|Well, it's time to start printing up Wanted posters.
Posted on 03/16/2016 1:45:06 PM PDT by pabianice
Just hours after Obama unveils his pick, some Republicans waver.
The Senate GOP's Supreme Court blockade showed signs of cracking almost immediately after President Barack Obama unveiled his nominee — even as Mitch McConnell and his allies reiterated their vow not to hold any confirmation hearings before the November elections.
A handful of GOP senators said they would at least meet with Merrick Garland, the chief justice of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals whom Obama nominated for the nation’s highest court on Wednesday. Meanwhile, some Republicans acknowledged they could move Garland’s nomination during the lame-duck session, should their party lose both the White House and control of the Senate this fall.
Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake, a Republican on the Judiciary Committee who is generally deferential on presidential nominees, said “yes” when asked whether he would move to confirm Garland in the lame-duck session if Hillary Clinton, the front-runner for the Democratic nomination, wins in November.
“For those of us who are concerned about the direction of the court and wanting at least a more centrist figure than between him and somebody that President Clinton might nominate, I think the choice is clear — in a lame duck,” Flake said Wednesday after Obama named Garland.
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Doesn’t matter Mitch said no.
Do it for NANCY REAGAN. JUST SAY “NO?”
Goddamnit, Flake is floating a trial balloon out of fear. Hey Jeff, what if we defer to President Trump and let him pick not only Nino's replacement, but Goldbrick's as well.
But then Flake is probably scared of a 7-2 Conservative SCOTUS...
Mitch the *itch's words are worth exactly Ø.
Everything Politico is BS.
|Well, it's time to start printing up Wanted posters.
The deeper the crack the more visceral the hatred towards the GOPe dopes.
“Goddamnit, Flake is floating a trial balloon out of fear. Hey Jeff, what if we defer to President Trump and let him pick not only Nino’s replacement, but Goldbrick’s as well.”
You might try reading what the man said before commenting: “Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake, a Republican on the Judiciary Committee who is generally deferential on presidential nominees, said “yes” when asked whether he would move to confirm Garland in the lame-duck session if Hillary Clinton, the front-runner for the Democratic nomination, wins in November.”
Flake was responding to a hypothetical “if Clinton wins”. In that case, there would be no President Trump.
A cave in is coming but we all knew that already.
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