Seriously, this is ridiculous

[angrychair]

Schumer begs trump to consider Garland?!?!?!?!

Because I’m sure that at the same time republicans push through legislation to gut SS, Medicare and the ACA’s pre-existing conditions clause and trump is locking up children in dog cages and facilitating a massive international trade war and insulting our closest allies and friends and praising ruthless despots, that he would give serious consideration to a moderate former nominee for the USSC that republicans blocked for over a year.

Yep, seems legit.

Can we PLEASE stop normalizing trump and in any way legitimize him and his actions.


Source: http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/395617-schumer-privately-asked-trump-to-nominate-merrick-garland-to-supreme-court

[unblock]

1. He knows Donnie's not going to do it. That's not the point.

Politics is full of pushing things that have zero chance of actually happening.

There's rhetorical value in pointing out that the seat was stolen and this does that.

[dameatball]

3. makes sense.

[angrychair]

4. With all due respect

It was not rhetorical.

If it had been “rhetorical” than Schumer would have done it in a more public forum as a way to publicly call attention to what republicans did to Garland. This was a one-on-one phone call appeal to trump and “unity” with republicans.

It was yet another attempt to compromise because it’s worked out in a favor so often...
“Compromise is great as long as you are not the one being compromised”

[unblock]

5. And how did we find out about it?

[lagomorph777]

2. Dems need to keep up the fight even when a given battle is hopeless. We have to take stands.

Obviously Schumer knows Trump won't relinquish the stolen SCOTUS seat. But should he just say "Thank you sir, please sir, may I have another?"

[brush]

6. We need to stop the milquetoast, hat-in-hand, begging approach...

towards these repug bastards. Schumer needed to get in the well of the Senate, with cameras recording, we know how much he likes cameras, and blast McConnell and trump for stealing the seat.

And defend Maxine Waters while he's at it instead of chastising her as he did before.