's a dick.
3 Utah Mormons downvoted you
Amen Brother OlDirtyBarrister
He has been the most Loyal Out Of All The Disloyal.
Quite the achievement there.
I agree. Pierre Derilecto views his upcoming SCOTUS vote as his McCain thumbs-down moment. Derilecto craves the Democratic love that McCain received after his downvote.
Hopefully, the Turtle can turn cuckboy into Stormin' Mormon for at least one crucial vote.
If Mitt acts like a little bitch at this crucial moment, he can kiss his political career good bye forever
I don't see how he hasn't already. At this point his cuckery is just getting more ridicule.
It wasn't going anywhere already tho. He's the Megyn Kelley of senators.
Hilarious
He'll get reelected again. All he needs to do is pander for a few months before his election
IF the senate start the vote for the new judge, everyone will see what Mitt Romney does and he will have nowhere to hide. His name will be everywhere
The Lindsey Graham plan.
Well for now most of the RINOs are against the vote, not the nominee regardless of whoever that will be. If that's their stance, then let them abstain instead of voting no. Just let them count themselves out as long as the GOP still has enough yes votes to secure the result and deliver a new justice. That's what Murkovsky did on Kavanaugh anyway.
that's actually something I didn't think about. So I may be completely ignorant to this matter, but are you saying that if some senators abstain from voting all together, then the number needed to vote yes in order to pass also is lessened? In other words, as long as it's a majority of any side?
Yeah, Harry Reid abolished the 60 vote threshold. Now it only requires a simple majority to confirm a SCOTUS justice. Kavanaugh was confirmed by 50 votes if I remember that right. Two GOP senators abstained and one Dem joined the GOP to confirm him.
Nice. Its looking good then. Plus Lindsay Graham just confirmed they have enough numbers to push the judge in. November is looking great.
Mitt's a lot older than he looks. In fact, he was the oldest rookie senator in history. He doesn't come up for reelection again until he's 77. He runs as a Republican in pretty much the reddest state in the union. He has tons of money. He already ran for President and lost. It's not like he has a long political career in front of him anyway.
If Mitt ever has any intention at all of representing his state he has to vote to confirm
I don't know if he cares about his legacy or the way people remember him, but siding with the Ds here would seal it for all time
Mitt walks with marxists now.
We're talking about GOP, not democrat votes. We know where Pierre stands.
Sounds like even without tasty peter, they still have the ability to get a judge in. They'll have to make sure voters remember that next primary in UT.
Remember we just need 50. Pence can cast the deciding vote in the event of a tie.
True. I'd prefer a non vote to a no, obviously.
Exactly, that's why we don't need him. In the event he wants to be a sourpuss and vote against the nominee, I think the voters should be reminded later.
Cocaine Mitch is going to save America.
"Fine, I'll do it myself" - Cocaine Turtle 2020.
"Fine..."
"...I'll..."
"...do..."
"...it..."
"...my...self..."
We have the best turtles don't we folks?
Much better then ¡Yeb!
RELEASE THE TURTLE
But muh "expert says SC nomination unlikely!"
Hell they haven't gotten it yet. For trump unlikely is like breakfast. It's just par for the course.
Can't wait to tell my grand kids in the future that back in 2020 a cocaine trafficking turtle saved the USA from commies.
Lmao
Oh yeah, we're going to have epic stories for our grandkids.
The Democrats and the media will call us Nazis anyway, so we need to stop giving a fuck as to what they think.
I stopped giving a fuck what people thought of me about 3 years ago, they're the true racists. I just hate people that hate America, black or white....same to me.
They call us nazis, when they want to pack the Supreme court... who wrote 2020? I want the drugs they were on.
This - if you're gonna get attacked anyway, get what you want. That's what they do.
Nominating and seating a justice isn't illegal, isn't un-Constitutional, and is the right and privilege of the President's. Reverse this, and you know they'd be up everyone's ass like an opened umbrella that "they would want us to do this."
They want us to believe the lies of her granddaughter, and CHANGE tradition that they supported in the past. Screw you. You lost the election, WE get to do this. Suck on it, crybabies. Call us nazis? Then we're justice nominating and sitting nazis. See what happens?
Pelosi says she's trying to impeach Trump again to stop the nomination
Won’t work, and it would make Trump even more popular.
Exactly. When they threaten with (paraphrasing) "We'll call you racist, organize riots, and violently attack Trump supporters and anyone to the right of Karl Marx".
Our response is: You're already doing that. So what.
Say what you will about them, the GOP held the line when it came to Scalia's seat and handed it over to Trump.
