McConnell: "Oh, we'd fill it"

Partisan politics continues.

Call the Chronicle.

 

McConnell is the yin to Trump's yang. The most horrible people we've seen in office in decades.

 

Is anybody really surprised?

 

What a hypocrite but I'm not the least bit surprised.

 

I disagree with this stance but dont know the context.

 

With all due respect, Astrodome (and I respect you), how can you not know the context?

 

Water is wet.

Payback is a b****.

 

All i read about it was this post. If he didnt say it in jest then i disagree. I was busy all evening

 

OK, I'll give you that. O'Connell wasn't kidding, though. He essentially did the same thing with Judge Merrick Garland during President Obama's last year in office, not even giving the distinguished jurist a hearing.

 

You recognize the risk he took though right? If Clinton wins, she could have put up someone much more left of center than Garland was. It was a calculated gamble that paid off for conservatives.

 

"Risk?" It was an unprecedented move on McConnell's part. All he had to do was give Judge Garland, a moderate, a hearing and confirm the man. With all due respect, what you said doesn't apply at all. Ms. Clinton had nothing to do with it. Any judge she might have wanted on the court would have had to be for a new vacancy. Judge Garland was left "twisting in the wind" for months and months while awaiting a hearing, which McConnell made sure he didn't get, much less a vote up or down for confirmation.

 

I'm not arguing the fairness of Garland receiving a hearing or not. I'm simply stating it was a calculated political risk that could have backfired.

 

And a Republican controlled Congress would have derailed her pick as well.

 

Of course. But again, McConnell was risking the Republicans holding the Senate. There was no "guarantee" of that.

 

One sided escalation of leader lead partisanship to an unheard shameful level continue.

 

Betting that trump win or R hold the senate or Clinton wouldn’t select extreme left candidate or a 60 majority D senate or a less than super majority D not using the simple majority rule for SCJ... of course polling at the time indicate a likely Clinton win and a likely R hold on the Senate. It wasn’t much of any risk. But risk or not, it’s an unprecedented shameful act that further divided this country.... if and when the D obtain power and act this way in return and actually re-escalate such shameful tactic we might as well start thinking of civil war 2. But don’t worry, most human, even politician can’t reach such low level.

 

Why didn't they add devil horns and a red filter? This is just half-assed demonization.