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Barack Obama’s 2016 Tweets Demanding the Senate “Fill the Supreme Court Vacancy” Come Back to Haunt Him
Gateway Pundit ^ | September 19, 2020 | Cristina Laila

Posted on 09/19/2020 9:49:23 AM PDT by White Lives Matter

Obama cited his failed 2016 nomination of Judge Merrick Garland to back up his support for Ginsburg’s reported dying “instructions” that her replacement be nominated by a new president.

“My most fervent wish is that I will not be replaced until a new president is installed,” Ginsburg reportedly said.

However Obama’s 2016 tweets instructing the Senate to confirm a new SCOTUS following the death of conservative justice Antonin Scalia is coming back to haunt him.

On August 30, 2016, Barack Obama demanded the GOP Senate fill the Supreme Court vacancy with Merrick Garland.

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TOPICS: Government; Politics
KEYWORDS: amyconeybarrett; bloggers; democratpanic; democrats; election2020; gop; joebiden; mitchmcconnell; obama; scotus; senate; trump
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What was that 1970's John Lennon song called? Oh that's right..... Instant Karma.
1 posted on 09/19/2020 9:49:23 AM PDT by White Lives Matter
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To: White Lives Matter

Yeah but ya all know the Dem motto “Oh that was different” if the shoe were on the other foot the commies would have nominated someone last night


2 posted on 09/19/2020 9:50:29 AM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: White Lives Matter

Despite what Biden claimed, Obama’s nominee was not brought up for a vote in 2016 because that was his last year in office, the year he nominated Garland, and no president has had his nominee approved under that scenario with an opposition party controlling the Senate since the 1800’s and Republicans controlled the Senate in 2016.

This is not currently the case for Trump as the President and majority Senate are now of the same party. Therefore Trump gets his pick and Obama doesn’t! That’s how it works!


3 posted on 09/19/2020 9:51:09 AM PDT by Its All Over Except ... (If You Haven't Realized You Are In Clo Too Much Time At The Circus)
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To: White Lives Matter
Typical.

Another dead liberal Democrat wants to vote.

4 posted on 09/19/2020 9:54:15 AM PDT by airborne (I don't always scream at the TV but when I do it's hockey season!)
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To: Its All Over Except ...
"...Therefore Trump gets his pick and Obama doesn’t! That’s how it works!..."

That's how it's supposed to work. So far, Mitch is holding firm; we'll see how the GOP stands to be counted.

5 posted on 09/19/2020 9:56:44 AM PDT by budj (Combat vet, 2nd of three generations.)
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To: Sarah Barracuda

The bottom line:
..If a president and the Senate agree on a Supreme Court nominee, timing has never stopped them. We all recognize that ass our laws are increasingly dictated by SCOTUS, the selection of SCOTUS becomes more and more critical. So....

Right now the ball is in our court and we intend to play the game the way we wish. If that upsets Obama/Demo-rats...tough chitty chitty bang bang......Let the DemoRats raise hell, they would most assuredly give the GOP the finger if roles were reversed.


6 posted on 09/19/2020 9:57:35 AM PDT by caww (The Left are in war mode to regain power...NOT have an election.)
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To: White Lives Matter

I don’t recall anything in the Constitution about a SCJ’s wishes when it comes to being replaced.


7 posted on 09/19/2020 9:58:44 AM PDT by rfreedom4u (The root word of vigilante is vigilant!)
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To: White Lives Matter

8 posted on 09/19/2020 10:00:58 AM PDT by Charles Henrickson
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To: Its All Over Except ...

Also in 2016 they were 9 months out from the election not 40 days, and unlike now promising to not secede as they are this election, and threatening further rioting if it doesn’t go their way. Throw in the gazillion of mail in ballots impossible to authenticate.....the entire situation has no comparrison to 2016.


9 posted on 09/19/2020 10:06:54 AM PDT by caww (The Left are in war mode to regain power...NOT have an election.)
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To: rfreedom4u

RBG didn’t think the Constitution was totally binding. She said she also looked at European law for guidance.