PACK THE COURT
THIS IS WAR
Would not put it past President Trump to talk about this in his next term assuming that Republicans hold the Senate. Not that I would think he wants to do it, just to shove it back in the face of the Dems. “So, Senator Schumer, let’s talk about your plan to expand the number of justices on the Supreme Court”.
The left controls mainstream information. Uninformed people lean left because of this. All people see now is leftist narratives unless they come across conservative sources by chance.
JUSTICE LAGOA INBOUND
6-3 COURT BEFORE ELECTION CONFIRMED
NEXT 4 YEARS, REPLACE BREYER'S ICE CREAM, TRUMP HAS 5 SCOTUS PICKS. 7-2 COURT BOYS.
Choo Choo mother f******
My bet is Thomas steps down when Trump is re-elected as he's up their in age. Sotomayer isn't doing too well with Type 1 diabeetus, Breyer is 82 years old so honestly we could see 3 more picks next term! make that shit 7-2!
'Roberts Court' might be its official name, but with as many nominations as Trump is getting, they might as well just call it the Trump Court.
SCOTUS pick was already a major campaign issue in the POTUS race back in 2016. Both sides were aware of those justices' age and health condition. Crooked H herself confessed that the next president could appoint four or five in two terms. And so were many patriets who were unhappy about the SCOTUS ruling on gay marriage and concerning about the future lineup of justices. They were afraid that the court would be taken over by the left for decades to come. Scalia's tragic passing only made them more anxious, and in the end, it turned out to be the key that drove them out to vote and send Trump into the white house. I guess cocaine mitch must've realized that as well. That's why he gambled with his decision of stonewalling Merrick Garland's nomination. But the dems were too dumb to realize that. They were mocking him for delaying the inevitable.
Man, what a watershed moment Trump's election was. I shudder to think what Hilldog's court would look like right now.
It is truly the grace of God that we don't have to suffer through that.
Thomas has been the single most consistently conservative justice on the Supreme Court. There’s no guarantee his replacement would be nearly as conservative.
True, but I wouldn't want to take the chance that he becomes the next RGB, working himselfe to death to try and make it past a D president.
Why wouldn’t the Trump team talk with Justice Thomas about candidates for his replacement? Seems reasonable.
Even Justice Thomas wouldn’t be able to know for sure how anyone would vote once on the Supreme Court. I would rather keep him around for as long as he is capable because he’s truly the conservative anchor on the Supreme Court.
Alito has been rumored to be considering retirement as well. His family apparently wants out of dc
Good for them. It puts Mos Eisley to shame for the most part.
We need to gain in the Senate with MAGA Senators this year. Don’t overlook those elections. Tubberville has Bama on lockdown. Grab a couple more and we can run whoever the hell we want for SCOTUS and no amount of Mittens can stop us
McSally is going to lose AZ, so that’s one down. I assume this is the year Collins loses in Maine, to that’s two down. Haven’t seen Cory Gardner’s polling in Colorado, but I assume he’s losing. That’s three down. Ernst is three points behind in Iowa, so that could be four down.
Montana is going to be close, but let’s say we pull it out. With a Tubberville win that leaves us at 50-50, with Pence breaking the tie on anything of substance.
Isn't Jones up for reelection in Alabama? At least that seat can be easily retrieved. The appointment of Sessions for AG was a huge mistake. Just because he was one of the few endorsers of the Trump campaign doesn't mean he was a good candidate for the job.
Yes, that’s the seat that Tubberville will presumably win back. But the other four I listed are probable GOP losses. A strong Trump showing might drag Ernst across the finish line (like he did for Ron Johnson in WI and Pat Toomey in PA in 2016) but McSally is definitely going to lose. Collins and Gardner are probably a lost cause too. Their states are too blue.
Assuming a Tubberville win, we can lose four and still hold the tie break with Pence. That’s not a lot of breathing room. Plus I think Murkowski will end up caucusing with the Dems before this is all over (my personal hunch based on my gut) so ideally we need to go into 2021 with 51 seats.
This is a tough cycle on the Senate side, and I get the feeling we’re going to end up with Majority Leader Schumer until 2022. I don’t mean to be a pessimist, but I have a really bad feeling.
That's the seat which Tubberville is expected to fill? In Alabama? Man, I wasn't following the senate races lately. The map looks really awful for the GOP this year, which only makes this SCOTUS vote more critical. It MUST be done when the GOP still has a majority. It's a God given opportunity too for Ernst, Gardner and other vulnerable ones. They may have a chance to turn the tide and jack up their numbers if they fight hard in this battle by showing their steadfast support for the nominee. If they virtue signal, though, they're definitely gonna lose.
John James is polling even with Gary Peters. He could pull off a win and finally give Michigan Republicans a voice in the Senate for this first time in decades.
