McConnell Laughs Off Dems' Call To Delay SCOTUS Confirmation: They Forget I Said 'Presidential' ...
Source: Mediate
McConnell Laughs Off Dems Call To Delay SCOTUS Confirmation: They Forget I Said Presidential Election Year
by Joseph A. Wulfsohn | 12:00 am, June 29th, 2018
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) was awful giddy Thursday night while discussion the future confirmation of President Donald Trumps next Supreme Court nominee. Appearing on Fox News, McConnell was asked to react to Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) accused the Senate Majority Leader of setting the rules by not allowing a Supreme Court justice during an election year.
She left out an important word. What I said in 2016 is that we shouldnt fill a Supreme Court vacancy in the middle of a presidential election year, McConnell said. The last time I looked, theres no presidential election this year. In fact, three current members of the U.S. Supreme Court were completed in election years, non-presidential election years and the presidents nominee to this Kennedy vacancy will be confirmed in a non-presidential election election year.
McConnell also dismissed Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) when she said that Trumps eventual nominee is potentially looking at the destruction of the U.S. Constitution and Sen. Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) who said Democrats will fight til the very end.
Look, the stakes are big and the Democrats- let me tell you what they want and the kind of people theyve put on the courts. Activist judges. What do we say when we mean an activist judge. Someone who acts like they were elected to Congress, McConnell told Shannon Bream. And if you want to make policy, you ought to run for office. So the kind of people the presidents been sending up to the circuit courts, the nomination of Neil Gosuch, these are people who dont believe the judge of a judge is to act like youre a member of Congress but rather to interpret the law which is what the founding fathers clearly had in mind for the Judicial Branch.
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dalton99a
(81,709 posts)IronLionZion
(45,680 posts)or embalming fluid.
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)vi5
(13,305 posts)You mean pointing out his hypocrisy didn't give him pause?
I'm shocked!! Shocked I tell you.
Well luckily we have the media who will no doubt hammer him on the issue and really hold his feet to the fire. Right?
DetlefK
(16,423 posts)Well... Why wasn't Merick Garland?
Garion_55
(1,915 posts)not that it will matter.
he said he wanted to let the people have their say then have the nomination. does he no longer give a fuck what the people have to say?
notdarkyet
(2,226 posts)TheCowsCameHome
(40,169 posts)he'll do it again.
He plays us for suckers every time.
bucolic_frolic
(43,572 posts)is "non-activist" judge in the U.S. Constitution?
McConnell makes a mockery of our Founding Fathers and the Constitution
They will try to RUSH this through without thorough examination of the nominees record or implications of confirmation
Extreme libertarian property rights advocate is what I expect, someone who will privatize every US asset for Trump
but have his (and it will be a white male) stethoscope in every woman in America (so much for private property rights - they don't consider women citizens, they should never have been allowed to vote in their minds).
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,089 posts)Bernardo de La Paz
(49,089 posts)joshdawg
(2,653 posts)to the SCOTUS, is the republican party. Mcturtle seems to forget Thomas, Scalia(when he was alive and on the court), Alito are all activist judges.
Oh, wait, one more: gosuck.......er, gorsuch.
Calista241
(5,586 posts)is being overseen by a Trump appointed judge.
er. sorry, meant to reply to post #8 above. my bad.
Nitram
(22,986 posts)heaven05
(18,124 posts)white person. He along with the other NPA aka GOP trump soldiers of hate, next after SC confirmation, will try to put outspoken women and ALL minorities, starting with AA, in cages/concentration/extermination camps unless we fight the forces of racist, sexist hate plaguing our country. Fight tooth and nail. NO POC and people of conscience should fly the flag on this upcoming holiday that celebrates continuing genocide, racist hate murders, sexism, homophobia and just plain white privilege, entitlement and continuing hate for ALL 'others' non-white
Personally I will fly it for Veteran remembrance holidays ONLY. I do owe my undying loyalty to those who's backs I had and those that had my back.
WhiteTara
(29,739 posts)takes this nasty piece of work to hell and leaves him there.
Pachamama
(16,888 posts)I believe that Mueller is following all things Russia and the election and people are mistaken if they think it only runs to Donald Trump and the White House....
