Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on Thursday urged President Biden "not to outsource" his nominee to succeed Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer "to the radical left.""Looking ahead — the American people elected a Senate that is evenly split at 50-50. To the degree that President Biden received a mandate, it was to govern from the middle, steward our institutions, and unite America," McConnell said in a statement.
The Kentucky senator also congratulated Breyer on his decision to retire from the bench, saying that he "commands respect and affection across the legal world, including from those who disagree with his judicial philosophy and conclusions in cases." "Justice Breyer’s commitment to the importance of a nonpartisan, non-politicized judiciary has been especially admirable.". The president added that he will follow through with his campaign pledge to nominate a Black woman, saying "it's long overdue."
Early speculation on who the nominee will be has focused on two highly accomplished Black female judges: D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson and California Supreme Court Justice Leondra Kruger, Axios' Sam Baker
You mean, just as LeaderMcConnell outsources and bows down to extreme, radical right, racist insurrectionists?
I’ll I want to do is scream “STFU”
Where have you been?! Biden hasn’t followed that “mandate” since he took office.
Does anyone on either side give a shit about Mitch at this point
MitchMcTurtle🐢 LeaderMcConnell🤡 McConnellPress🎪 Needs to run for PRESIDENT (and get elected)..if he wants to call the shots.
Says the man who supported a Handmaiden?!
P. R. O. J. E. C. T. I. O. N.
Frogman doesn't get to say anything Biden choose to pick. So stupid.
Mitch needs to sit down and shut up for this one.
This sorry waste of skin fills me with white hot rage
Did Mitch forget the federalist society nominees he’s pushed through? Sounds like someone needs to retire cuz his memory might be going
With Kavanaugh, Mitch did not outsource to the radical right. He outsourced to the radical right’s latrine.
Mitch isn't wrong. Biden and his ilk are the middle.
'Biden received a mandate,' LeaderMcConnell? Mandate? Did you have the audacity to say mandate? Since when has the GOP/GQP worried about mandates? Do you know a guy in Florida named DeSantis? Have you seen parents screaming about masks & wanting books banned?
Republicans are all about mandates now
McConnell should keep his opinion to himself on this one.
That's funny... 😶😑😐😑😐
Course, if it were from the radical ride he would be fine with it.
LOL joke right?
Why are Dems always warned to 'govern from the middle' while GOP shamelessly honors no rule, no norm, no moderation? Where's that mandate? WhiteHouse SenateDems
Please! Mitch stacked the court with a bunch of right wing federalist! I don’t care what he wants! Thanks
I thought y’all didn’t like mandates
Mitch McConnell: I have a suggestion on the Supreme Court Justice pick. America:
A mandate from whom? The 81 million people who voted for him certainly didn't vote for 'the middle' which in the US is just the right.
President Biden promised during his campaign to appoint a Black woman to the Supreme Court. McConnell would do well to remember that as Biden won the election, McConnell does not get to dictate an imaginary mandate.
I know you all will treat this seriously, and shame on you for that, but this is a deeply unserious statement from a deeply unserious person.
Who does the Federalist Society think Biden should pick then?
MM needs to keep his mouth shut
Yes, yes! Try not too be too radical because the party that orchestrated a seditionist coup against the country says so!
GOP outsourced to Federalist Soc. s practical matter, all recent Presidents have key lobbies sign off.
BeverlyJCampbe1 Biden should tell them that he will govern from the middle ewen they do the same.
Hahaha fu Mitch
Mitch McConnell can have the middle finger for his mandate.
So now he's concerned about a mandate? Hilarious.
Yes, it's only good if it's the radical right. /s But - what do they care, really? The court will still be 6-3. I don't get why any of them are even talking about it. Just go home and kick-back with your million dollar donors & have a laugh.
Hahahahahahahahahaha. Mitch McConnell talking to anyone about how they should handle Supreme Court openings is amazing. It’s like OJ telling people murder is wrong.
I sincerely hope he picks the most wonderful charismatic forward thinking radical left wing black woman that he can find. And I hope she sits next to Mr BK and educates him in the areas of honesty and integrity🤞🤞🤞
What F ASSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!
Because there is somehow a separate set of rules now? Please, we now have ridiculously far right, influenced by religious beliefs justices which can be and should be considered radical. I am so done with the games! This guy does no good for this country- absolutely no good.
Democrats must govern from the middle while we pull policy to the right and distract with M&M fake controversies
His hypocrisy has no limits
lol... every Republican nomination comes out of the Federalist Society.
Doesn't Heritage Foundation lead Mitch around on a leash?
That’s rich coming from him.
Biden received no such mandate.
Yeah they say the whole 'middle' thing when they are not the ones lording over it. When its their's they give everyone the middle finger.
You should deliver these points in your filibust...oh wait.
No, McConnell, what you need to do is to get lost.
Biden tried in first year. GOP, wanted none of it. Time to move on.
He's so sweet
Did you provide the same advice to Trump? Just asking!
Liked they governed “in the middle”
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