LAGOA > ACB
SAY NO TO ACB!
She said she would recuse if she might have some religious conflict...and the one she listed was some straight BULLSHIT
Source: https://humanevents.com/2019/09/19/amy-coney-barrett-is-not-a-safe-pick-for-the-supreme-court/
TLDR; She was like "Whell... some commie Bishops said a thing, and it's not canonical, but I have so suck these Bishops' dicks sooooo I guess I'll have to sit this important decision out."
WE CAN'T HAVE SOMEONE WHO THINKS THAT'S OK!!
Don't worry. If Trump even gets a whiff of the word "recuse", he's going to take that magic marker and cross her name off the list.
Yep. With Sessions' "recusal" on purely political grounds, that word is heresy at this point.
Your fired
Women get soft on the most asinine reasons. They must go back to where they belong: the nurturing supporting role.
No softie chicks, ACB should not be considered at all.
I'm pro-christianity and even pro-catholicism, but we can't have some fag in a white robe dictating laws in our country.
Damn straight.
And it's not even a Catholic issue, Scalia never had this problem... It's ACB's personal retard interpretation. The church was ok with capital punishment for 2000 years, right up to a couple years ago when bergolio started literally started making stuff up to suit his commie agenda...and that was years after ACB wrote her dumb article.
NO ACB
The great thing about Lagoa is that politically she's actually a good replacement for two justices, Ginsburg and Sotomayor. Then when Wise Latina goes into her final diabetic coma, President Trump can nominate a solid right-winger to secure our liberty for thirty more years.
Is LAGOA not a solid conservative?
Bush appointee, some say she's weak on abortion and 2A.
I suppose my point would be that she doesn't have to be the best nominee ever, so long as we can get her through the process, secure the integrity of the election, and shut up the psychotic Democrats one more time.
This all revolves around abortion does it not? That's gotta be important
That's one thing I was thinking about. Will Roberts just go ahead and totally blow his cover and start voting Degenerate every time?
I don't think he is a democrat, and that he has become cucked recently because the left has some dirt on him
Trump saves America!
Honestly, how worthless of a person do you have to be to claim to be a Republican and say you don't want to vote before the election, like Murkowski is doing. Just disgraceful.
She’s not a Republican.
I know that. But she claims it.
And Michelle 0bama claims to have a pussy.
People lie to gain a personal advantage, especially in politics.
I said "claims to be a Republican". I understand she's not.
She is a spoiler for the Dems.
Blame the residents of alaska. It's a cucked frozen backwater shit hole filled with felons hiding from the civilized world.
lol whoa. I sincerely have never heard that take. Got anything for me to look into on the felons hiding out part?
Alaska State Troopers! Most of the episodes I saw, they were arresting drunk natives or someone from the lower 48 hiding out there.
Big state, small police force. Lots of places to hide. But I'd be willing to bet there's a lot of large cities with more wanted felons running around than up here. I don't know what this dudes problem is.
Except he's not wrong at all. It's also common sense unless you're an autist - Alaska is about as far away and sparsely populated as you can get while still being in America.
Obviously shitty people would go there to avoid any.. imperial entanglements.
Just look at the crime rates.
She won as a write in candidate. in other words... fraud. Don't blame Alaska citizens on that one.
Just because you can't hunt or fish to save your 600 pound life doesn't mean Alaskans arent hardworking conservatives OUTSIDE of the cities.
I wonder what state you're from where everyone is chaste virgins and no one is a criminal?
Lol triggered much?
The walls are closing in on the lefty wieners!
Say your prayers lefty losers!
I’m not religious but my prayer factory is at maximum output... Godspeed, Cocaine Turtle Lord
Two day confirmation.
Don't even need to do that stuff any more if voting just comes down to party lines. Its not like asking the nominee questions is going to change someones mind on voting.
Maybe they want to milk as many vitriolic sound bites out of dems as they can?
It really should be anyway. Give the Dems zero time to make up rape victims.
Let your senators know what you want. Then be prepared to deal with Antifa in the aftermath. If we are lucky they will go so crazy they torpedo the Dems hard.
Pelosi and Schumer’s threats are not going to help them with independents and moderates. The threats are going to piss off all of the right....I think this is a bad move for the master politicians.
desperation
And you know what, as soon as the news of RBG's passing broke out, Schumer immediately declared his objection to any attempt of filling the seat, then followed up with his condolences. In other words, politics first, thoughts and prayers second. Some leftists are yelling beep RBG for not retiring during the Obozo administration.
Mitch deserves a medal. Not just for what he's done recently, but also for stalling/disrupting Obama's attempts to destroy the country. The man is a hero.
