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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMcConnell: NRA Must Approve New Supreme Court Justice
National Rifle Association Controls Supreme CourtSenate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell sat down with Fox News Sunday host Chris Wallace to discuss the Supreme Court. The interview was a bit shocking in the fact that Wallace actually called McConnell out on the hypocrisy of having once said:
In a democracy, an up or down vote should be given to a presidents judicial nominees. Its not complicated. Its simple. Its fair.
When Wallace pointed out the previous statement, McConnell quickly deflected and said that it was different since its a Supreme Court justice being considered this time around. As the interview continued, Chris Wallace never mentioned the National Rifle Association, but McConnell decided to.
After pointing out that some of McConnells fellow Republicans would try to rush through Merrick Garland, considered by most to be a moderate judge, upon a Republican loss in 2016, Wallace asked McConnell what he thought of this strategy. Thats when the senator let the beans spill.
Wallace: Youre saying no consideration of Judge Garland by this Congress even if Hillary Clinton wins the election?
McConnell: Yeah. I cant imagine that a Republican majority in the United States Senate would want to confirm, in a lame duck session, a nominee opposed by the National Rifle Association [and] the National Federation of Independent Businesses.
VIDEO at link:
http://reverbpress.com/politics/supreme-court-national-rifle-association-mcconnell/
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McConnell: NRA Must Approve New Supreme Court Justice (Original Post)
Triana
Mar 2016
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atreides1
(16,087 posts)1. Confirmation
That Mitch the Turtle, is nothing more then a whore and he's not even trying to hide that fact!!!!
Hayduke Bomgarte
(1,965 posts)2. I realize there is no mechanism to bring it about, but
I believe that statement should both disquailify the turtle and serve as cause for expulsion from the Senate.
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)3. What an assmunch.