10 posted on 09/19/2020 10:08:29 AM PDT by Cold Heart (Portland Voted for IT)
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To: White Lives Matter

11 posted on 09/19/2020 10:08:47 AM PDT by Charles Henrickson
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To: Charles Henrickson

The Pennsylvania hack court commandeered the PA legislature and unilaterally created a laa unto themselves when they ruled that mail-in ballots can be counted THREE DAYS AFTER the presidential election.

It is long past time that the GOP played by the same hack-for-hack rules that the filthy scum democrats employ continuously.

Trump needs to appoint the most fire breathing hard right conservative judge imaginable. I say appoint Jeanine Pirro or Laura Ingraham or Ann Coulter.

Nothing less will suffice.


12 posted on 09/19/2020 10:12:00 AM PDT by Flavious_Maximus
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To: caww

Right now the ball is in our court and we intend to play the game the way we wish. If that upsets Obama/Demo-rats...tough chitty chitty bang bang......Let the DemoRats raise hell, they would most assuredly give the GOP the finger if roles were reversed.


Tell the Dems they’ll learn who the nominee is after the GOP passes the confirmation vote.


13 posted on 09/19/2020 10:16:29 AM PDT by HombreSecreto (The life of a repo man is always intense)
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To: White Lives Matter
Lindsay is in.

As to my view of filling a Supreme Court vacancy in 2020, I’d encourage you to review these most recent statements.


NBC News https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/democrats-warn-gop-don-t-fill-supreme-court-vacancy-2020-n1234885"

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., chairman of the Judiciary Committee, which reviews Supreme Court nominations, said he's prepared to advance a nominee if a vacancy occurs this year.

"Yeah. We'll cross that bridge. After [Brett] Kavanaugh, the rules have changed as far as I'm concerned," he told reporters, citing the intense battle over Trump's most recent Supreme Court nominee in 2018, who was narrowly confirmed. "We'll see what the market will bear if that ever happens."

14 posted on 09/19/2020 10:22:15 AM PDT by Pollard (You can’t be for “defunding the police” and against “vigilantism” at the same time.)
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To: Its All Over Except ...
You left out o-num-nuts/obama the usurper

Nov 21, 2014 ... “Elections have consequences."

TRUMP for POTUS 2020

15 posted on 09/19/2020 10:26:40 AM PDT by Stanwood_Dave ("Testilying." Cop's lie, only while testifying, as taught in their respected Police Academy(s).)
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To: Its All Over Except ...
You left out o-num-nuts/obama the usurper

Nov 21, 2014 ... “Elections have consequences."

TRUMP for POTUS 2020

16 posted on 09/19/2020 10:28:39 AM PDT by Stanwood_Dave ("Testilying." Cop's lie, only while testifying, as taught in their respected Police Academy(s).)
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To: HombreSecreto
Remarkably they do see 'the hand writing on the wall' of what this means now and in the future....but they'll barrel on past it huffing and puffing as they go along.


17 posted on 09/19/2020 10:29:33 AM PDT by caww (The Left are in war mode to regain power...NOT have an election.)
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To: White Lives Matter

Barack Hussein Obama, the “Magic Negro, with His “Magic Wand” is no more!!!” Very few folks heed or listen to a word this fool, Buffoon utters..period!! Hey, Obama, why don’t you and lady Michelle move in to basement cave of Biden & Harris?

Have ya caught Biden & Harris lately. Biden is dead on his feet after one rally where not one supporter is there....and, Kamala baby just got told to take a hike and leave a Venezuelan Eatery in Miami!!! The owner threw her out, telling her...you are not welcome, here!!!


18 posted on 09/19/2020 10:32:56 AM PDT by JLAGRAYFOX (Defeat both the Republican (e) & Democrat (e) political parties....Forever!!!)
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To: rfreedom4u

Exactly.

This is SCOTUS not the House of Lords.

The seat they have is vacated the minute they are.


19 posted on 09/19/2020 10:43:34 AM PDT by VanDeKoik
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To: Flavious_Maximus

Pirro? Oh bleep yeah! Ingraham? Maybe. Not unshakeable to my mind. Coulter? No way! I have memories of her drooling over Mitt Romney a while back. Instant disqualifier. Forever!


20 posted on 09/19/2020 10:54:53 AM PDT by Tucker39 ("It is impossible to rightly govern a nation without God and the Bible." George Washington)
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