He deserves a statue in Trump's garden of heroes!
They can lose all three Super RINOs and still get it done with Pence.
Which means Manchin and perhaps another couple red state dems up for re-election will break ranks, too.
McCaskill getting thrown off the Island after Kavanaugh left a mark.
edit I was mistaken. Manchin did break ranks for Kav, but I still don't think he vote with us this time.
I'm amazed a state as deep red as Best Virginia keeps sending that cuck back to DC.
Manchin did vote for Kavanaugh. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brett_Kavanaugh_Supreme_Court_nomination
Don't count on him. He was up for election last time, but not this time.
He will face massive pressure in W Va to vote for this nominee. The people if all parties are polling iver 60% that they want it done.
When I first learned this constitutional fact in elementary school, I thought to myself, votes probably rarely ended in 50/50 ties. I didn't know much about politics at that time.
Grab the brass ring, guys. It's right friggin there.
I am not the biggest fan of McConnell, but when shit hits the fan and we need somebody in the GOP to step up, The Turtle is there every time!
Long live Cocaine Mitch!
Grassley is a go? What about Manchin?
He won't break ranks for this.
edit I was mistaken. Manchin did break ranks for Kav, but I still don't think he vote with us this time.
Then WV can do better.
Manchin DID vote for K
If they don't vote and confirm then this could energize the Democrat base to turn out in November. They need to snuff this out immediately. Preferably before the first debate.
CO-FUCKING-CAINE!
I'm so happy there are some O and A refugees here .
Ok, Terrific!
Good on McConnell, and fingers crossed, but the article isn't as encouraging as the headline suggests. Basically: "Murkowski and Collins oppose, and Mitch can only lose 2 more. And that could be Romney. Or Grassley. Or Gardener." I swear, Senate Republicans are adept at snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.
Hoping for the best, and I think we can do it. But crunch time is always where our closet Dems show their colors.
go turtle go! COCAINE OVERLOAD!
I was more confident before hearing Pelosi might impeach just to tie up the senate. I wouldn’t put it past some salty Republicans to vote yes on that.
How does that play out? House holds impeachment hearings, senate votes in next justice, right?
Well, the senate is obligated to drop everything to debate the articles of impeachment, so Pelosi could easily ram through a vote and hope the Republicans don’t dismiss it.
The senate could ram the confirmation through too. They can also move to end the impeachment with a quick vote to end debate immediately, and vote on whatever ridiculous charges crazy nancy wants
I fucking dare her to launch a second fake impeachment 3 months before the election.
At that point just call in the military and say what we all kmow it really is. A coup attempt
I think that's a bit fake news.
ABC asked if she would impeach, and she didn't say "yes". She did what anyone should do in negotiations and say "I'm not ruling out anything"
Ready the salt mines!
My turtle 🐢
"But even if Romney comes out in support of not holding a vote before the election, Democrats would still need to pick up one additional GOP senator to prevent a 50-50 tie that Vice President Mike Pence would be all but guaranteed to break."
REEEEEEEEEE
Wow I might have to send Mitch an 8 ball if he keeps this up!
Fuck yeah COCAINE MITCH
Is that why Nancy short circuited?
Fuck ‘em all! Ram it down their fucking throats!!!
He/she graped someone in the hippocampus 40 years ago so they will delay it until the investigation is complete
Get a hardliner Constitutionalist and then flush out the Soros DAs. Flush those scums out.
do you think there will be any backstabbers?
You can bet on it
Fucking assault turtle man! 😆
OMG... The dhimmicrat tears and screaming in the comment section is fucking HILARIOUS!
Dems are going to cook up a scandal that makes it "impossible" to confirm before the election. Either against trump or whomever he picks, no matter what. Remember Kavanaugh's confirmation was going completely smooth because professionally he is untouchable. Dems were throwing every legal challenge at him and they all got crushed. But then they pulled out the attempted sexual assault letter at the very last minute to throw the whole thing into chaos.
Over 60% of all parties voters want a justice nominated.
Wonderful. We get this confirmed the election is in the bag.
At the same time, don't undermine confidence. Some people are so eager to avoid complacency that they're demoralizing people.
We might as well win the 2020 election and then the 2021 civil war
"Locks down" Republicans saying they are willing to see who the nom is.
This is going to be the fastest confirmation in US history.
The fastest was 0 days. No idea how many hours though.
RBG was confirmed in 44 days.
I think they might pick lagoa. I know this is an unpopular opinion.
I agree. Amy Coney Barrett 's religious affiliation would be a big issue. The Dems have already insulted her for it.
Yep. Mcconnell will allow the cucks to cast no vote instead of no.