“As the political fallout from the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg continued to roil Washington, Democrats still held a shred of hope that they could persuade four moderate GOP senators to show some integrity and stick to their principles in not voting on a nominee with just six weeks until a national election.
After all, Senate Republicans refused to vote on Barack Obama’s nominee, Merrick Garland, with nine months to spare in 2016, citing the need for the people’s input in an election year. That hope lasted almost a full day and a half, as Utah senator Mitt Romney confirmed on Tuesday that he would ‘follow the constitution and precedent’ and vote for Trump’s nominee ‘based upon their qualifications’.
Many hoped otherwise, as Romney is the dad you ask when your other Republican dads say no, but “people always forget that Mitt Romney is still a conservative senator from one of the most conservative states. Securing a conservative majority on the supreme court is a longtime conservative dream, and that on his bedroom wall growing up, Romney had a poster of Superman, a dancing horse, and an empty supreme court seat.
With the votes for a nominee a virtual lock and no avenues to prevent a confirmation, Democratic leadership vowed to seek revenge; Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, for example, told reporters Mitch McConnell should know that ‘he is playing with fire’. But let’s be honest: knowing what we know about Democrats, ain’t shit going to happen. When Democrats say ‘everything is on the table,’ then watch out, Republicans – you’re about to get a sternly worded email.” —Trevor Noah
http://idiocracy23.blogspot.com/2016/06/john-hulse-collected-poems-1985-2015.html
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