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Sen. Murkowski Says Confirming Supreme Court Nominee in 2020 Would Be ‘Double Standard’
National Review ^ | Aug 3, 2020 | Brittany Bernstein

Posted on 08/03/2020 6:14:16 PM PDT by where's_the_Outrage?

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s recent health problems have revealed a rift among Senate Republicans over what to do if a Supreme Court seat becomes vacant before the end of President Trump’s first term.

While Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell (R., Ky.) has indicated his intent to fill any Supreme Court vacancies in 2020, other Republicans are more hesitant.

Senator Lisa Murkowski (R., Alaska), expressed concern that confirming a Trump nominee before the end of the president’s term would create a “double standard” after Republicans in 2016 declined to appoint then-President Obama’s nominee Merrick Garland to fill the seat vacated by conservative justice Antonin Scalia’s death.

(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Government; US: Alaska
KEYWORDS: confirmnominee; hypocrite; rino; scotus
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While she is correct about the double standard she should reference how the Dems used sexual allegations against Kavanaugh but did not use the same standard for Biden because it didn't matter.

Only play by the rules with both sides abide.

1 posted on 08/03/2020 6:14:16 PM PDT by where's_the_Outrage?
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Senator Lisa Murkowski (R., Alaska), expressed concern that confirming a Trump nominee before the end of the president’s term would create a “double standard”

Why? Trump's not a lame duck.

2 posted on 08/03/2020 6:15:32 PM PDT by Toddsterpatriot (TANSTAAFL)
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Betcha lunch IF it were one of the four conservatives who died before the election, the demoncrats would move Heaven and earth to get a Supreme appointed.


3 posted on 08/03/2020 6:15:34 PM PDT by ealgeone
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She’s a creep.


4 posted on 08/03/2020 6:15:40 PM PDT by Williams (Stop Tolerating The Intolerant)
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Merrick Garland is like the liberals love that got away...kinda like Rosebud...


5 posted on 08/03/2020 6:16:25 PM PDT by frogjerk (We are conservatives. Not libertarians, not "fiscal conservatives", not moderates)
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She’s dead.


6 posted on 08/03/2020 6:16:29 PM PDT by Obadiah
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Bush League Republicans MUST be replaced.


7 posted on 08/03/2020 6:17:03 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents|Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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Why? Trump's not a lame duck.

Neither was Bush, Senior. That's when the "Biden Rule" started.

8 posted on 08/03/2020 6:17:44 PM PDT by DoodleDawg
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So what lowlife? The dems are filled with double standards.


9 posted on 08/03/2020 6:18:02 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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“Why? Trump's not a lame duck.”

And THAT’s what it was all about.

Not at all a double standard.

10 posted on 08/03/2020 6:18:08 PM PDT by daler
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See, we’re supposed to feel bad about controlling the Senate in 2016 and blocking Obama’s pick just as a Democrat controlled Senate would 100% do this year if Ginsburg died, even if the Scalia vacancy never happened.


11 posted on 08/03/2020 6:18:29 PM PDT by MountainWalker
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“..She’s dead...”

Who? Murkowski? Or Lil’Ruthie? Or both?


12 posted on 08/03/2020 6:18:56 PM PDT by lgjhn23 (Libs are a virus.....the DemoVirus!!)
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Yup.


13 posted on 08/03/2020 6:19:20 PM PDT by EvilCapitalist (Fire Fauci)
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RBG.


14 posted on 08/03/2020 6:19:35 PM PDT by Obadiah
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Apples to oranges, Sen Mur-cowpile.


15 posted on 08/03/2020 6:19:56 PM PDT by GnuThere
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The pressure is on Murkowski - Must Read Alaska

foul feinstein has something on miserable murkowski.

16 posted on 08/03/2020 6:20:37 PM PDT by chief lee runamok
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17 posted on 08/03/2020 6:21:02 PM PDT by maggief
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I dont care what a socialist elitist douchebag thinks.


18 posted on 08/03/2020 6:21:59 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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Good intel.

We now know what her masters in the DNC are telling her to do.


19 posted on 08/03/2020 6:22:37 PM PDT by Grimmy (equivocation is but the first step along the road to capitulation)
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Senator Lisa Murkowski (R., Alaska), expressed concern that confirming a Trump nominee before the end of the president’s term would create a “double standard”
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Why? Trump’s not a lame duck.
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Murkowski is clearly not very bright. She’s incapable of understanding such subtleties.


20 posted on 08/03/2020 6:23:00 PM PDT by House Atreides
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