Mitch McConnell says if GOP win back control he won’t let Biden replace Breyer

[OSR stands with Israel]

It's about acquiring power by any means necessary, and once you have that power, using it to entrench your current power and acquire even more power.  The power is the entire point.  There is no policy point.  Trump literally took the opposite position of Reagan/Bush on 70% of policy issues and the entire party just decided "ok this is what we believe now."

The Republican Party of Ronald Reagan is gone.  The Republican Party of George W. Bush is gone.  It's the Trump/Mitch party and if you don't support that, stop having a blue avatar and stop voting Republican.

This is false lol . Trump economic policies were literally supply side economics which yah is still the main point of the gop .

The "main point" of the GOP is culture war bs and false nostalgia. Only a sliver of Republican voters or politicians care about supply side economics.

Look what the GOP did with their trifecta and what Trump says he is most proud of

Yes. They accomplished very little that's tangible and focused on culture war bs and false nostalgia.

Nope they passed the 2017 tax reform act and also passed deregulation bills

[Geoffrey Howe]

What an idiot. No better way to encourage court-packing.

[Woody]

Also, you parrot, I never said COVID was a hoax/harmless, I only cited research and statistics that pointed out that it was more overblown that it really was presented (because of political reasons or maybe something else). And thank you for being concerned for my health ;-). No, I never got COVID, and yes, I ended up taking the vaccine after a while, but that was because of personal reasons (I won't get in to it), and even then I ended up doing strong consideration & if it weren't for those reasons, I wouldn't have taken it. Even now I am still sceptical about the vaccines, but I didn't take it for my own sake.

Oh, ok.  So you "did your own research", and being a much better scientist than Dr. Fauci or the 99.9% of scientists who agree with him, realized that the malignant virus that killed 500,000 Americans and more than 8,000,000 (and counting) people worldwide, causing the deadliest pandemic in a century and the 7th-deadliest in human history, "was more overblown that it really was presented."

Such a shame that you were never forcibly, painfully, humiliatingly proven wrong the same way your God was.

And then, after having spent a year arrogantly telling everyone in earshot that you knew "the truth", that the virus really wasn't a big deal and we were all pussies for listening to Fauci, and mocking all of us for being sheep who took the virus seriously, you jumped at the chance to get a vaccine, created by the scientists you degraded and attacked, to protect you from the virus you insisted was no big deal, made available to you because of Joe Biden's competent administration.

Such a shame that someone like you got the vaccine and not someone far more deserving, like a hamster or a fish.

The same Dr. Fauci who said you didn't need masks, backtracked on the lab theory, recently got his ass handed to him by Rand Paul, who made made a fool of himself with his email f-up? That Dr. Fauci? Yeah, I think so.

Also COVID is nowhere near the deadliest pandemic in a century, let alone in human history, it being the 7th deadliest is not true. 40 million people alone have died of AIDS.

And lastly, bless your heart. I wish good health for you, your family, and your close ones.

Edit: Oh and Biden didn't do squat with those vaccines. Trump made a giant gamble, mass-manufacturing those vaccines before the trials. He is the hero you should be thanking, not the senile dinosaur.

[Del Tachi]

If Breyer retires in 2023 or earlier, the maneuvering of the Senate GOP is going to depend on the ideological bent/qualifications of whoever Biden nominates.  It would be dumb for McConnell to commit to allowing a vote on a nominee before we have any idea who it is.

[Inmate Trump]

If Breyer retires in 2023 or earlier, the maneuvering of the Senate GOP is going to depend on the ideological bent/qualifications of whoever Biden nominates.  It would be dumb for McConnell to commit to allowing a vote on a nominee before we have any idea who it is.

"It would be dumb for McConnell to commit to democracy."

[7,052,770]

It's about acquiring power by any means necessary, and once you have that power, using it to entrench your current power and acquire even more power.  The power is the entire point.  There is no policy point.  Trump literally took the opposite position of Reagan/Bush on 70% of policy issues and the entire party just decided "ok this is what we believe now."

The Republican Party of Ronald Reagan is gone.  The Republican Party of George W. Bush is gone.  It's the Trump/Mitch party and if you don't support that, stop having a blue avatar and stop voting Republican.

This is false lol . Trump economic policies were literally supply side economics which yah is still the main point of the gop .

The "main point" of the GOP is culture war bs and false nostalgia. Only a sliver of Republican voters or politicians care about supply side economics.

Look what the GOP did with their trifecta and what Trump says he is most proud of

Yes. They accomplished very little that's tangible and focused on culture war bs and false nostalgia.

Nope they passed the 2017 tax reform act and also passed deregulation bills

Yes? That doesn't rebut that the Republican Party's primary focus by far is culture war and #MAGA

[Del Tachi]

If Breyer retires in 2023 or earlier, the maneuvering of the Senate GOP is going to depend on the ideological bent/qualifications of whoever Biden nominates.  It would be dumb for McConnell to commit to allowing a vote on a nominee before we have any idea who it is.

"It would be dumb for McConnell to commit to democracy."

The constitutional role of the Senate is to confirm the president's nominees, including those for the Supreme Court.  Biden is not entitled to have a nominee seated/considered absent 50 affirmative votes in the Senate. 

That is literally what  "democracy" is in this case, lol

[7,052,770]

You see, GWBFan, McConnell can break any norms he wants without the slightest bit of discussion or hand-wringing as long as it's not illegal, but if Democrats ever want to even soften a norm, they're evil socialists who hate America no matter how much they water it down or how many concessions they give.

