Posted on 07/08/2018 12:54:01 PM PDT by jazusamo
Just one day before President Trump is set to announce his pick to replace retiring Supreme Court Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy in a primetime address from the White House, a top Democratic senator suggested that stopping the nominee is more important than the upcoming midterm elections.
Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., acknowledged that so-called red-state Democrats may be tempted to vote for Trump's selection out of political necessity, but urged his colleagues Sunday to consider more than their political careers.
"Beyond the procedure, beyond the gamesmanship, it is a life-and-death important decision to be made by this court on so many issues," the Senate minority whip said on NBC's "Meet the Press."
"The men and women that I work with on the Democratic side really take this seriously," he added, after host Chuck Todd raised the possibility that Democrats could lose their bid to retake the Senate by opposing the nominee. "They understand it's an historic decision. It's about more than the next election. It's about what future the United States of America is going to chart."
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It’s very telling, isn’t it. Democrats are willing to sacrifice congressional seats to control the SCOTUS pick. They know they can’t win the arguments in the legislative branch, so they use the tyranny of the courts to dictate the laws to states, and make decrees.
DO IT
And we can get a equally qualified candidate in January with a more comfortable Senate margin
DumbassDick
Yeah that’s the ticket. Mitch will then put it on hold until after the election and get it anyway
The RATS have ruled and held power through the courts, not justly, for much of the last 50 years. You can bet there are dozens of commie/socialist/fascist tyrants wearing the DNC logo of blackrobed tyrant.
You know it.
Keep in mind, one commie on the Supreme Court has the power of 10 senators. Heck, look at the Hawaiin Obama appt.; he overrules the Presidemt on US immigration resulting in invasion by a thousand terrorist into the country.
how come Dick here wont start with an example...himself. Talk is cheap bitch.
Actually, they would have nothing to worry about. If they vote to please the dem party, and are not reelected, they are guaranteed a plum job for life, with high pay and low effort.
They will reap the financial rewards, compliments of the dem party.
Yeah, genius move for sure. Dems throw away the chance to take a majority in the US Sewer. Then President Trump can nominate someone more Deplorable. What strategy!
I got an idea. Why don’t the Democrats Sacrifice themselves to Satan?
Fall on your rusty swords...
Thank you, Illinois, for Dick Durbin. NOT
Agreed...And I believe some already have.
Durbin is not totally stupid. He might realize that November is lost anyway. So sacrificing Dems in November is meaningless. Meanwhile, blocking the nominee is still viable in Durbin’s mind. Blocking the nominee will save the establishment Dems from the Cortez style Democratic Socialists.
The democrats are all sorts of pathetic. #walkaway
My first thought. Gregg didn’t think that one through much.
Or Durban rather (I was thinking it was the author’s suggestion).
Said Dick Turban from his safe seat in IL.
5.56mm
Stopping a USSC nomination by “sacrificing Senators seems like a losing proposition, It just puts it off while assuring that the nomination they fear will occur more easily.
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