Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is locking down key votes from Republican senators in his bid to fill the Supreme Court vacancy created by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death.
“For weeks, I have stated that I would not support taking up a potential Supreme Court vacancy this close to the election,” Murkowski said in a statement. “Sadly, what was then a hypothetical is now our reality, but my position has not changed.” When the Senate returns to Washington on Monday, McConnell’s leadership team is expected to meet to discuss the GOP strategy. And on Tuesday, all Senate Republicans will gather for the first time since Ginsburg’s death on Friday evening.
Democrats have mounted an intense pressure campaign amid McConnell’s stated intention to fill the vacancy immediately, noting that Senate Republicans blocked Obama’s nominee to replace Scalia in 2016, Merrick Garland, from being considered. At the time, Republicans said it was too close to an election for a Senate and White House controlled by different parties to process a Supreme Court nomination.
Great news
COWARDS, not PATRIOTS!
Fair and balance, not
Of course he is. That’s why he asked Senators to not say no publicly!
It’s laughable thst this article considers robportman a moderate. He’s just another Trump toady with no spine or convictions.
Who cares. FocusOnTheVote
Trump should nominate Kim Kardashian...she is a woman who has 'judicial' experience (getting someone pardoned). THEN watch McConnell go through with the votes....
Off the chart hypocrisy Never again can the GOP claim ANY moral high ground. Shamefull
I know I’m dreaming, but wouldn’t it be great if a vote came up for SCOTUS seat (before or after election), and there were GOP Senators who decided to vote against the nominee? Kinda like John McCain did with health care? What a great moment that would be...I’ll keep dreaming.
More breathless horse-race stoking, eh? Gosh, what insight.
“Shameful hypocrite rounds up votes for a blatant, shameless power grab that is in violation of their own precedent”
Good.
He's locking down votes for a candidate who hasn't been named yet?
He’s down three at this point for rushing through before Nov 3rd. Murkowski, Collins (amazingly) and Romney. He loses one more and its not going to happen pre-Nov 3rd.
The boys Mitch, Don and 'BarrCrooky'
This corrupt Republican party chooses to lynch itself into oblivion. LindseyGrahamSC was right, senatemajldr GOP deserves to be destroyed. They've earned their demise.
My 8yr old Trans son came to me today and said he wants to dress up as Ruth Bader Ginsburg for Halloween. At first that made me very proud, However, she did just basically hand over the election to Trump. I don’t know what to tell him. I’m Shaking.
They will all go down in history as the worst kind of scoundrels. Congrats to them
GOP RACISM stole the first black presidents Supreme court pick
Ginsburg was a disciple of eugenics advocate & PP founder Margaret Sanger & wanted the unborn murdered unabated,not a good legacy or for her eternal destination! Nominate a pro life judge NOW !
Lock Mitch up!
Good
Lamar Alexander is a LIAR.
You call Portman a 'moderate'. If voting with Trump 93% of the time is moderate, then the word has lost all meaning.
Mitch plays SCOTUS games instead of address the COVID when * GDP contracted by $3T * Federal Debt Held by the Public is 98% of GDP * Farm bankruptcies increase 23% * Civilian Labor Force Participation Rate at 60.8% in June * 20% of ~30 million small business will fail this year
Thus sayeth a white Republican abandoning conservative principles by pledging loyalty to trump. You are perverting all the traditional principles of the GOP in your cowardice and failure to stand up for what is right.
His job. Doing it.
It's amazing how they have no shame. Thought election year nominations weren't appropriate? How do you compromise with a party that makes up the rules as they go? It's embarrassing.
I don’t know why he’s wearing a mask. His fellow Republicans are already sick🤢🤮💩
HNTBA
No reason not to move forward to fill the SC vacancy.
Go Mitch
The new great American folk hero “CocaineMitch”
I don’t see any reason the Democrats to expand the SCOTUS next year if they win POTUS and Senate majority next year.
Awesome!
Get enough votes to put a woman in S.C. . Make sure she’s tough. Democrats will try to destroy her like Kavanaugh.
The verb tense of the tweet doesn’t match headline
but you gotta vent first
Locking down votes before a name has been submitted? So qualifications don’t matter. If he only worked this hard to secure votes for Covid relief maybe they wouldn’t have to pull this shit to win.
