GOP,no impeachment 10 days before inauguration, but they confirmed SC justice 8 days before election

[iluvtennis]

Robert Reich@RBReich·Jan 9
Republicans who say we can't impeach a president 10 days before an inauguration had no trouble confirming a Supreme Court justice 8 days before an election.

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Robert Reich is spot on!

[frazzled]

1. Good point

And yet when has pointing out Republican hypocrisy ever shamed them into retracting their arguments or actions?

[Proud Liberal Dem]

3. Does it matter

It may not shame them- but it may get some other people to think twice about voting for them in the future- or speaking out now.

[frazzled]

4. I should think that it is

the actions of President Trump and his squad of insurrectionists (as well as those who abetted them) that will cause people to think twice in voting.

But I don’t think the act of hypocrisy bothers people much.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

5. Possibly not

but I suppose it depends on how much people are paying attention. I think that most people can understand the feeling of having different rules applied arbitrarily to the same situation but OTOH that probably also depends too on whether or not they're on the "winning team" at any given time. You know the Republicans would be howling like wolves if Democrats kept changing the rules whenever it suited them. Of course, too, now that Republicans have set these precedents, it will likely be hard for their successors to not want to follow along with those changes in the future too. But they're probably not thinking that far ahead. In regards to Barrett, they only saw RBG die in office and were excited that Trump would be able to replace a THIRD justice in just one term and forgot about the hypocrisy in preventing Obama will filling Scalia's seat in 2016 when there was much more time available for them to confirm Garland (or even just hold a vote).

[iluvtennis]

7. ++ agree. nt

[Proud Liberal Dem]

2. Ah. Another new arbitrary IOKIYAR rule that we have to follow?

[ThoughtCriminal]

6. If one of the SC Justices died today

They would have a replacement nominated before midnight and confirmed by Friday.

[iluvtennis]

8. Now that's the truth. nt