Clinton to push Grassley, Senate Republicans on Supreme Court

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

World | Mon Mar 28, 2016 5:03pm EDT

Clinton to push Grassley, Senate Republicans on Supreme Court

BY JOHN WHITESIDES AND MEGAN CASSELLA

WASHINGTON - Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton plans to rebuke Senate Republicans in a speech on Monday for denying a hearing to U.S. Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland and warn of the dangers if Donald Trump appoints the next justice.

A campaign aide said Clinton would call on Republican Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, to do his job and convene a hearing for Garland, a moderate federal appeals judge who is President Barack Obama's nominee to fill the seat vacated by the Feb. 13 death of Antonin Scalia.

Grassley, a six-term senator from Iowa who has tangled with Clinton over the investigation into her use of a private e-mail account while secretary of state, responded that Clinton wanted to distract voters from the ongoing email investigations.

"This is simply a blatant attempt by Secretary Clinton to politicize the Supreme Court and to change the conversation," Grassley said in a statement ahead of Clinton's speech.

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[Jackie Wilson Said]

1. On planet earth, this would be something to applaud and be thankful to Hillary for.

[ucrdem]

2. Welp that explains that email thang.

Which has been dead in the water for about a year.

[beachbumbob]

3. This issue is a weakness of GOP...and will crush them

Come November....outright racism...no more no less. Hillary should and will make it a point to hammer conservatives...trump...for the next 8 months....

[loyalsister]

4. I think she's trying to provoke him

Any opportunity to stoke Clinton victimology.

[geek tragedy]

6. you know this is DEMOCRATIC underground, right? nt

[loyalsister]

8. It's not Clinton underground

Placing Clinton in the role of victim is the strategy they have been working at every opportunity. It's pretty shameful that she is using what is essentially a constitutional confrontation between Obama and the GOP to do that.

[geek tragedy]

9. what's shameful are people who bash Clinton for fighting with Republicans.

In this case, it's shameful that someone fabricates a claim that Clinton is "playing the victim" in order to reflexively bash her for doing the right thing.

Here's how things work here:

when Democrats criticize Republicans for doing the wrong thing, we support the Democrats.

Sorry if that concept eludes you.

[loyalsister]

10. Oh please!

SEXISM!!!! The vast right wing conspircy was real, but after Bill called himself the comeback kid, they rallied the troops around their victim status. If people who are so wrong so often are attacking the first couple, it can't be true. It's a witch hunt.
I bought into it and defended him during the impeachment. As I have matured and take a look at the pattern, I am a little embarrased that I did.
I'm sick to death of them stoking that fire and especially sick of worrying about the next shoe that will inevitably drop.

[geek tragedy]

11. reminder, you're getting upset because Hillary criticized a Republican

that by itself was enough to get you angry with her.

to justify that anger, you concoct a fantasy scenario wherein Hillary is really trying to bait poor sweet innocent Chuck Grassley into criticizing her, so she can launch into a dishonest claim of being the victim of sexism.

that is not a rational perspective.

Here is the rational perspective:

"Fuck Chuck Grassley."

Thank you

[loyalsister]

14. You are missing the point

I said she was provoking him. It's just another facet of claiming victim status. The point is the cynical victimology strategy that has people defending outright lies because if the RW pointed it out, it can't be real. Some people see through and some people figuratively wrap their arms around the Clintons like they are children who need to be protected from republicans. It's kind of like how a lot of parents never think their kids could possibly do anything wrong.

[geek tragedy]

15. Where the heck are you getting this weird "provoking him" angle?

Politicians criticize each other all the time. That's politics.

Politicians criticize each other. Not because they seek to "claim victim status" because that is how politics works.

Would you prefer she meekly defer to Grassley and not criticize him?

I understand your point--and completely reject it because it is utterly absurd, irrational, and fantastical.

You are upside down in your thinking. What you are writing is not rational.

[geek tragedy]

13. please vote in this poll

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12511594737

[Angry Dragon]

5. How about all the other judge nominees??

that The Tortoise refuses to bring to a vote

[cyberswede]

7. Good. I hope she kicks their asses. nt

[MisterP]

12. "Grassley to prepare summonses"