Did I hear correctly, that Schumer negotiated away four appellate court judgeships in some kind of "deal" with the GOP?

[lees1975]

Why are we doing this? We have a majority, why aren't we filling up those appointments as fast as we can go?

Stop playing nice and by the old line political rules, that's dead in the water. Is Trump an existential threat to Democracy, or isn't he? If he is, then act like it.

[SWBTATTReg]

1. We get 12 slots for the price of the four being traded. Running out of time basically.

[sinkingfeeling]

2. GQP would have sucessfully blocked all 4 appellate judges.

[bigtree]

3. and sucked up much of the remaining time doing it.

...here's our majority leader managing republican obstruction effectively, and the poster wants to put the blame for that obstructions on Democrats, suggesting without any real suggestion that they don't know who their opponents are, and that they're 'playing nice' by getting several more times the judges approved than the already doomed nominations.

You want better results, lees? Elect more Democrats to the Senate and the House.

Real Democrats, not ones who abandon the party and work against it, like this guy:

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) on Thursday said he would not vote for one of President Biden’s judicial nominees, becoming the second Democratic senator to do so and likely dooming the nomination.

Manchin said he would not support Adeel Mangi, who would be the first Muslim American judge to serve on the federal appeals court if confirmed. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) previously announced her opposition to Mangi.

Manchin, who is retiring at the end of the year, told Politico this week he would not back any Biden judicial picks who didn’t garner at least one GOP vote.

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/4547912-biden-judicial-pick-imperiled-manchin-second-democrat-oppose-nomination/

...now, who is holding up the nominations? Who is playing nice with republicans?

Tell the truth, lees.

[Sympthsical]

4. Could've googled the deal in two seconds

"The trade was four circuit nominees — all lacking the votes to get confirmed — for more than triple the number of additional judges moving forward," a spokesperson for Schumer said in a statement.

Instead of "hearing" incompletely and implying a Democratic leader did something bad.

[marble falls]

5. What and waste a needless panic?