Republicans Would Like You to Know How Unfairly They've Been Treated

[MissMillie]

Last edited Tue Mar 22, 2022, 09:52 PM - Edit history (1)

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/republicans-would-like-you-to-know-how-unfairly-theyve-been-treated/ar-AAVnvb7

Supreme Court nomination hearings no longer have much to do with the actual records of the nominees, so everything is about The Process, and Previous Processes. Well, Josh Hawley has gone for some sex-offender smears, and the Republican Party's official channels have gone for the uncut stuff that lays bare the essential function of the "CRT" hysteria: as an all-purpose tool of racial reaction. But mostly, the hearings have been about how previous hearings weren't fair to previous nominees, likely an attempt to redraw the out-of-bounds lines on future nominations because, by-and-large, Republicans have decided against a truly scorched-earth strategy on this one. Many Republican senators have voted to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to lifetime appointments previously, and this is ultimately a process to determine whether she'll get to watch up-close as the right-wing Court majority they engineered makes the law. The bonus of holding back a bit here is that they can point to their restraint now if they have to unleash the hounds of hell in the future—say, to block a nomination that would actually change the makeup of the court.

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Apparently, they're showing "restraint."

[C_U_L8R]

1. They're wetting their pants on live tv

Do they realize how ridiculous they look? What clowns.

[lees1975]

7. They're playing to a shrinking trumpie base and alienating a lot of independents

and I hope they help hasten the process along.

[onecaliberal]

2. republicans look like the idiots they are.

[Ocelot II]

3. Do you have a link to the article please?

[Bongo Prophet]

4. A quick search looks like it's an Esquire article, link below

https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a39503168/ketanji-brown-jackson-nomination-hearing-brett-kavanaugh-robert-bork/

[Ocelot II]

5. Thanks!

[MissMillie]

6. So sorry about that... I added a link (n/t)

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[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

8. Have either Manchin or Cinema said they would vote against confirmation?

I wouldn't be surprised if they did, or maybe delay the vote until after midterms, "so the People can decide."