Posted on 06/12/2023 3:36:11 PM PDT by thegagline
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis slighted former President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court picks Monday, saying they came up short of what DeSantis called the “gold standard” set by two of the court’s other conservative justices.
When asked by radio host Hugh Hewitt if he would “pledge to the Republicans as you go around the country that your judges will be like the Trump judges,” the 44-year-old DeSantis responded: “Well, actually, I would say we’ll do better than that.
“I respect the three appointees he did, but none of those three are at the same level of Justice [Clarence] Thomas and Justice [Samuel] Alito,” DeSantis said of Justices Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett. “I think they [Alito and Thomas] are the gold standard.”
DeSantis went on to vow that if he is elected next year, his nominations for the high court “will be along the lines of a Sam Alito and a Clarence Thomas.”
“I inherited a very liberal state supreme court, maybe the most liberal in the country, very activist. But I was able to replace three of the four liberals my first month in office,” DeSantis said of his work as governor. “We have a really good track record on doing that. And in fact, two of my supreme court picks [Barbara Lagoa and Robert J. Luck] in my first year of office were elevated to the 11th Circuit by President Donald Trump.”
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“Obviously we are going to shut down the border … Two, we are going to repeal Biden’s disastrous economic policies, his Green New Deal. And we are going to have things that are going to help jump-start this economy.” ***
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Look, this guy is a top-flight intellect. He’s got an impeccable pedigree… I think the President made a good choice.” - Ron DeSantis on Judge Kavanaugh” (Video)
https://twitter.com/TrumpWarRoom/status/1668316307022807046
Well, Trump got lucky that he could replace 3 justices in 1 measly term. That is very rare. If not for that, where would they be?
Not just lucky. McConnell stalled 0bama's appointment until after the election. McConnell gets a bad reputation around here, I guess for not praising Trump enough, but he did block Merrick Garland as a Supreme and hand Trump his first opportunity to appoint a Supreme Court justice.
Excellent point on McConnell. Surprised there isn’t more blatant griping about Uhbama not getting his chance.
Imagine that: politics, as with life overall, is not just 1s and 0s. As so many here perceive it.
Analog, not digital.
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