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pnwmom

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Sun Jan 8, 2017, 05:35 PM Jan 2017

Republicans threatened to not confirm ANY Hillary nominee for Supreme court.

That should come back to haunt them now.

http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/31/politics/richard-burr-hillary-clinton-gun-owners/index.html

But he also bluntly said that if Clinton is elected, he will do everything in his power to deny her the right to fill the vacant Supreme Court slot, aligning himself with Texas Sen. Ted Cruz's position on the issue.

"Well, my answer to you would be it isn't going to happen -- period," Burr said when asked about the prospects of President Barack Obama's nominee, Merrick Garland, being confirmed in the lame-duck session of Congress.

Burr added: "And if Hillary Clinton becomes president, I am going to do everything I can do to make sure four years from now, we still got an opening on the Supreme Court."


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Republicans threatened to not confirm ANY Hillary nominee for Supreme court. (Original Post) pnwmom Jan 2017 OP
BACKATCHO, idjots! elleng Jan 2017 #1
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