McConnell: NRA Must Approve New Supreme Court Justice
National Rifle Association Controls Supreme Court
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell sat down with Fox News Sunday host Chris Wallace to discuss the Supreme Court. The interview was a bit shocking in the fact that Wallace actually called McConnell out on the hypocrisy of having once said:
“In a democracy, an up or down vote should be given to a president’s judicial nominees. It’s not complicated. It’s simple. It’s fair.”
When Wallace pointed out the previous statement, McConnell quickly deflected and said that it was different since it’s a Supreme Court justice being considered this time around. As the interview continued, Chris Wallace never mentioned the National Rifle Association, but McConnell decided to.
After pointing out that some of McConnell’s fellow Republicans would try to rush through Merrick Garland, considered by most to be a moderate judge, upon a Republican loss in 2016, Wallace asked McConnell what he thought of this strategy. That’s when the senator let the beans spill.
Wallace: “You’re saying no consideration of Judge Garland by this Congress even if Hillary Clinton wins the election?”
McConnell: “Yeah. I can’t imagine that a Republican majority in the United States Senate would want to confirm, in a lame duck session, a nominee opposed by the National Rifle Association [and] the National Federation of Independent Businesses.”
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http://reverbpress.com/politics/supreme-court-national-rifle-association-mcconnell/
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