Posted on 10/04/2020 8:30:39 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
It’s not been a good 24 hours for Republicans.
First, Donald Trump tweeted he had tested positive for COVID-19. Then, in rapid succession, several other White House aides reported positive tests, including Kellyanne Conway and campaign manager Bill Stepien.
If that weren’t bad enough, three Republican senators have reported positive coronavirus tests in the last 24 hours, with the latest being Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson. Previously, North Carolina’s Thom Tillis and Utah’s Mike Lee also tested positive. All of them will go into quarantine for at least two weeks.
What does that do to the timeline to confirm Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court?
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says Barrett’s nomination will go forward as scheduled.
McConnell, who was interviewed on Hugh Hewitt’s radio program, said the Senate Judiciary Committee will take additional precautions as it moves forward with the confirmation process for Barrett.
“The plan is for the nomination to come out of the committee on October the 22nd as Chairman Lindsey Graham has indicated, and we will be voting on the nominee very soon,” McConnell said. “I haven’t picked an exact point to bring the nomination up. But it is front and center for the American people. As we move ahead I will be more specific on the precise time on the Senate floor.”
Judiciary Committee hearings are scheduled to begin on October 12.
But if any of those senators who tested positive become ill, that could lengthen their quarantine indefinitely. Any delay would make confirming Barrett problematic. A vote delayed until after the election would be a crapshoot and McConnell knows it. With two GOP senators — Collins and Murkowski — already on record saying that they believe whoever is elected on November 3 should choose the nominee,
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It’s just a cold. Having a cold shouldn’t prevent a senator from voting.
So vote by mail!
There are no “ indefinite” quarantines.
The Senate can hold hearings virtually (for those not in person) and vote within 15 days.
He will be there to vote sick or well. Unless he does not have the mettle I think he does.
Wear a hazmat suit and come out!
It’s not the black death but it’s not a cold.
It’s actually nothing like a cold.
It’s also not nearly as bad as Democrats make it sound
“Researcher and attorney Michael P. Senger suggests that the Chinese government launched an aggressive propaganda campaign to exaggerate the severity of coronavirus in order to force the rest of the world into a draconian lockdown that would serve to benefit Beijing.”
https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3888785/posts
It’s almost indistinguishable from a cold.
Dead or alive too? McConnell better stop playing games and get her confirmed by remote voting right now.
No it won’t. Nanzi’s arrow is going to fail her again.
By the way Nanzi. We know you were behind this. Prison for you.
No big problem. Dress them up in covid proof PPE and bring them to the gallery to vote.
VOTE....
Good one.
I have a friend who is five years younger than I am. Been in the hospital two weeks with the wuhan flu.
She's on the mend.
This is not a cold.
Well, the dems were able to wheel in Byrd to vote, so why can’t the Repubs do the same? Hell, the dems would have Karl Marx there if they thought he would fall apart after being exposed to air.
Oh, how convenient.
Can the Senate vote by proxy as the House has done?
“Researcher and attorney Michael P. Senger suggests that the Chinese government launched an aggressive propaganda campaign to exaggerate the severity of coronavirus in order to force the rest of the world into a draconian lockdown that would serve to benefit Beijing.”
https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3888785/posts
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