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babylonsister

(171,112 posts)
Thu Jun 28, 2018, 10:01 AM Jun 2018

Rachel Maddow Lights A Fire Under Democrats: Don't Be A GOP Doormat In The SCOTUS Fight

https://www.politicususa.com/2018/06/27/democrats-dont-gop-doormat.html

Posted on Wed, Jun 27th, 2018 by Sean Colarossi
Rachel Maddow Lights A Fire Under Democrats: Don’t Be A GOP Doormat In The SCOTUS Fight


Rachel Maddow urged Democratic lawmakers – and their constituents – not to be a doormat for Republicans in the new fight to fill the seat being vacated by Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy.

“As of today, Democrats have a decision to make,” the MSNBC host said. “Democrats are either doormats, or they will insist at least on consistency.”

Video @ link:

Maddow explained the choice Democrats face:

As of today, Democrats have a decision to make. And Republicans do too. Everybody in this country who has a senator has a decision to make on this too, and it’s very simple, actually. Democrats, presumably, are not, in this circumstance, the doormats that Republicans want them to be, right? Democrats know what happened to them. With Merrick Garland’s seat. Right? Democrats know what happened to President Obama. Having lost a democratically appointed Supreme Court nominee simply on the basis of Republicans punching them in the teeth, holding them down and taking it by force, presumably Democrats have realized they should not ratify that by just going back to regular order now and letting Republicans have this next one, too. Thank you, sir, may I have another. If the purported justification for blocking President Obama from naming a nominee to the court was that it was February of an election year in 2016 when the last vacancy came up, well, hello, it’s June of an election year this year when this vacancy has come up. Why would you not make Republicans hew to the same standard? Democrats are either doormats, or they will insist, at least, on consistency. They will insist that the Kennedy vacancy must be treated the same as the Scalia vacancy, right?


Maddow is showing Democrats the way forward

There is no upside for the Democrats meeting Republicans halfway on filling Anthony Kennedy’s Supreme Court seat. Not only would they solidify the conservative majority on the court with a Trump-picked judge, but they would face an immediate backlash from their own base.

And just as there is no upside for Democratic cooperation, there is no obligation.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell created this rule at the end of President Obama’s second term and the Democrats should simply repeat it every day until the midterm elections – and beyond.

This Democratic resistance in Congress combined with citizen activism on the streets is key to making sure Kennedy’s SCOTUS seat isn’t filled before the midterm elections.

If Democrats want to rally their base, they should immediately and forcefully slam the door shut on Donald Trump’s Supreme Court pick, not act as a Republican doormat.
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Rachel Maddow Lights A Fire Under Democrats: Don't Be A GOP Doormat In The SCOTUS Fight (Original Post) babylonsister Jun 2018 OP
Rachel, I wish I was female. lagomorph777 Jun 2018 #1
agree with her 100% NewJeffCT Jun 2018 #2
Me, too! nt babylonsister Jun 2018 #3
Me too! They cannnot turn their backs of women- we know exactly what this is about. bettyellen Jun 2018 #4
If SCOTUS overturned Roe v Wade NewJeffCT Jun 2018 #5
Jeeze, this makes me glad to be older. If I was a young woman I'd be thinking of leaving the USA. bettyellen Jun 2018 #6
 

bettyellen

(47,209 posts)
4. Me too! They cannnot turn their backs of women- we know exactly what this is about.
Thu Jun 28, 2018, 10:40 AM
Jun 2018

And honestly I think a few of the smarter Republicans don’t want to loose it as a “wedge issue” and will find an excuse to accidentally put a wrench in the process. And I’ll take their help. So stressed by this.

NewJeffCT

(56,829 posts)
5. If SCOTUS overturned Roe v Wade
Thu Jun 28, 2018, 10:45 AM
Jun 2018

it would then go back to the states.

Let's say 20 states then immediately outlaw abortion. Then, their rallying cry will be getting yes/no questions on abortion on the ballot in each of the remaining states, counting on Religious Right turnout to win at least some of those votes...

Then, Trump then signs an executive order banning abortion because that would need a 2/3 majority to overturn the executive order. Sure, maybe it's temporary until the next president, but it will keep the religious right inspired and because Roe was overturned, legal challenges likely fall flat. Every 4 years, they will make sure to have "preserve executive order banning abortion" rallies at their churches.

 

bettyellen

(47,209 posts)
6. Jeeze, this makes me glad to be older. If I was a young woman I'd be thinking of leaving the USA.
Thu Jun 28, 2018, 10:48 AM
Jun 2018
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