FAKE NEWS HEADLINE: Senate leader to use ‘nuclear option’ to confirm Supreme Court nominee
This headline is a conjecture by some journalist/headline writer and is not what McConnell said on Wallace’s program Sunday.
I dunno, I think we all suspect it’s going to come down to that.
WALLACE: A simple majority, not a — a supermajority of 60 votes. If the Democrats block a Supreme Court nominee, are you going to extend the nuclear option to Supreme Court nominees because now they still need 60 votes?
MCCONNELL: Well, let me just say, I’m confident we’ll get a Supreme Court nominees confirmed. I expect an outstanding nominee sometime soon. I think it’s noteworthy to look at how the Republican minority handled Bill Clinton the first — in his first administration. Both — both of his first two nominees, Ginsburg and Breyer, no filibuster. Obama, in his first term, to go, no filibuster. We think our nominee ought to be treated the same way. If he is not treated that way, then, under the current Senate rule, we would have to get cloture. That is, we’d have to get 60 votes. We had to do that when the Democrats objecting to Justice Alito 10 years ago, but cloture was invoked. Sorry for the long answer. I think the short answer is, the nominee will be confirmed.
WALLACE: But would you consider extending the nuclear option and saying, even for Supreme Court justices, just a simple majority?
MCCONNELL: The nominee will be confirmed.
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“THE NOMINEE WILL BE CONFIRMED.”
It’s pretty clear all options are on the table.
MitchMack Connel was very careful to NOT say he would use the nuclear option
Wallace kept pressing him on it like the leftist sympathizer he is.
The headline is an example of fakenews to make the republicans look bad.
Your exactly right, he said several times that he believed the nominee would be approved, not once did he say he would invoke the nuclear option, he’s a punk.