Spicer and McConnell accidently make argument why Trump should never get a SCOTUS-pick

http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/2/16/1634417/-Trump-and-McConnell-inadvertently-make-the-rock-solid-case-for-NOT-confirming-Supreme-Court-nominee

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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, on the floor of the United States Senate, March 2, 2016:

“The current Senate Democratic Leader once stated that ‘nowhere in [the Constitution] does it say the Senate has a duty to give presidential nominees a vote.’ The incoming Senate Democratic Leader did not even wait until the final year of the last President’s term to declare that the Senate should ‘not confirm a Supreme Court nominee except in extraordinary circumstances.’

“And we all know what Vice President Biden said when he chaired the Judiciary Committee. ‘It would be our pragmatic conclusion that once the political season is under way, and it is, action on a Supreme Court nomination must be put off until after the election campaign is over.’


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http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/president-trump-holding-campaign-event-florida-saturday/story?id=45521140

President Donald Trump took office just weeks ago, but now he is set to travel to Orlando Saturday for what the White House has termed “a campaign event.” The event, which is listed on Trump’s campaign website, will take place at a hangar at the Orlando-Melbourne International Airport, the site of a previous Trump campaign rally in September. ... Asked about the event Wednesday, White House press secretary Sean Spicer called the rally “a campaign event” and said it is “being run by the campaign.”

On the day of his inauguration, Trump filed paperwork with the Federal Election Committee indicating a possible re-election bid in 2020. Trump wrote that his filing, “does not constitute a formal announcement,” but as a result, he is able to collect donations.




- Trump is collecting donations for his 2020 reelection-campaign.
- Per the White House, he is holding a campaign-rally for the 2020-election.
- McConnell said, no SCOTUS-picks during election-season.