Tim Kaine takes fighting Trump's court takeover off the table: 'I'm asking Republicans to be true.."

[Nevilledog]

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Tim Kaine takes fighting Trump’s court takeover off the table: ‘I’m asking Republicans to be true to their word’

https://www.rawstory.com/2020/09/tim-kaine-takes-fighting-trumps-court-takeover-off-the-table-im-asking-republicans-to-be-true-to-their-word/


Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) said on Monday that drastic measures to stop President Donald Trump’s next Supreme Court nominee are off the table because he hopes Republicans will be “true to their word” by refusing to confirm a new justice in an election year.

During an interview with Kaine on MSNBC, host Hallie Jackson noted that some Democrats have suggested using impeachment and other legislative techniques to delay the replacement of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

Kaine, however, said that his strategy is based on the “hope” that Republicans will keep their word.

“Would you support impeaching either President Trump or Attorney General Bill Barr as a way to essentially delay the Senate on a vote for the president’s court nominee?” Jackson asked the Virginia Democrat.

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WTAF??????

[tinrobot]

1. Cripes. That's like asking a snake not to swallow things whole.

n/t

[BKDem]

2. That's not going to work, Tim.

Why on earth would you think it would?

[hlthe2b]

3. Meh... Just keeping powder dry before the election as they all should do

They can hint at repercussions without committing to any such course.

[jalan48]

4. Looks like Tim lives in a bubble.

[AleksS]

5. I have to believe he's just playing moderate

for the moment and doesn’t actually believe that.

The alternative: that he’s stupid enough to believe a republican will stick to their word, is unacceptable.

[lagomorph777]

6. WTF??? C'mon Sen. Kaine! This is not why I voted for you!

Seriously? You think Reptilicans will do anything honorable? ANYTHING, EVER? Your office is going to hear from me.

[uponit7771]

7. omfg

[sarcasmo]

8. Bad choice for V.P. and proving my point.

[CentralMass]

17. Ya.

[Botany]

9. 'I'm asking Republicans to be true to their word'

Please Tim ... these are the same people who worked with Russia to rat fuck our elections.

[ScratchCat]

10. Ultimately

The only choice of action is to refuse to participate in a confirmation hearing and "let history" judge the GOP if they insist on going forward alone. I think Schumer is on good grounds to hold a prime time press conference, spell it all out for the American people with the words of Republicans from 2016 and ask if this is what they really want to support. Graham's silly "Kavenaugh" excuse makes no sense and we are weeks away from the election. I think Chuck can easily make a case the American people support.

[CaptainTruth]

11. What happened to everyone who "hoped" the Nazis would be nice to them?

[qazplm135]

12. Mcconnell

Would just ignore the precedent of impeachment taking priority.

[Victory at Yorktown]

13. If SC hearings are OK during voting in an election year, then so is impeachment.

They should be linked - if they proceed with the SC nomination then impeachment proceeds immediately for abuse of office, obstruction of justice, breaking campaign financing laws, and violating the emoluments clause. And let them continue through the election with a more favorable senate.

[JHB]

14. Please tell me that the ought-to-be-VP is the designated "good cop"...

...and that it's an act.

[triron]

15. He needs to be primaried.

[Buckeyeblue]

16. I like what he is doing. Put pressure on the Republicans.

That doesn't mean we won't go all out if we have too. But we aren't going to give away our strategy.

[sarcasmo]

20. Tim Kaine asking Republicans to do the right thing, is putting pressure on the Republicans?

[demosincebirth]

18. Like the frog and the scorpion

[JDC]

19. What leadership does not look like for $200 Alec

[Cha]

21. I hope he's just speaking for himself. Also

hope that Dems get to him & have a Short talk.. as in WTF, Tim?!

[Statistical]

22. Tim for fucks sake read the story of the Scorpion and the Fox. nt

[moonscape]

23. And to think I just had an email argument with

a friend, saying he was wrong, that of course the democrats were going to fight with everything they had on this.

Stopit Kaine. Just stopit.

[PlanetBev]

24. Go back to bed, Tim

Hillary’s worst mistake.

[SMC22307]

25. Jesus Christ. Here we go again...

[Initech]

26. Seriously, Tim? Have you been following this administration?

[BGBD]

27. I have to agree

we dont have a mechanism to fight this, outside of the nomination of a fatally flawed judge. We just don't have a card to play.

We can't ahutdown the government over it, it'll hurt us.

If you read RAGE, there is a snippet in there where I believe Graham talks about how they do things knowing that we will overplay our hands and they will get away with it while we get hit.

This needs to change and we need to play this smarter. We need to gain power before we can exercise it. Focus on the election and we can deal with the courts and other things on the other side.