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babylonsister

(170,964 posts)
Mon Jun 14, 2021, 11:23 AM Jun 2021

McConnell Would Block Biden Supreme Court Pick In 2024

https://politicalwire.com/2021/06/14/mcconnell-says-hed-block-biden-supreme-court-pick-in-2024/


McConnell Would Block Biden Supreme Court Pick In 2024
June 14, 2021 at 10:20 am EDT By Taegan Goddard


“Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) signaled that Republicans, if they win back control of the chamber, wouldn’t advance a Supreme Court nominee if a vacancy occurred in 2024, the year of the next presidential election,” The Hill reports.

Said McConnell: “I think it’s highly unlikely — in fact, no, I don’t think either party, if it were different from the president, would confirm a Supreme Court nominee in the middle of an election.”
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McConnell Would Block Biden Supreme Court Pick In 2024 (Original Post) babylonsister Jun 2021 OP
Demented cilla4progress Jun 2021 #1
I cannot imagine shumer giving a supreme justice nominee if he had the jimfields33 Jun 2021 #4
May he rot in hell. That is all. Dave says Jun 2021 #2
OH FFS!!!! EarlG Jun 2021 #3
I think he trolls a lot; he must get off on the reactions babylonsister Jun 2021 #5
So this needs to happen NOW! Scrivener7 Jun 2021 #6
What a shithole. -nt CrispyQ Jun 2021 #7
They would block a nomination the second they gain control of the senate... Salviati Jun 2021 #8
It would take a very naive person to act surprised at this revelation. bullwinkle428 Jun 2021 #9
Precisely Sherman A1 Jun 2021 #10
Probably a good enough reason for Breyer to retire and Sneederbunk Jun 2021 #11
Obama doesn't want to be a Supreme Court justice. n/t PoliticAverse Jun 2021 #20
Not this fucking shit again Blue Owl Jun 2021 #12
I suspect since the GOP was successful blocking Garland this walkingman Jun 2021 #13
I don't think McConnell will be around in 2024. I think his health is poor. Buckeyeblue Jun 2021 #14
I hate to say it Bettie Jun 2021 #18
Moscow Mitch is the kinda person you pray for a bus to hit and kill. roamer65 Jun 2021 #15
The fact is McConnell, if they get control of the senate in 2022 Bettie Jun 2021 #16
I hope he croaks before then malaise Jun 2021 #17
There is someone that didn't know that already? n/t PoliticAverse Jun 2021 #19
K&R UCmeNdc Jun 2021 #21
This piece of shit wouldn't do it in 2023 either Beaverhausen Jun 2021 #22
Didn't we already know this? Bleacher Creature Jun 2021 #23
He's straight messing with us now. LiberatedUSA Jun 2021 #24
No BS, I chuckled at this In It to Win It Jun 2021 #25
He would block it for 4 years. Or 8. SoonerPride Jun 2021 #26

jimfields33

(15,475 posts)
4. I cannot imagine shumer giving a supreme justice nominee if he had the
Mon Jun 14, 2021, 11:30 AM
Jun 2021

Senate during trumps time. I hope he wouldn’t anyway. I can see that forever the only justices that will be appointed will be the party that has presidency and the senate. Otherwise forget it. Yep we’re here.

EarlG

(21,894 posts)
3. OH FFS!!!!
Mon Jun 14, 2021, 11:27 AM
Jun 2021

McConnell is just straight trolling now. What a despicable piece of shit. Saying this after what they did with Amy Coney Barrett last year.

They say the GOP's only policy any more is to make libs mad, well guess what -- I'M MAD!

McConnell should never again get the chance to be Senate Majority Leader.

babylonsister

(170,964 posts)
5. I think he trolls a lot; he must get off on the reactions
Mon Jun 14, 2021, 11:30 AM
Jun 2021

he inspires, and perhaps the more negative, the better. Proof he pisses off the libs. And it's working.

walkingman

(7,512 posts)
13. I suspect since the GOP was successful blocking Garland this
Mon Jun 14, 2021, 11:37 AM
Jun 2021

has become the norm? Of course it would all depend on the unity and leadership of the Parties. The only real key to stopping this is to win more seats and I think that will take a generational change.

roamer65

(36,739 posts)
15. Moscow Mitch is the kinda person you pray for a bus to hit and kill.
Mon Jun 14, 2021, 11:43 AM
Jun 2021

Or gleefully seeing his picture on the back of a milk container.

He’s a fucking traitor.

Bettie

(15,998 posts)
16. The fact is McConnell, if they get control of the senate in 2022
Mon Jun 14, 2021, 11:49 AM
Jun 2021

and there was a vacancy in 2023, they wouldn't even meet with the nominee.

If by some horrible chance, we won the 2024 election but lost the senate, we'd be down one until we got the senate back or they got their next president.

He should just be honest about it and say "I will never, ever cooperate on anything for any reason."

Beaverhausen

(24,467 posts)
22. This piece of shit wouldn't do it in 2023 either
Mon Jun 14, 2021, 11:57 AM
Jun 2021

Come on, you know he wouldn't.

But I'm holding out hope that the R's don't win back the senate.

Bleacher Creature

(11,237 posts)
23. Didn't we already know this?
Mon Jun 14, 2021, 11:57 AM
Jun 2021

I realize that he's never said it out loud, but this is a given. We either need to have and fill a vacancy before the midterms, or we need to hold the Senate. Otherwise we're screwed.

SoonerPride

(12,286 posts)
26. He would block it for 4 years. Or 8.
Mon Jun 14, 2021, 12:20 PM
Jun 2021

He would never let a Democratic president fill a seat.

Election year or in the first year of a term.

This is why we should nuke the filibuster and play as hard ball as they do.

But we won't so why even worry about it.

We are already defeated because we refuse to fight.

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