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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Fri Jun 29, 2018, 07:52 AM Jun 2018

McConnell Laughs Off Dems' Call To Delay SCOTUS Confirmation: They Forget I Said 'Presidential' ...

Source: Mediate



McConnell Laughs Off Dems’ Call To Delay SCOTUS Confirmation: They Forget I Said ‘Presidential’ Election Year

by Joseph A. Wulfsohn | 12:00 am, June 29th, 2018

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) was awful giddy Thursday night while discussion the future confirmation of President Donald Trump‘s next Supreme Court nominee. Appearing on Fox News, McConnell was asked to react to Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) accused the Senate Majority Leader of “setting the rules” by not allowing “a Supreme Court justice during an election year.”

“She left out an important word. What I said in 2016 is that we shouldn’t fill a Supreme Court vacancy in the middle of a presidential election year,” McConnell said. “The last time I looked, there’s no presidential election this year. In fact, three current members of the U.S. Supreme Court were completed in election years, non-presidential election years and the president’s nominee to this Kennedy vacancy will be confirmed in a non-presidential election election year.”

McConnell also dismissed Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) when she said that Trump’s eventual nominee is “potentially looking at the destruction of the U.S. Constitution” and Sen. Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) who said Democrats will “fight til the very end.”

“Look, the stakes are big and the Democrats- let me tell you what they want and the kind of people they’ve put on the courts. Activist judges. What do we say when we mean an activist judge. Someone who acts like they were elected to Congress,” McConnell told Shannon Bream. ” And if you want to make policy, you ought to run for office. So the kind of people the president’s been sending up to the circuit courts, the nomination of Neil Gosuch, these are people who don’t believe the judge of a judge is to act like you’re a member of Congress but rather to interpret the law which is what the founding fathers clearly had in mind for the Judicial Branch.”

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McConnell Laughs Off Dems' Call To Delay SCOTUS Confirmation: They Forget I Said 'Presidential' ... (Original Post) DonViejo Jun 2018 OP
Why do the wicked live, reach old age, and grow mighty in power? dalton99a Jun 2018 #1
Hate preserves them much like salt and vinegar in pickled things IronLionZion Jun 2018 #16
Because they have the very best free healthcare, unlimited access to best Doctors. Sunlei Jun 2018 #18
Wow, you mean shaming him didn't work? vi5 Jun 2018 #2
Last time I checked, there was no rule that Garland must be treated differently than those 3 others. DetlefK Jun 2018 #3
so someone should find a clip from him where he doesnt mention presidential Garion_55 Jun 2018 #4
So what. What if the pres is under indictment? notdarkyet Jun 2018 #17
Well, he got away with it before and TheCowsCameHome Jun 2018 #5
They've changed their tune from 'original intent' to 'activist' judges bucolic_frolic Jun 2018 #6
No Judicial confirmations in this last year of tRump's Presidency. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jun 2018 #7
Cory Booker: People under investigation by FBI do not get to pick judges to judge themselves. Bernardo de La Paz Jun 2018 #8
The only party that has installed activist judges joshdawg Jun 2018 #9
Mueller's prosecution of Concord Management and Consulting Calista241 Jun 2018 #21
You forget we know you are an irredeemable scumbag. Nitram Jun 2018 #10
mcConnell is one evil heaven05 Jun 2018 #11
My greatest hope is that Mueller WhiteTara Jun 2018 #12
+1000 Pachamama Jun 2018 #15
Funny Deutsche Bank is one just found that it couldn't meet stress tests...not surprising ... SWBTATTReg Jun 2018 #22
Let's not forget that tRump* DEFAULTED on previous loans from Dousche Bank*... Raster Jun 2018 #28
Thanks for clarifying! Take care. Nt SWBTATTReg Jun 2018 #33
Let's also not forget the former head of Deutsche (Douche) Bank is now the head of Bank of Cyprus!!! Pachamama Jun 2018 #35
It's the Senate that approves judges not the president. Snellius Jun 2018 #13
Dems laugh off McConnell: No SCOTUS picks by POTUS under investigation. (nt) JaneQPublic Jun 2018 #14
This needs to be the narrative pandr32 Jun 2018 #20
Yes it does! Media, opinion writers, KPN Jun 2018 #25
+111111! KPN Jun 2018 #24
That's called "projection"..... Grins Jun 2018 #19
Just goes to show you that you can't trust a repug at all, not one bit... SWBTATTReg Jun 2018 #23
Indeed. madamesilverspurs Jun 2018 #26
Ah no Mitch Crutchez_CuiBono Jun 2018 #27
'Activist judges" awesomerwb1 Jun 2018 #29
tRump wants it to be an election issue, so let's wait and see what the voters think bigbrother05 Jun 2018 #30
That guy is un-American rockfordfile Jun 2018 #31
McMarblemouth Racerdog1 Jun 2018 #32
What a scumbag. BlueStater Jun 2018 #34
 

vi5

(13,305 posts)
2. Wow, you mean shaming him didn't work?
Fri Jun 29, 2018, 07:59 AM
Jun 2018

You mean pointing out his hypocrisy didn't give him pause?

