"Lisa, I don't have to remind you of my skills!"
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Posted on 09/23/2020 7:52:03 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Total victory is upon us, folks. And some Republicans have managed to get on a path towards redemption with conservatives. Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) said he wouldn’t block the nominee. Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) is a ‘no,’ but as we’ve said before—Maine is an oddball state. She gets a pass. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), a runner up in the biggest pain in the a** contest among the GOP, did initially say that she’s opposed to filling the Supreme Court vacancy left by Ruth Bade Ginsburg, but is now changing her tune. The last justice passed away last Friday making the 2020 election even more interesting. And now, Murkowski is changing her tune (via Alaska Public Media):
If Democrats were counting on Lisa Murkowski to vote against President Trump’s next nominee to the Supreme Court, they should think again.
Sen. Murkowski said Tuesday she could not rule out that she would vote to confirm a Trump nominee if the Judiciary Committee approves one before the November election.
“I know everybody wants to ask the question, ‘will you confirm the nominee?’” she said outside the Capitol, as her Republican colleagues were gathering for their weekly policy lunch. “We don’t have a nominee yet. You and I don’t know who that is. And so I can’t confirm whether or not I can confirm a nominee when I don’t know who the nominee is.”
Sen. Mitt Romney took a similar position Tuesday, so it looks nearly impossible for Democrats to block Trump from seating his third Supreme Court justice.
The other possible wild cards, Sens. Lamar Alexander (R-TN), Pat Toomey (R-PA), and Cory Gardner (R-CO), all said they’re backing the move to fill the seat.
That’s the ballgame.
And on the Democratic side, there could be a curveball hurled by Sen Joe Manchin (D-WV). Manchin voted to confirm Brett Kavanaugh, which was one of the most vicious Supreme Court fights in recent memory. This battle will make the Kavanaugh hearings look like Sesame Street. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) said that liberals must make Mitch McConnell know he’s “playing with fire” with RBG’s seat. Mitch isn’t afraid of AOC. AOC is not in the Senate; stay in your lane, lady. You don’t get a say. As for Chuck Schumer, well, he’s threatening to use all the things to block this nomination, saying all options are on the table regarding retaliation. Many have come to see this as a court-packing threat. AOC even hurled impeachment threats against Trump and Attorney General William Barr in an effort to gum up the works. Nancy Pelosi has also said similar things (via Fox News):
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Sunday would not rule out impeachment as an option to stop President Trump’s U.S. Supreme Court pick from being confirmed to the bench, saying Democrats will “use every arrow in our quiver” to block the eventual nominee.
Again, these clowns can rant. They can whine. They can say the vilest, nastiest things against us. But when they’re done. We’re going to fill this vacancy. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said they have the votes to get this out of committee. Mitch McConnell said there will be a floor vote. Romney is onboard. Murkowski is now a maybe. There are no loose ends. We have the votes and we’re going to get this done and there is nothing they can do to stop Trump from filling this seat. The Washington Post aptly noted that Democrats are pretty much “powerless” to stop this train:
Senate Democrats and their liberal allies confronted the grim reality Monday that they have no path to blocking President Trump’s pending Supreme Court nomination other than a political pressure campaign that peels away a minimum of four GOP votes.
Deep into their sixth year in the minority, Democrats can use some procedural tactics that might briefly slow the confirmation process, but if at least 50 Republicans approve of Trump’s pick to replace the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg, that nominee is certain to be seated.
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“We’re in a situation where Mitch McConnell is the only person in this building that can decide when and whether and how to move the nomination forward. My hope is that there will be enough Republicans to stop it, but I don’t think the likelihood of that is high,” Sen. Michael F. Bennet (D-Colo.) said.
Elections have consequences. We won. You lost, so prepared to be owned again.
Also, this will certainly help Senate Republicans running for re-election. Nothing unites the base more than a SCOTUS fight.
Oh, and please, Democrats, impeach Trump for doing his duty in appointing judges to fill a vacancy. I can’t wait to see how that quickly blows up in your face.
Do it! Please!
I double-dog dare you.
This is the most likely scenario.
Methinks this is highly unlikely since she has a 95% rating from NARAL ...
Right, and I think this is the kind of thing at which McConnell excels. He needed her vote for Kavanaugh, so he applied the heat and got it. If he doesn't need her for this nominee, then that's the time you let her vote to preserve her seat. That's how he builds loyalty within his caucus for those really tight votes.
Trump was planning on campaigning against her if he wins. She is trying to save her seat now that she thinks Trump might win.
The other day I was thinking that we should drag this out until after the election to show people how disgusting the Dems are. That would motivate our side more.
But, the more I see this play out, this may be just as good to vote right before. It will pump up our side with another victory, though it will also pump up the left in rage. But, likely in areas that don’t matter. Our folks will be pumped up in areas that do matter.
I presume McConnell knows what he is doing with the timing.
I live in south central NH. Almost every house that has been sold in my town in the last year, now has a Dem candidate sign out front. It makes me sick seeing it.
They have to quit scratching their backsides and get it for a vote sooner than end of October
Murkowski doesn’t have to be so inane, but changed her mind properly
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Darn, looks like Mitch is in full-on Ninja Turtle mode.
[Yeah, Dems.. attack Barrett’s faith, then try and impeach Trump.
Can you say “political suicide?”]
It’s been the Democrat strategy, especially since 2016. Lies built upon lies repeated by a lying media.
Would it be best for our country to lose the senate to the Dems right now?
I think that no mater what they believe personally about supream court postings they realize a 4-4 split on anything from the election that ends up in the court has the potential of destroying the nation.
In other words, after he announces his choice, she's going to pick HER choice, not the President's....even though her choice may be the same as his.
Velly clever, Murky.....I hope your constituents catch on to you....I hope you don't get invited to the President's Inaugural Ball.....and I hope you end up your Senate career by getting assigned to the virtually unknown Joint Library Committee in the upcoming Republican-controlled Senate.
Leni
Those silly Dems are scared stiff.
They are whistling past the graveyard.
They have nothing...nothing but vile words and evil intentions.
Dem heads are exploding everywhere on Facebook and Twitter.
How sweet it is!
Yeah, dems.. attack Barrett’s faith, then try and impeach Trump.
Can you say “political suicide?”
It’s not going to be Barrett. All these RINOs would not be preemptively lining up to support a social conservative.
What an evil jabba the hutt after a crash diet ... just look at her. Like she is possessed by Satan.
Because having them replaced by democrats is somehow preferable?
“Today, six of the nine justices are Catholic”
Which makes the dems’ coming attacks on Barrett’s Catholicism all the more absurd.
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