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riversedge

(70,182 posts)
Thu Sep 2, 2021, 03:43 PM Sep 2021

Never forget that Mitch McConnell blocked Merrick Garland 8 months before election then confirmed Am





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Never forget that Mitch McConnell blocked Merrick Garland 8 months before election then confirmed Amy Coney Barrett 8 days before election when 65 million had already voted so she could take away reproductive rights & voting rights from millions of Americans


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Never forget that Mitch McConnell blocked Merrick Garland 8 months before election then confirmed Am (Original Post) riversedge Sep 2021 OP
How could we forget? SoonerPride Sep 2021 #1
If things were reversed I would have demanded the Democrats to do the same thing Fullduplexxx Sep 2021 #2
K&R Blue Owl Sep 2021 #3
Yeah, he played it perfectly. BlueTsunami2018 Sep 2021 #4
Don't think anyone who frequents this website will ever GoodRaisin Sep 2021 #5
The R's also pushed Anthony Kennedy out of the way and made that seat decades younger BeyondGeography Sep 2021 #6

BlueTsunami2018

(3,490 posts)
4. Yeah, he played it perfectly.
Thu Sep 2, 2021, 03:48 PM
Sep 2021

Hate him or despise him, McConnell is a master of the game. He won.

I wish we had people as savvy, conniving and devoid of shame on our side.

GoodRaisin

(8,921 posts)
5. Don't think anyone who frequents this website will ever
Thu Sep 2, 2021, 03:51 PM
Sep 2021

forget that. I burn with anger every time I think about it.

BeyondGeography

(39,367 posts)
6. The R's also pushed Anthony Kennedy out of the way and made that seat decades younger
Thu Sep 2, 2021, 04:11 PM
Sep 2021

We politely insinuate and throw up our hands in helplessness when our older judges who are on the cold side of 75 refuse to leave.

This is a 6-3 Court because one team plays this game a lot better than the other.

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