(Cankles) Clinton says Dems must use 'every single possible maneuver' to block Trump's SCOTUS nominee

Just The News ^ | September 19, 2020 - 11:21am | Daniel Payne

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Hillary Clinton on Friday urged Senate Democrats to do everything possible to block President Trump's next Supreme Court nominee, demanding that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell be prevented from filling the seat left vacant by Justice Ruth Ginsburg after her death late Friday.

Speaking to Rachel Maddow, Clinton said Democrats "will have to use every single possible maneuver that is available to them" to head off Trump's nominee. She called on Democrats to "make it clear they are not going to permit Mitch McConnell to enact the greatest travesty, the monumental hypocrisy that would arise from him attempting to fill this position."

Ginsburg, Clinton said, was a monumental figure "not just for women but for every American, and I don’t want to see that legacy ripped up by political hypocrisy coming from Mitch McConnell."

Clinton in accusing McConnell of hypocrisy was referring to his refusal in 2016 to consider any nominee from Barack Obama meant to fill the vacancy left by deceased Justice Antonin Scalia. McConnell at the time said that the American electorate should be permitted to choose the next president and by extension the next justice.

Following Ginsburg's death on Friday, McConnell said that Trump's eventual nominee "will receive a vote on the floor of the United States Senate."

[doc maverick]

And they will use any maneuver to win the election legally or illegally.

[From The Deer Stand]

My advice to the crook: just go away, preferably prison.

[Irish Eyes]

2016 was different because Obama was a lame duck.

Trump is not in 2020.

This must become a huge talking point. Most do not understand this. The MSM will not even mention this difference.

[WKUHilltopper]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=suiVdH9CVH8&feature=emb_logo

[Kid Shelleen]

In case anyone is wondering:
From the Twitter accound of Undercover Huber@JohnWHuber
A total of 61 SCOTUS justices have been nominated and confirmed to the Supreme Court since the turn of the last century (1900) 70% of these (43 Justices) were confirmed in *under 46 days* (the amount of time remaining until the Nov 3 Presidential election)
Lewis Powell —45
Ruth Bader Ginsburg —42
Sandra Day O'Connor —33 (*the vacancy)
Harlan Stone —31
Wiley Rutledge —28
Harry Blackmun —27 (*wrote Roe v Wade)
Arthur Goldberg —25
Robert Jackson —25
John Roberts —23 (*became Chief Justice)

https://twitter.com/JohnWHuber/status/1307295477394800640

[Kid Shelleen]

Days to confirm cont'd.

Mahlon Pitney —23
John Paul Stevens —19
Sherman Minton —19
Warren Burger —17 (*became Chief Justice)
Charles Whittaker —17
Tom Clark —16
Pierce Butler —16
Harlan Stone —15 (*became Chief Justice)
William Douglas —15
Abe Fortas —14
Fred Vinson —14 (*became Chief Justice)

[Tai_Chung]

Shouldn’t they wait for the nomination to be announced before opposing it?

[funfan]

She is not in office anymore neither is Obama or Bush etc. so why are their voices more important than let’s say my voice or your voice?

[Savage Beast]

Yes. She is very imaginative about maneuvers.

[NobleFree]

2016 was different because Obama was a lame duck.

Trump is not in 2020.

I tried to explain this to some Fakebook libs; they responded by using all-caps and saying that was "hypocrisy with a bunch of words next to it".

In other words: pigs still can't be taught to sing.

[TexasRepublic]

Including ricin to poison the President?