MitchIsAHypocrite MitchMcTraitor
Let him do it! All Americans are watching: DitchMitch2020
You're losing the White House. This will cost you control if the US Senate and possibly your seat. If you're at home nursing an election loss or in the minority, you'll only have your dignitity and reputation left. Decency can return to Washington, you can rebuild that legacy.
I believe everything the Democrats said about Supreme Court nominations in an election year... in 2016.
He should and RBG agrees
We need 2 more with balls enough to say NO.
We are so fucked!!
Madam Speaker...release the articles of impeachment. Cc: SpeakerPelosi
He's locking down the GOP never having another vote from independents ever again if they push this shit.
Hardly wait to see who Trump will pick maybe Steve Brannon, Roger Stone, Paul Manafort, Michael Cohen, Michael Flynn, Rick Gates, George Bader, George Papadopoulos, Lev Parma’s, Igor Furnam, William Barr, all the presidents men who betrayed the American People, Trump winners.
Fill the seat. This is what RBG asked for
Wish he’d work this hard for a relief bill
The enemy of the state
Just following orders. We are living in a dictatorship.
Ballots and bullets. My faraway friends, I am uneasy.
Is that one of Trump’s G-strings on his face or is he covering the orange make-up that stuck to his face when he was kissing Trump’s ass?
right way to go. GOP will be foolish if they allow the democrats dictate.
There will be a high price to pay for all this GOP corruption
McConnell is honestly more dangerous to this country than Donald Trump
We only need 4
Impeach Trump again. Lock the senate.
schmuck BidenHarris2020Landslide
There are plenty of Americans who is of the opinion that fair and legal bills will only be passed when Mitch McConnell is removed from his current position, and many of the GOP is afraid because once Trump is out-they are the next to go.
Remember their names & DON'T forget, forgive or trust: Mitch McConnell Cory Gardner Martha McSally John Cornyn Marco Rubio Lindsey Graham Thom Tillis Joni Ernest Susan Collins Tom Cotton Shelley Moore Capito Cindy Hyde-Smith Register, vote BLUE, return ballot ASAP
SenAlexander , just ride off into the sunset. You’ve failed the people. The country has been moving away from Republican conspiracies, schemes and horrific behavior since trump was installed by handlers. There’s room for the party to get lower & it’s just about there. VoteBlue
What a turncoat.
McConnell moving ahead with having the Senate vote on a Supreme Court nominee now after refusing to do so during the Obama last year in office is another reason why I have lost all faith & trust in GOP politics! This is disgrace & I will no longer vote Republican ever again.
Shouldn’t be hard to do.
Shouldn't we wait to at least see who the nominee is first?
🙏God
Vile hypocrite
He’s about get locked up for the rest of his pathetic existence.
.senatemajldr you already know...know we are going to do our business...slicing and dicing is the name of the game...you personally have enough to sit down...it does nothing for your constituents
I just heard from an inside source that Jared Kushner was going to be the nominee.
These are the equivalent of the loyalists of 1776.
Everything McConnell and other GOP Senators said in 2016 about confirming a supreme court justice should be played back to them:
Lamar Alexander is an easy lock for McConnell. I mean he was the man to champion Betsy DeVos. It’s not like integrity is a thing with him.
Lock Him Up!
But has no time for the 40 odd bills Congress passed one of which is the Corona Virus aid bill......
How do you get votes even before there is a nominee. I thought it was advice and consent.
FlipTheSenate KY: AmyMcGrathKY SC: harrisonjaime IA: GreenfieldIowa NC: CalforNC KS: BarbaraBollier WV: paulajean2020 GA: ossoff GA: ReverendWarnock MT: stevebullockmt TX: mjhegar MS: MikeEspyMS TN: Bradshaw2020 MN: TinaSmithMN LA: AntoinePierce AL: DrAlGrossAK
This he works his ass for but not the 200k dead!
Good
HouseDemocrats should consider passing new articles of impeachment & deliver to SenateFloor, forcing Senate to drop all activity for trial. Impeach, acquit, repeat strategy may be only way to prevent replacing RBG before Inauguration newjusticenopeace forthepeople scotus
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