Posted on 10/21/2020 3:05:36 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee will boycott Thursday's committee vote on Judge Amy Coney Barrett's Supreme Court nomination.
The plan comes as the 10 Democratic senators on the panel have been discussing how to protest the GOP plan to confirm Barrett next week to the seat held by the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) and the Democrats on the committee, in a joint statement, said the push to confirm Barrett was a "sham process" and accused Republicans of breaking "the promises and rules" established by refusing to give Merrick Garland, then-President Obama's final Supreme Court nominee, a hearing or a vote.
Fearing a loss at the ballot box, Republicans are showing that they do not care about the rules or what the American people want, but are concerned only with raw political power," they said.
"We will not grant this process any further legitimacy by participating in a committee markup of this nomination just twelve days before the culmination of an election that is already underway," they added.
Democrats, instead, are expected to hold two press conferences on Thursday.
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They all got their tv time in bashing Trump and ABC, but they won’t be there to do their Official Duty to vote? Good job Linda! It should have just went to the floor and been done with.
Appoint Mitt Romney temporarily, and tell him that Candy Crowley will be there in her dominatrix outfit.
He wouldn't miss it for the world...
Stamping their little feets in a group tantrum?
They cant stomach the workings of the Constitution.
A bunch of malodorous sh*t head socialist/communists.
I love to watch their heads explode as we beat the tar out of these leftist baftardf.
Just wait until election night.
My popcorn supply is reaching gargantuan proportions.
I have a batch of homemade beer in the works. And brats.
Voice vote! No one there to ask for roll call. Passes unanimously!
Do that mean they forfeit their allotted 30 hour spew?
Now stop playing games and have the nomination vote Thursday!
Trump has picked great QUALITY people, unlike Obama who picked a LESBIAN or two.
Then take the vote NOW.
“Havent seen such childishness since the kindergarten school playground.”
Nancy Pelosi tearing up the State of the Union address - now THAT’S childish!
“Good, itll speed things up.”
definitely ...
now if only they would boycott the full Senate confirmation vote on Monday ...
Demonicrat Senators need to officially be referred to as “Hell-spawn.”
Acting like the petulant children they are.
two...I believe the rules can be changed by a simple majority.
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