Yesterday, CBS News caught Mitch McConnell in a compromising position:
McConnell on RBG’s dying wish for next president to pick her replacement: “I prefer another thing she said recently, which was she thought the number of the Supreme Court ought to be nine”
McConnell’s blocking of Merrick Garland left SCOTUS with 8 justices for more than a year pic.twitter.com/MSmdJq5uXI
— CBS News (@CBSNews) September 22, 2020
And?
— I did not and will not vote for him. Calm down. (@jtLOL) September 22, 2020
And … Mitch McConnell is a hypocrite, obviously. A hypocrite who doesn’t have the decency to honor what we’re told was the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s “dying wish.”
A lot of journalists whose job it is to report on and understand politics seem to think a purported “dying wish” should carry more weight than the Constitution, which is why they keep asking about it:
Just asked McConnell about RBG’s dying wish to let next president choose her replacement. “Well as Sen. Barrasso pointed out, I prefer another thing she said recently which was that she thought the number of the Supreme Court ought to be nine,” he said. He didn’t take a follow-up
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) September 22, 2020
Weird that McConnell didn’t take a follow up to such a great question.
CNN’s manu raju asks McConnell why RBG can’t dictate the SCOTUS nomination process from beyond the grave. https://t.co/9lB1X5ROoP
— tsar becket adams (@BecketAdams) September 22, 2020
why indeed.
— tsar becket adams (@BecketAdams) September 22, 2020
Apparently this is going to be a major talking point in the confirmation process. How fun.
— BPJ (@bpjauburn) September 22, 2020
Did RBG modify the Constitution when I wasn’t looking?
— John Henderson (@hend8654) September 22, 2020
🤦🏻♀️ “journalism”
— Genie 🇺🇸 (@GhostGirlInCO) September 22, 2020
Why are we supposed to take these people seriously?
— Batman Guy👍👍🥰 (@BryGuy59er) September 22, 2020
Because they’re the Guardians of Truth. Or so they tell us.
i guess pressing the senate majority leader on the “dying wish” clause of the U.S. constitution is a step up from raju camping outside senators’ offices to demand they disavow things he read on twitter.
— tsar becket adams (@BecketAdams) September 22, 2020
Good point.
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Related:
Jake Tapper is beside himself that Donald Trump is casting doubt on RBG’s ‘dying wish’ that carries absolutely no weight whatsoever
