Posted on 10/27/2020 3:58:12 AM PDT by sevinufnine
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ilhan Omar on Monday tweeted 'expand the court' just moments after Amy Coney Barrett was confirmed by the Senate. Cortez added: 'Republicans do this because they don't believe Dems have the stones to play hardball like they do. And for a long time they've been correct. But do not let them bully the public into thinking their bulldozing is normal but a response isn't. There is a legal process for expansion.' Her initial tweet was reposted by fellow squad member Ilhan Omar, who also wrote: 'Expand the court.'
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said: 'Should we expand the court, lets take a look and see.' She tweeted Monday: 'President Trump and Senate Republicans have committed an act of supreme desperation: jamming through a Supreme Court nominee just eight days before Election Day as part of their years-long campaign to destroy Americans’ health care.' Pelosi added in a statement: 'The President’s Supreme Court manipulation threatens the very values and rights that define and distinguish our nation.'
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Donald Trump's third nominee was not in the chamber to watch the roll call vote, which allows her to join the eight justices on Tuesday morning, and potentially to decide on cases about voting before the November 3 election.
She was later sworn in as a Supreme Court justice on the White House South Lawn in front of Trump by Clarence Thomas
Faced with the prospect of a decades-long conservative majority on the court following Ginsburg’s death, the idea of adding seats to the nine-person court has gained renewed traction among Democrats.
Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris labeled the confirmation ‘illegitimate’, saying Monday: ‘Today Republicans denied the will of the American people by confirming a Supreme Court justice through an illegitimate process — all in their effort to gut the Affordable Care Act and strip health care from millions with pre-existing conditions.
‘We won’t forget this.’
She later tweeted: ‘Instead of working to provide COVID-19 relief to struggling Americans, Mitch McConnell and Republicans chose to jam through a Supreme Court nominee—when more than 62 million people have already voted. It’s despicable and they must be held accountable.’
Senator Mazie Hirono told the Senate ‘hell no’ and gave a thumbs down as she cast her vote. The Democrat from Hawaii then walked off the floor as the roll call of the vote continued to be read out.
She had said last month that she would not support the nomination of Coney Barrett in a lengthy tweet thread outlining her reasons.
Squad member Rep. Rashida Tlaib added: ‘We are going to take back the White House & Senate next week with a resounding mandate from the people to fight back against Trump’s illegitimately stacked judiciary.
‘We must expand the Court if we’re serious about the transformational change the people are crying out for.’
A beautiful thought I saw posted on DM’s site which would be pure justice for America should it come true:
“Sortezlescannons, Bristol, United Kingdom, 4 hours ago
Be careful for what you wish for. If the republicans get in they may just take you up on your suggestion and expand the Supreme Court with even more conservatives!”
The only people crying out for transformational change are socialists who, in their bubble, believe everyone in America wants what they want.
HINT: They don't.
Ummm...someone help me out here with the math. 5 presidents in our history that I can find lost popular vote but won electorally. How does Ms. Omar come up with 6 UNLESS she’s looking to the future and saying Trump is going to win electorally again? I’m confused....
“HINT: They don’t.”
>> I don’t either.
The values of the American people are not the values of the Somali people.
Look what the Somalis did to Minneapolis already.
I don’t understand how following the Constitutionally mandated procedure can be deemed illegitimate.
Because socialists don’t believe in it. They have their own “constitution” which is “get my way however I have to”.
And didn’t the DOJ already find all this out, admitted they had AND refused to prosecute this filthy dog criminal for her CRIMES against America?
spits
She thinks America thinks like her? Wow, so wrong.
What will they do if they get it passed to expand the court and then Trump gets to appoint more Justices?
PRESIDENT TRUMP MOVES SUPREME COURT ANOTHER STEP CLOSER TO CONSTITUTIONALITY
STYMIES THE MARCH OF ULTRA-LEFTISTS - DEMOCRATS VENT THEIR ANGER
the DO”J” knows this,
but they have an ELECTED PRESIDENT and VOTING PUBLIC
to screw first.
The DO”J” is not beholden to America.
Wrey holds himself and the Emperor of the Ukraine
above all Americans .... AND Congress and he told them that.
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