Posted on 10/02/2020 1:09:53 PM PDT by Kaslin
RUSH: Meanwhile, even before President Trump’s COVID news, Dianne Feinstein and every other Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee were demanding that Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation hearing be delayed. Just as we predicted. The minute I heard that they were gonna go ahead and allot weeks for hearings, folks, I got a bad feeling about this. We just do not learn, and it’s not even that.
We, of course, learn. Lindsey Graham cannot possibly be ignorant about what the Democrats’ intentions are here. We don’t need to do any hearings. This whole thing has got to happen before the election! You know, this came up in the debate the other night, and Trump sort of mangled it, if you ask me. It’s not this complicated. He was elected president in 2016 for four years.
We have an opening in the Supreme Court that is occurring within those four years. The American people spoke. They elected Trump largely on the basis of his Supreme Court list of potential justices. He made it a big part of the campaign in 2016. To say that Trump is not entitled to make this pick because it’s so close to an election is nothing more than a Democrat delay tactic.
He, of course, is entirely entitled to make this pick, constitutionally. There’s two things about it, and that’s it. The president names the justice; the Senate has a role to play, advice and consent. The Republicans run Senate. If their advice is, “We’ve got the votes to pass the nominee; we don’t need to do any hearings,” then there’s the consent, and we can be done with this.
Now, no. Now we’re gonna do hearings, and now we’re gonna do this and that, and we may not even finish until October 22nd, and we gotta have this or that happen. Now there’s even, “Mitch McConnell will not even guarantee there will be a vote before the election.” I said, “What the hell’s going on?” “Well, he’s in a tight battle in Kentucky.” So what? Man, this is big, this judicial nomination.
This may not come by our way again, this opportunity, because if this woman is not confirmed before the election, you can kiss it good-bye. She’s not gonna be confirmed after the election. “What, Rush, even if Trump wins?” If Trump wins, they’re gonna do everything they can. It depends on what happens in the Senate. But you don’t want to take the chance.
We’ve got an opportunity here to get this woman confirmed, legally, politically, whatever way you want to analyze this. The legals and the constitutionality are all on our side. Now here come the Democrats demanding a delay. Even before Trump gets COVID-19, they’re demanding a delay. The process, they say, is “too hurried to properly vet Amy Coney Barrett.” No, it’s not!
The woman has been vetted three years ago. They put her through the indignity of this three years ago for her nomination to the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals. All of this was so predictable. It was damned predictable this was gonna happen.
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RUSH: Now, at about 1:14 this afternoon, sometime in the 1 o’clock hour today, Politico ran a story. The headline of the story: “McConnell Vows ‘Full Steam Ahead’ on Barrett as Fears Rise of Virus Outbreak —
“Sen. Mike Lee, a key Republican on the Judiciary Committee, announced he had tested positive for the coronavirus.” So here’s the guts of the story: “Lindsey Graham is scheduled to begin hearings for Barrett on Oct. 12,” ten days from now, “and is planning to hold a committee vote on the nomination on Oct. 22. In his statement, Lee said he planned to quarantine for 10 days and expected to be able to provide support for Barrett in the committee.
Heh. I was just saying in another thread that the can has been kicked down the road too many times already. Just do it. 2 hours for the BS question (inquisition) and then vote and swear her in.
If I were to make a bet, I’d bet she won’t get confirmed before the election and if she doesn’t, I’d bet she will NEVER get confirmed.
If she isn’t confirmed before the election the GOP will begin a losing streak that will never end in our lifetimes.
With all the crap they are spewing, Linda should hold the Judiciary Committee vote on Monday, and McConnell should have the Vote on Tuesday, JUST TO THROW IT IN THEIR FACE!!
Sometimes Rush ratchets up the anxiety for no damned reason. Of course she is going to get confirmed before the election. Graham’s political survival turns on it, and Trump will make sure it happens. No was would he ever leave that opening on the table.
This is 2020. If it can go wrong, it will.
“ If I were to make a bet, I’d bet she won’t get confirmed before the election and if she doesn’t, I’d bet she will NEVER get confirmed.”
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I’ll bet that you’re spot on. Barrett will never be confirmed. The fix is already in....
Not without pressure from Trump supporters, she won't.
Ok, let’s bet. If ACB is confirmed you agree to leave the site and never post again.
She should be confirmed ASAP, politics be damned.
8 justices will ALLOW squishy 4-4 decisions that will punt election decisions back to the lower courts. 2020 elections are going to be all about the courts.
Don’t forget about the slow turtle.
You got that right if she is NOT confirmed before the election they can ALL kiss their seats goodbye R’s won’t care they are ALL already walking a thin line with the base as it is!! The base is 98% WITH TRUMP these bastards are utter fools!!! The truth is the base doesn’t give two shits about ANY of them they BETTER WAKE UP!! Linda is a useless POS and frankly 6 more years of him nauseates me!!!
I’ll take your bet. The price is continued participation on FR. Loser leaves the site for good.
Piss off troll. Stop spamming threads.
Graham made it clear that NOTHING has changed on her timeline. The hearings are for the benefit of the public.
He’s said, each time, that he expects her to be moved out of Committee on Oct. 22.
I want her confirmed too, but nothing has changed in the timeline.
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