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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump (falsely) thinks he's found proof of Obama failing to be 'great'
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Trump (falsely) thinks hes found proof of Obama failing to be great
09/10/19 10:04 AMUpdated 09/10/19 12:46 PM
By Steve Benen
Donald Trump wasnt asked about Barack Obama or judicial nominees during a brief Q&A with reporters yesterday, but the Republican shared some notable thoughts on the subject anyway.
President Obama gave me a beautiful birthday present when he gave me 138 judges that werent approved. And, frankly, how do you consider that being a great president when you hand to the opposition 138 slots of federal judges, including appellate court judges and one Supreme Court judge?
Yes, Trump has heard quite enough about his predecessor being great, and he thinks hes uncovered some evidence to the contrary. If Obama were truly great, the argument goes, he wouldnt have left a bunch of vacancies on the federal judiciary for his Republican successor to fill with young, far-right ideologues.
Trump has made comments like these several times before, suggesting hes genuinely baffled. In his mind, Obama mustve been outrageously incompetent to simply leave all of these vacancies on the federal bench.
Its at about this point that some of the folks that I know who worked in the Obama White House start having aneurysms.
Obama didnt hand Trump dozens of judicial vacancies, including a seat on the U.S. Supreme Court; Mitch McConnell did.
For the first six years of the Democratic administration, GOP senators did everything they could to slow, block, and obstruct the judicial confirmation process, exploiting every procedure, abusing every rule, and in some cases, making up new rules that didnt exist.
In the final two years of the Obama era, when Republicans were in the majority, McConnell brought the confirmation process to a halt altogether. That included leaving a vacancy on the U.S. Supreme Court open for nearly a year at a time in which several GOP senators said they were prepared to keep that vacancy unfilled for an additional four years in the event of another Democratic White House victory.
This isnt evidence of Obama failing to be great; its evidence of Mitch McConnell and his Republican brethren engaging in an abuse without precedent in the American tradition. The fact that Trump seems wholly unaware of these details suggests he was paying even less attention to current events before his election than he does now.
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Trump (falsely) thinks he's found proof of Obama failing to be 'great' (Original Post)
babylonsister
Sep 2019
OP
Many thousands (millions?) of republicans are wearing red hats that say America is not great.
keithbvadu2
Sep 2019
#2
they stalled on clinton judges as well, this is a long pattern to get federalists in charge
pansypoo53219
Sep 2019
#3
MyOwnPeace
(16,926 posts)1. There is NOTHING,
ANYWHERE, ANYTIME, that will convince me that MOSCOW MITCH isn't the lowest, slimiest, most disgusting piece of WHALE SHIT that ever been at the bottom of the sea.
IQ45 is STUPID - MOSCOW MITCH is smart.
BEWARE of smart!
keithbvadu2
(36,785 posts)2. Many thousands (millions?) of republicans are wearing red hats that say America is not great.
Many thousands (millions?) of republicans are wearing red hats that say America is not great.
In great big letters.
Ask them what countries they are going back to.
pansypoo53219
(20,974 posts)3. they stalled on clinton judges as well, this is a long pattern to get federalists in charge
who are the activists?