Posted on 07/08/2018 11:33:06 AM PDT by Signalman
The first meltdown over the Supreme Court was epic. Justice Anthony Kennedy let the Trump White House know shortly after the official end of the 2017 term that he’s out by the end of July. He’s heading into retirement and creating a vacancy that gives conservatives the opportunity to have a solid majority on the Court. Of course, the Left went into full meltdown mode. From liberal journalists to former Clinton officials and strategists, it was a mix of flipping off Justice Kennedy and warning red state Democrats not to cave on whoever President Trump pick unless they’re fine getting zero help from the national party. MSNBC’s Chris Matthews even suggested that “vengeance”must be executed against this nominee, who will be revealed on July 9. Yeah, these people are still sour over Senate Republicans invoking the Biden rule over Merrick Garland’s failed nomination.
CHRIS MATTHEWS: I think the Democrats, as I said a few moments ago, have to fight this tooth and nail. They have to use every process, opportunity, they have to stop this until next year, when we have a new Senate. We don’t know whether the Senate will be Republican or Democratic-dominated. But to give this to the Republicans when they control this Senate basically 51, or 50 to 49 really, with John McCain perhaps not voting again – to give them this last chance to pack the court 5-4 again, hard conservative. I again, I say this, the base will attack the leadership for this if they allow it to happen and they should. Because this is time for vengeance for what happened two years ago. And if they don’t wreak the vengeance now, with four and a half weeks – four and a half months to go before the election, they will not look very strong to their base and I think they’ll be under attack and you’ll see more Joe Crowley’s go down.
We’ve been saying this all week, but the situation is shaky. It has to be done this year, which us what Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has already stated is the course of action; hearings next month with a final confirmation vote in the fall. It’ll be just in time for the midterms. Supreme Court nominees were very important to 21 percent of the 2016 electorate—and 56 percent of that slice broke for Trump. Tax cuts, the booming economy, the ability to have a solid conservative majority on the court for the next generation all should be issues that get the GOP base animated. Moreover, the notion that the Trump agenda, which has created another solid jobs report, three million jobs, the lowest unemployment rates in years, and the highest consumer and small business confidence ratings in decades, could end if Democrats takeover should scare any Republican to vote in November. In the Senate, it’s quite possible that we end up with a 50-50 split. And Sens. Murkowski (R-AK) and Susan Collins (R-ME) could defect, derailing Trump’s nominee. Again, let’s see what happens after Monday. Maybe one or two red state Democrats will defect as well. We’ll see. But if the first meltdown over a SCOTUS retirement announcement was any taste of what's to come in this fight, just imagine when the Trump pick is finally revealed. It’ll be a character assassination like no other. The Democrat-media complex has already tried to smearthe potential nominees that have been floatedaround, as have actual Democrats, and they’ve backfired magnificently.
That speech is nothing compared to the one Hillary would be making if she’d won, to put Barack Obama or Kamala Harris or some equally detestable leftist on the Supreme Court.
I am sure McCain will use this chance to screw us a final time.
I wonder why under Obama, that Kennedy and Ginsberg did not retire to solidify their liberal seats with a Obama pick. Nobody had any idea who would win the next election.
-——Why doesn’t the “patriot”, the “maverick” drag his ass back to Washington, DC to vote for this? Clinging to this empty seat at a time when we need all hands on deck is a treasonous act.-——
Oh’ come on. Give McCain a break, he’s frozen like a thanksgiving turkey in deep freeze...
Really hard to drag is ass anywhere...
Collins and Murkowski both voted for Gorsuch. If they don’t support a GOP president on something as simple and important as a Supreme Court confirmation vote, then the Republican Party should be disbanded. I suspect everyone in Washington knows this.
It isn’t Kagen (Fred Flintstone in drag) that has health issues, it’s the wise Latina.
Sotomayer has diabetes and could croak along with Buzzy Ginsberg. That would give Trump 4 justice picks. Nice.
Did either Murkowski or Collins vote no on Gorsuch? Then why would they vote no now?
It doesn’t matter hat you do, tingle-boy.
You don’t have the numbers.
We just need to make sure NO one on the GOP wavers. And I don’t think they will. Not this time.
You have to see this:
i’m already looking past this second epic meltdown, and looking forward to the third one, which should be a real doozy ... the level of hatred, violence, and insanity should be enough that Dems won’t control the Fed government for at least the next generation or two ...
They were all sure Hillary would win. That’s for sure.
But when Scalia was murdered ... er, died mysteriously with no autopsy etc they may possibly have become concerned with appearances.
Don’t forget Gregory Peck.
“I’m wondering that Kennedy didn’t choose the timing in hopes of giving the Democrats something to run on.”
i thought of that too, but if that were the case, he would have waited longer to retire, because retiring now allows enough time to install his replacement BEFORE the midterms, which means it more or less becomes a non-issue in November ...
“I am sure McCain will use this chance to screw us a final time.”
all he has to do is fail to retire in time for a replacement to be appointed for the SCOTUS vote this autumn ... i suspect he’s in no shape to actually appear in the Senate himself for the vote ...
Because McCain is filled with hate for anything Trump does or endorses. The POS proves he hates Trump more than he does his country.
“Did either Murkowski or Collins vote no on Gorsuch? Then why would they vote no now?”
they both voted yes ... so no reason to think they won’t do the same here ... SCOTUS appointments are the place a President and his party will have the most lasting influence of the direction of our nation, and it’s the one time when party members HAVE to put aside their petty internal squabbles, otherwise they essentially forfeit all pretense to leadership ...
Because they as much as said so
I don’t know how many here have seen this specific meltdown by Chris Matthews over the Democrats’ roll in the upcoming nomination process, but it is a MUST-SEE.
In utter fear and rage over the High Court moving to the right, he is demanding that Democrats stop the process from going forward.
It’s hilarious to watch the host, Steve Kornacki, try to handle him.
I like how the other commentator, calmly and rationally, says that unfortunately for the Democrats, there’s nothing they can do about the nominee going forward.
Chris Matthews Snaps at Steve Kornacki
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuqzfzM3jpY
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