[Inmate Trump]

If Breyer retires in 2023 or earlier, the maneuvering of the Senate GOP is going to depend on the ideological bent/qualifications of whoever Biden nominates.  It would be dumb for McConnell to commit to allowing a vote on a nominee before we have any idea who it is.

"It would be dumb for McConnell to commit to democracy."

The constitutional role of the Senate is to confirm the president's nominees, including those for the Supreme Court.  Biden is not entitled to have a nominee seated/considered absent 50 affirmative votes in the Senate. 

That is literally what  "democracy" is in this case, lol

It's hard to read between the fascism.

[○∙◄☻¥tπ[╪AV┼cVê└]

They already said they could hold Scalia's seat open another 4 years if Hillary won. So no surprise. A Republican Senate hasn't confirmed a Democratic SCOTUS nominee since the Cleveland administration. The question is whether Breyer wants to retire soon to prevent a 7-2 court.

[Inmate Trump]

They already said they could hold Scalia's seat open another 4 years if Hillary won. So no surprise. A Republican Senate hasn't confirmed a Democratic SCOTUS nominee since the Cleveland administration. The question is whether Breyer wants to retire soon to prevent a 7-2 court.

If he doesn't retire soon then kiss the Court goodbye forever.  It's already gone for a generation or more....this would be game over.

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

Breyer isn't even sick and both Rs and D's are vying to hinder his judgeship, it's not even a factor, Ginsberg has been sick with cancer since 2014

[Farmlands]

I don't get what broken rules or "double standards" everyone is panicking about here. It's just the new norm is that Supreme Court nominees, from now on, won't get confirmed with the opposition party in the Senate. Not the same as court packing and not going to lead to end of democracy either.

[lfromnj]

I don't get what broken rules or "double standards" everyone is panicking about here. It's just the new norm is that Supreme Court nominees, from now on, won't get confirmed with the opposition party in the Senate. Not the same as court packing and not going to lead to end of democracy either.

Yes.
https://www.politico.com/story/2007/07/schumer-to-fight-new-bush-high-court-picks-005146

New York Sen. Charles E. Schumer, a powerful member of the Democratic leadership, said Friday the Senate should not confirm another U.S. Supreme Court nominee under President Bush “except in extraordinary circumstances.”

Obviously this feud goes quite a while back but this isn't a particularly major change of precedent. Its still a bad statement arguably although its understandable that both parties see SCOTUS as very paramount and important. I will say Mitch's turnaround from 16 > 20 was absurd. The smarter move for Mitch to have done back in 2016 was demand a moderate conservative like Hardeman which Obama would not have wanted .

[morgieb]

Hope Breyer feels happy when all liberals get sent to gas chambers.

[Bleach Blonde Bad Built Butch Bodies for Biden]

If Breyer retires in 2023 or earlier, the maneuvering of the Senate GOP is going to depend on the ideological bent/qualifications of whoever Biden nominates.  It would be dumb for McConnell to commit to allowing a vote on a nominee before we have any idea who it is.

"It would be dumb for McConnell to commit to democracy."

The constitutional role of the Senate is to confirm the president's nominees, including those for the Supreme Court.  Biden is not entitled to have a nominee seated/considered absent 50 affirmative votes in the Senate. 

That is literally what  "democracy" is in this case, lol

There very well could have been 50 votes in the Senate for Merrick Garland had he been granted a full hearing, but he wasn't allowed even that because your party's leadership destroyed the integrity of the judicial branch.

Spare us the bullsh!t and don't die on this hill like the other blue avatar hacks have already done.

[DrScholl]

There needs to be legislation brought forward that says that the Senate confirmation process must be started within 90 days of a the President nominating a replacement, no ifs ands or buts. This is easily within the boundaries of the constitution since the Senate is given the power to confirm nominees and federal law can mandate when the process at least starts.

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

Hope Breyer feels happy when all liberals get sent to gas chambers.

This is such thoughtless hyperbole.
Do you think before you post?

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

Hope Breyer feels happy when all liberals get sent to gas chambers.

This is such thoughtless hyperbole.
Do you think before you post?

Lol he's 82 not 182 and he isn't dying, unlike Ginsburg whom had cancer

I had most females in my family die from colon cancer, most males are much stronger we get prostate cancer which is 100% curable

Female have insides that bleed

Leave Breyer alone, D's are gonna win 2024 and we will replicate the Trifecta and have DC Statehood added if we won the Trifecta again

Rs made a silly decision to block the Commission which will hurt them with females in 2022

[DaleCooper]

Congressional Republicans have been way worse for democracy than Trump on his own was. Ever since Gingrich became Speaker, the Republican Party has been working around the clock to destroy the functionality of America's representative government.

[lfromnj]

https://twitter.com/jbendery/status/1404565340386959366?s=21

I don't get Graham.

[Badger]

If Breyer retires in 2023 or earlier, the maneuvering of the Senate GOP is going to depend on the ideological bent/qualifications of whoever Biden nominates.  It would be dumb for McConnell to commit to allowing a vote on a nominee before we have any idea who it is.

Bullsh**t. NO ONE Biden nominates will be confirmed.

[DrScholl]

https://twitter.com/jbendery/status/1404565340386959366?s=21

I don't get Graham.

Sometimes gay men find black women to be fabulous.

[freepcrusher]

a senate of 57 DEMOCRATS!! allowed Thomas to replace Marshall. Why not (IN MINECRAFT, TOTALLY JUST KIDDING). Fu-k around and find out.

[Hammy]

And Dems will continue not doing a damn thing about it until it's too late, just like they always do.