Hillary Clinton: Racism Behind GOP Push to Block Obama Supreme Court Nominee

[WI_DEM]

Clinton, speaking to an incredibly supportive audience in her home state, suggested that Republican opposition to President Obama’s plan to appoint a Supreme Court justice to take the late Antonin Scalia’s seat is predicated on the inherent racism that has made Obama the enemy for the past seven years of his administration.


“Justice Scalia’s passing means the court hangs in the balance,” Clinton said. “Now the Republicans say they’ll reject anyone President Obama nominates, no matter how qualified. Some are even saying he doesn’t have the right to nominate anyone! As if somehow he’s not the real president.

“That’s in keeping with what we’ve heard all along, isn’t it? Many Republicans talk in coded, racial language about takers and losers. They demonize President Obama and encourage the ugliest impulses of the paranoid fringe. This kind of hatred and bigotry has no place our politics or our country.”

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[Merryland]

1. It is hard to believe

that almost anything she says, no matter how noble, reflects her real concerns. It is transparent that her real, heartfelt, overwhelming concern is to get herself into the White House at any cost.

[virtualobserver]

3. Obama might agree, but he would not want her to say that

It could damage any chance to get a nominee through.

[6chars]

6. how does alleging R racism against Obama help her get elected?

[John Poet]

24. Clearly, she has been trying to shore up her AA support

with a lot of the things she's been emphasizing lately. This is another one.

[tk2kewl]

15. I agree with Hillary that racism is part of the issue here

But opportunism is also part of the motivation for everything she says

[hoosierlib]

2. Racism? Doubtful...

The GOP just doesn't want to lose a conservative vote in the SCOTUS...

[Broward]

7. Agree, inane comments from Hillary.

[hoosierlib]

10. just more pandering as AA voters are getting to know Bernie...

[Broward]

13. Yep, it couldn't be more obvious.

[jberryhill]

4. They would do this to any D in the current environment

With a Supreme Court that decides many issues of consequence on a 5-4 outcome, they would kick and scream at any Democratic president upon whom this seat became open.

[WI_DEM]

5. Perhaps, but there is no doubt that much of the opposition to Obama by the GOP

has been because he's black and many in that party just can't obide having a black president.

[superstring1]

8. I'm afraid ur right & it's behind some of the massive resistance on the Hill for 8 yrs

Nm

[delrem]

9. Oh jeez. I can't believe she said that.

It isn't the reason. They wouldn't like her nominee either, and she knows that, even though she knows that she's whiter than white.

What the fuck is she DOING?

[JRLeft]

17. It would give the Democrats the advantage on the court.

[delrem]

18. How? How could her specific racialization of this contest, of every issue, help anyone except her?

[JRLeft]

19. This is about votes, she's trying to rile black people up.

[delrem]

22. So, a white woman tries to rile black people up?

That's it?

That somehow "gets votes"?

This is what the Democratic party has come to?

This is what is being foisted on us?

[JRLeft]

23. She is by saying, this is about race. (They hate him because he's

black.) It's pandering.

[MohRokTah]

11. Hillary is SPOT ON! eom

[firebrand80]

12. Racism has fueled the anti-Obama fire from the beginning

The GOP establishment will deny this, but can't explain why they can't get their own base off of the Trump Train.

[cosmicone]

14. Someone needed to say this and I'm glad she did. n/t

[JRLeft]

16. They would do this to any Democratic president, because it changes the balance of the court.

[azurnoir]

20. well I guess she'd know all about using racism against President Obama

may it be every bit as successful for them as it was for her in 2008

[Nanjeanne]

21. There is no Panda she doesn't pet prior to SC.