Posted on 01/30/2017 10:55:14 AM PST by Trump20162020
What a silly thing to say on the eve of Trump making his announcement. Now he has no incentive to choose a seemingly more moderate nominee, like Tom Hardiman, over someone like William Pryor. If it’s true that the filibuster is coming no matter what, then McConnell’s going to have to deploy the nuclear option no matter what — in which case, why not nominate the most hardline judge you can find?
With Trump prepared to announce his nominee on Tuesday evening, Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) said in an interview on Monday morning that he will filibuster any pick that is not Merrick Garland and that the vast majority of his caucus will oppose Trump’s nomination. That means Trump’s nominee will need 60 votes to be confirmed by the Senate.
“This is a stolen seat. This is the first time a Senate majority has stolen a seat,” Merkley said in an interview. “We will use every lever in our power to stop this.”…
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The nuke option may not be needed.
23 dims up for election in 2018. There will be defectors.
Past time for McConnel/Ryan to call for a 1 hour recess of Congress and let the President make recess appointments of his cabinet and Supreme Court pick. They won’t do it of coursed, they won’t even evoke the nuke option or expand it to cover the SC pick. It may be a GOP controlled congress, but the DNC still seems to have their spherical manhoods in a firm grasp. The swamp is still overflowing with sludge.
Trump may need more gatherings to show he still has support. They are creating the impression that everybody is against him and there may have to be huge visible proof that this is a lie.
Not enough I’m afraid.
It’s only 8 votes.
They can get 8 dim votes, hell...there’s 8 dim Senators up that come from states trump won.
OK, what’s the nuclear option?
That should be the ONLY filibuster.
Yeah, because these filibusters aren’t actual filibusters like in the movies, but procedural maneuvers to prevent things from closing. So they can drag it out for a long enough time until someone says enough is enough.
Expect the uni-party members with an “R” by their party affiliation, to roll over and play dead.
She's only still there now because of Todd Akin.
If they allow a filibuster, it needs to be a real “Mr Smith Goes to Washington” type of filibuster. Watching sickly, 70+ year old ‘rats drop during speeches could be amusing for a while.
“”This is a stolen seat. This is the first time a Senate majority has stolen a seat,””
What seat was stolen? What the Sam Hill is he talking about? Must they all sound like riddles?
From what I gather, it was Barack Obama’s seat to fill, since Antonin Scalia died in February of 2016, and thus the GOP majority in the Senate “stole” it from Obama by not giving Merrick Garland a hearing or confirmation vote.
I think Elaine Chao has already been approved but I could be wrong. Trump better have a “come to Jesus meeting” with wimpy McConnell.
I think Elaine Chao has already been approved but I could be wrong. Trump better have a “come to Jesus meeting” with wimpy McConnell.
I guess I can buy that answer....no choice anyway! Boy! If our luck holds out, we’ll see all these cry babies melt into one big puddle flooding the Capitol building!!! We should be so lucky!
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