Wednesday, May 29, 2019

Of Course He Would

From the Washington Post:

When President Obama nominated Judge Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court in 2016, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) refused to consider him, blocking the nominee until after the year’s presidential election.

He said then that “the American people should have a voice in the selection of their next Supreme Court Justice.” The tactic cost Garland his spot on the court.

With his party now in the White House, McConnell said Tuesday he’d try to push through any nomination that President Trump might make to the high court — even if it comes during an election year. Some saw that stance, which McConnell has signaled before, as disingenuous.

McConnell responded to the hypothetical question at a Chamber of Commerce luncheon in Paducah, Ky.

“Should a Supreme Court justice die next year, what will your position be on filling that spot?” an attendee asked, setting up a scenario that would mirror 2016, when Justice Antonin Scalia died suddenly in February.

“Uh, we’d fill it,” McConnell said with a wry, tight-lipped smile.

I would expect nothing less than full-throated, unvarnished, and in-your-face hypocrisy from him.  I’d also like to see him with a case of explosive diarrhea on the floor of the Senate in full view of the C-SPAN cameras followed by an attack of rabid squirrels.

One bark on “Of Course He Would

  1. So imaginative of you. How about simply choking, falling down and being carried off to long term care?

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