I think it runs to members of Congress, and yes, to the Courts even...
I believe and hope that when Mueller comes forward with the evidence, it was a conspiracy and acts of Treason, including involving Mitch McConnell and Paul Ryan....
Even the news of Deutsche Bank (Biggest Lender to Donald Trump and guilty of Money Laundering for the Russians for which they were fined) employed for a decade the son of Justice Anthony Kennedy, should give pause to everyone who really doesn't believe just how deep and far this crime went....
SWBTATTReg
(22,235 posts)since it's a bank that lent to rump (only one that we know of). Makes you wonder what's going on w/ this bank, in that (1) lent to rump when no other banks would (2) can't meet fed. stress tests???
Seems like more going on here ...
Raster
(20,998 posts)...and then sued Dousche Bank*, saying it was THEIR FAULT they lent money to HIM.
And after multiple defaults, the only way any bank would lend funds again to a troubled customer is if someone else guaranteed their loans... wonder who that could be?
Let's not forget that Dousche Bank* was a favorite of Germany's nazi scum and is today a favorite of Putin* and his oligarchs. It's the Euro bank of choice for despots that need to project an air of legitimacy and launder their dirty money.
SWBTATTReg
(22,235 posts)Pachamama
(16,888 posts)Another favorite Russian Money Laundering Bank and where Wilbur Ross and others are tied....
Things that make you go "HMMMMM"....
Snellius
(6,881 posts)JaneQPublic
(7,113 posts)pandr32
(11,646 posts)...and repeated constantly in the news...making it clear even to idiots. A reasonable, easy to understand line needs to be drawn.
KPN
(15,684 posts)Party leaders and elected officials where are you?
KPN
(15,684 posts)Exactly!
Grins
(7,274 posts)"What do we say when we mean an activist judge. Someone who acts like they were elected to Congress. And if you want to make policy, you ought to run for office." - Smirking ghoul, Mitch McConnell.
Projection. pro·jec·tion, prəˈjekSH(ə n/
The attribution of one's own ideas, feelings, or attitudes to other people or to objects; especially : the externalization of blame, guilt, or responsibility as a defense against anxiety.
The most "activist judges" are on the Reich. Asswad.
SWBTATTReg
(22,235 posts)They will lie and cheat and steal, not govern worth a bit, and do it all in the name of their donors.
Okay, so lets start targeting their donors, we seem to have pretty good luck in protesting the likes of S. Huckabee and others like her. It's time to start ID'ing donors and really looking at them (get rid of dark money). It's obvious that these people (repugs) do not want to represent us, but just their donors, a far cry from what these representatives are supposed to be doing, e.g. representing the country, not donors.
We need to hammer this in repeatedly. I know I'm on the soapbox and all of us are in tune w/ each other already. I guess I'm just cheerleading us on to a better 2018 in Nov. and even better in Nov. 2020.
Numbers and sentiment are on our side!
madamesilverspurs
(15,821 posts)Crutchez_CuiBono
(7,725 posts)Splitting hairs.
And guess what Mitch, we the people can make up rules too...like you do. Fuck off Mitch. Shouldve been Merrick Garland already. Karma's a bitch ....mitch.
You're not the boss of us mitch...to claim a childs phrase you'll understand.
awesomerwb1
(4,270 posts)Hey mcturtle POS...
-Gorsuch goes to all kinds of rep events and fundraisers
-Clarence Thomas' wife is a right wing nut activi$t who runs a conservative advocacy group
-Turns out Kennedy's son does business with the trumps through his job at.....Deutsche Bank.
I hope someone points those things out when they reply to mcturtle
bigbrother05
(5,995 posts)Of course they only say things that support what they want to do, not what is right or good for the country.
rockfordfile
(8,712 posts)What he's doing is against all Americans. He doesn't really think much about our country.
Racerdog1
(808 posts)You seem to forget, that your orange menace is under investigation for election tampering and bowing down to Putin. So fuck you and your sorry ass enabler's.
BlueStater
(7,596 posts)I don't even know why he bothered to come up with this limp excuse. He knows he's a hypocritical piece of garbage and he clearly doesn't fucking care. He should just come out and say it.