I'm shocked!! Shocked I tell you.

Well luckily we have the media who will no doubt hammer him on the issue and really hold his feet to the fire. Right?

DetlefK

(16,423 posts)
3. Last time I checked, there was no rule that Garland must be treated differently than those 3 others.
Fri Jun 29, 2018, 08:01 AM
Jun 2018
In fact, three current members of the U.S. Supreme Court were completed in election years


Well... Why wasn't Merick Garland?

Garion_55

(1,915 posts)
4. so someone should find a clip from him where he doesnt mention presidential
Fri Jun 29, 2018, 08:04 AM
Jun 2018

not that it will matter.


he said he wanted to let the people have their say then have the nomination. does he no longer give a fuck what the people have to say?

bucolic_frolic

(43,196 posts)
6. They've changed their tune from 'original intent' to 'activist' judges
Fri Jun 29, 2018, 08:17 AM
Jun 2018

is "non-activist" judge in the U.S. Constitution?

McConnell makes a mockery of our Founding Fathers and the Constitution

They will try to RUSH this through without thorough examination of the nominees record or implications of confirmation

Extreme libertarian property rights advocate is what I expect, someone who will privatize every US asset for Trump
but have his (and it will be a white male) stethoscope in every woman in America (so much for private property rights - they don't consider women citizens, they should never have been allowed to vote in their minds).

Bernardo de La Paz

(49,011 posts)
8. Cory Booker: People under investigation by FBI do not get to pick judges to judge themselves.
Fri Jun 29, 2018, 08:17 AM
Jun 2018

Senator Cory Booker: "The president of the United States is a subject of an ongoing criminal investigation...that could end up before the Supreme Court," so any Trump SCOTUS nomination should be "delayed until the Mueller investigation is concluded."


joshdawg

(2,650 posts)
9. The only party that has installed activist judges
Fri Jun 29, 2018, 08:22 AM
Jun 2018

to the SCOTUS, is the republican party. Mcturtle seems to forget Thomas, Scalia(when he was alive and on the court), Alito are all activist judges.
Oh, wait, one more: gosuck.......er, gorsuch.

Calista241

(5,586 posts)
21. Mueller's prosecution of Concord Management and Consulting
Fri Jun 29, 2018, 12:37 PM
Jun 2018

is being overseen by a Trump appointed judge.

er. sorry, meant to reply to post #8 above. my bad.

 

heaven05

(18,124 posts)
11. mcConnell is one evil
Fri Jun 29, 2018, 08:36 AM
Jun 2018

white person. He along with the other NPA aka GOP trump soldiers of hate, next after SC confirmation, will try to put outspoken women and ALL minorities, starting with AA, in cages/concentration/extermination camps unless we fight the forces of racist, sexist hate plaguing our country. Fight tooth and nail. NO POC and people of conscience should fly the flag on this upcoming holiday that celebrates continuing genocide, racist hate murders, sexism, homophobia and just plain white privilege, entitlement and continuing hate for ALL 'others' non-white


Personally I will fly it for Veteran remembrance holidays ONLY. I do owe my undying loyalty to those who's backs I had and those that had my back.

Pachamama

(16,887 posts)
15. +1000
Fri Jun 29, 2018, 08:54 AM
Jun 2018

I believe that Mueller is following all things Russia and the election and people are mistaken if they think it only runs to Donald Trump and the White House....

I think it runs to members of Congress, and yes, to the Courts even...

I believe and hope that when Mueller comes forward with the evidence, it was a conspiracy and acts of Treason, including involving Mitch McConnell and Paul Ryan....

Even the news of Deutsche Bank (Biggest Lender to Donald Trump and guilty of Money Laundering for the Russians for which they were fined) employed for a decade the son of Justice Anthony Kennedy, should give pause to everyone who really doesn't believe just how deep and far this crime went....

SWBTATTReg

(22,143 posts)
22. Funny Deutsche Bank is one just found that it couldn't meet stress tests...not surprising ...
Fri Jun 29, 2018, 01:42 PM
Jun 2018

since it's a bank that lent to rump (only one that we know of). Makes you wonder what's going on w/ this bank, in that (1) lent to rump when no other banks would (2) can't meet fed. stress tests???

