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Schumer urges Trump to tap Merrick Garland for Supreme Court
MSN News ^
| July, 5, 2018
| Seung Min Kim, Robert Costa
Posted on 07/05/2018 12:00:47 PM PDT by detective
Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) privately urged President Trump in a phone call earlier this week to nominate federal Judge Merrick B. Garland, then President Barack Obama’s third nominee to the Supreme Court who was summarily shunned by Senate Republicans in 2016, to replace retiring Justice Anthony M. Kennedy.
Trump had called Schumer on Tuesday afternoon for a Supreme Court-centered conversation that lasted less than five minutes, according to a person familiar with the call. Schumer, the person said, pressed the president to name Garland to succeed Kennedy, arguing doing so would help unite the country.
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TOPICS: Government; US: New York
KEYWORDS: acherrytreetoofar; babyharpseals; charlesschumer; chuckschumer; dumbass; garland; jackass; jerk; merrickgarland; schmuck; schumer; scotus; summerofdemocrathate; supremecourt; thebabyharpsealcure; trump
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To: detective
So Chuckles think Obozo should get THREE picks, even after leaving office, but Trump shouldn’t even get the two to which he’s entitled.
Seems fair.
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posted on
07/05/2018 1:31:10 PM PDT
by
TXBlair
(We will not forget Benghazi.)
To: detective
I’m imagining this conversation:
(Phone rings)
Chuckie, this is the Donald.
So you want me to consider Merrick Garland. OK. (counts to three, aloud)
OK, Considered him. No. Bye!!! (click)
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posted on
07/05/2018 1:31:47 PM PDT
by
Salgak
(You're in Strange Hands with Tom Stranger. . . .)
To: detective
Remember the time Obama tapped Harriet Miers for the Supreme Court?
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posted on
07/05/2018 1:38:12 PM PDT
by
TXBlair
(We will not forget Benghazi.)
To: TonyM
James Woods is a national treasure!
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posted on
07/05/2018 1:41:29 PM PDT
by
TXBlair
(We will not forget Benghazi.)
To: rickmichaels
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posted on
07/05/2018 1:50:59 PM PDT
by
Dawgreg
To: rickmichaels
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posted on
07/05/2018 1:51:00 PM PDT
by
Dawgreg
To: detective
They just don’t know when to let go, do they?
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posted on
07/05/2018 2:03:42 PM PDT
by
TBP
(Progressives lack compassion and tolerance. Their self-aggrandizement is all that matters.)
To: ExTxMarine
Schumer: “And if you can’t go with Garland, I’m willing to settle for Eric Holder.”
"Ok, your exaggerated laughter was not necessary! So, how about, Loretta Lynch, then?" Schit-mer asked.He paused.
"Okay, Barack or Michelle Obama?" Scummer asked, hopefully.
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posted on
07/05/2018 2:22:54 PM PDT
by
Lazamataz
(The New York Times is so openly dishonest, even their crossword puzzles lie.)
To: detective
Reaping the endless chuck n nancy budget spendathons?
To: Lazamataz
So Hilary Clinton calls Donald Trump up at about midnight.....
Don: What's so important it can't wait until morning?
Hilary: Supreme Court Justice Ruth Ginsburg just died and I would very much like to take her place!
Don: Well, it's alright with me if it's alright with the funeral home.
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posted on
07/05/2018 3:48:24 PM PDT
by
Fast Moving Angel
(It is no more than a dream remembered, a Civilization gone with the wind.)
To: detective
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posted on
07/05/2018 5:20:01 PM PDT
by
Forty-Niner
(The barely bare, berry Bear formily known as Ursus Arctos Horrilibis (or U.A. Californicus))
To: Lazamataz
It was a five minute call. I figure 4.5 minutes was Trump trying to recover his breath from laughing so damn hard at Schitmer’s suggestion of Merrick! LOL!
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posted on
07/09/2018 4:45:32 AM PDT
by
ExTxMarine
(Diversity is tolerance; diverse points of views will not be tolerated!)
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