Seems like more going on here ...

Raster

(20,998 posts)
28. Let's not forget that tRump* DEFAULTED on previous loans from Dousche Bank*...
Fri Jun 29, 2018, 03:04 PM
Jun 2018

...and then sued Dousche Bank*, saying it was THEIR FAULT they lent money to HIM.

And after multiple defaults, the only way any bank would lend funds again to a troubled customer is if someone else guaranteed their loans... wonder who that could be?

Let's not forget that Dousche Bank* was a favorite of Germany's nazi scum and is today a favorite of Putin* and his oligarchs. It's the Euro bank of choice for despots that need to project an air of legitimacy and launder their dirty money.

Pachamama

(16,887 posts)
35. Let's also not forget the former head of Deutsche (Douche) Bank is now the head of Bank of Cyprus!!!
Sat Jun 30, 2018, 05:36 AM
Jun 2018



Another favorite Russian Money Laundering Bank and where Wilbur Ross and others are tied....


Things that make you go "HMMMMM"....

pandr32

(11,590 posts)
20. This needs to be the narrative
Fri Jun 29, 2018, 10:54 AM
Jun 2018

...and repeated constantly in the news...making it clear even to idiots. A reasonable, easy to understand line needs to be drawn.

Grins

(7,218 posts)
19. That's called "projection".....
Fri Jun 29, 2018, 09:52 AM
Jun 2018

"What do we say when we mean an activist judge. Someone who acts like they were elected to Congress. And if you want to make policy, you ought to run for office." - Smirking ghoul, Mitch McConnell.

Projection. pro·jec·tion, prəˈjekSH(ə n/

The attribution of one's own ideas, feelings, or attitudes to other people or to objects; especially : the externalization of blame, guilt, or responsibility as a defense against anxiety.

The most "activist judges" are on the Reich. Asswad.

SWBTATTReg

(22,143 posts)
23. Just goes to show you that you can't trust a repug at all, not one bit...
Fri Jun 29, 2018, 01:48 PM
Jun 2018

They will lie and cheat and steal, not govern worth a bit, and do it all in the name of their donors.

Okay, so lets start targeting their donors, we seem to have pretty good luck in protesting the likes of S. Huckabee and others like her. It's time to start ID'ing donors and really looking at them (get rid of dark money). It's obvious that these people (repugs) do not want to represent us, but just their donors, a far cry from what these representatives are supposed to be doing, e.g. representing the country, not donors.

We need to hammer this in repeatedly. I know I'm on the soapbox and all of us are in tune w/ each other already. I guess I'm just cheerleading us on to a better 2018 in Nov. and even better in Nov. 2020.

Numbers and sentiment are on our side!

Crutchez_CuiBono

(7,725 posts)
27. Ah no Mitch
Fri Jun 29, 2018, 02:54 PM
Jun 2018

Splitting hairs.
And guess what Mitch, we the people can make up rules too...like you do. Fuck off Mitch. Shouldve been Merrick Garland already. Karma's a bitch ....mitch.
You're not the boss of us mitch...to claim a childs phrase you'll understand.

awesomerwb1

(4,268 posts)
29. 'Activist judges"
Fri Jun 29, 2018, 03:10 PM
Jun 2018

Hey mcturtle POS...

-Gorsuch goes to all kinds of rep events and fundraisers

-Clarence Thomas' wife is a right wing nut activi$t who runs a conservative advocacy group

-Turns out Kennedy's son does business with the trumps through his job at.....Deutsche Bank.

I hope someone points those things out when they reply to mcturtle

bigbrother05

(5,995 posts)
30. tRump wants it to be an election issue, so let's wait and see what the voters think
Fri Jun 29, 2018, 03:14 PM
Jun 2018

Of course they only say things that support what they want to do, not what is right or good for the country.

rockfordfile

(8,704 posts)
31. That guy is un-American
Fri Jun 29, 2018, 03:24 PM
Jun 2018

What he's doing is against all Americans. He doesn't really think much about our country.

 

Racerdog1

(808 posts)
32. McMarblemouth
Fri Jun 29, 2018, 03:38 PM
Jun 2018

You seem to forget, that your orange menace is under investigation for election tampering and bowing down to Putin. So fuck you and your sorry ass enabler's.

BlueStater

(7,596 posts)
34. What a scumbag.
Sat Jun 30, 2018, 03:02 AM
Jun 2018

I don't even know why he bothered to come up with this limp excuse. He knows he's a hypocritical piece of garbage and he clearly doesn't fucking care. He should just come out and say it.

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